DION - "abraham martin and john" Tablature

From: "Alex Northrup" <springalo430@hotmail.com>
Subject: d/dion/abraham_martin_and_john.tab
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:02:59 -0500

Written by Dick Holler, who recorded (but didn't write) the original version
of "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" (a no. 18 smash for The Swingin' Medallions
in mid-66), with his band the Holidays. This was Dion's last big hit, peaking
at no. 1.

"Abraham, Martin, & John"
(Dick Holler)
Dion
No. 1, 1968

Intro:

orchestra [arr. for guitar]:

E G#m7 F#m7 E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
----|------------|------------|------0-----|------------|
----|------------|0--------0--|2-----------|0-----------|
----|------------|------------|------------|------------|
----|2--------2--|------------|------------|------2--4--|
2---|------------|------------|------------|------------|
----|------------|------------|------------|------------|

E B A/E
v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|
------------|------------|------------|
1--------1--|------------|------------|
------------|4--2--4-----|2--------2--|
------------|------------|------4-----|
------------|------------|------------|

band enters:

[bass]:

E
v v v v v v v v
----------9-----|--9-------------|
----6-7-9-----9-|9---9-7-6-------|
7-9-------------|----------9-7---|
----------------|--------------7-|

Verse 1:

E G#m7 F#m7 E
Anybody here seen... Abraham?
E F#m7 G#m7 B7
Can you... gone?
C#m G#m F#m7 B7 E
He freed... people... seems the good they die...
F#m7 B7 E
I just looked... gone
/ / / / / /

Orchestra break [arr. for guitar]:

E B A/E E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
------|1--------1--|------------|------------|------------|
2--4--|------------|4--2--4-----|2-----------|2-----------|
------|------------|------------|------4-----|------------|
------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Verse 2:

Anybody here...
Can you tell...
He freed a lot...
A/E
I just looked... gone
/ / / / / / / /

Organ break [arr. for guitar]:

E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
------------|------------|------------|---------0--|2-----0-----|
------------|------------|------------|------1-----|------------|
2-----------|------------|2-----------|------------|------------|
------------|------2--4--|------------|------------|------------|
------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

A E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
------0-----|------------|------0-----|------------|------------|
---------4--|2-----------|---------4--|2-----------|------------|
------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Verse 3:

Hey anybody here...
Can you tell...
He freed a lot...
A/E E
I just looked... gone
/ / / / / / / /

Bridge:

A G#m7 F#m7 G#m7
Didn't you love... things that they...
A G#m7 F#m7 E
Didn't they try to find... you...
Bm7 D
And we'll be free
A G#m7 F#m7
Someday soon
B7
It's gonna...

Verse 4:

Anybody here...
Can you tell...
I thought I saw...
C#m A/E
With Abraham... John
/ / / / / / / / / / / /

Coda [repeat to fade]:

bass:

E
v v v v v v v v
----------9-----|--9-------------|
----6-7-9-----9-|9---9-7-6-------|
7-9-------------|----------9-7---|
----------------|--------------7-|

Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ springalo430@hotmail.com