| Author: | Leonard | Latest revision: | January 8, 2022 |
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| Author’s Notes: | With just Cat’s guitar, a bass, and a single trumpet as accompaniment, this song is perhaps closer to Cat’s later work than most of his other early songs and a beautiful example of a one-guitar-does-it-all song. Beautiful vocals as well. | ||
| Each guitar tab is the author’s own work and represents his or her own interpretation of the song. Visitors may use the guitar tabs offered here only for private study, scholarship, or research. |
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"The Tramp"
by Cat Stevens
from the original album
MATTHEW & SON (1967)
Standard tuning
(low to high) E-A-D-G-B-E
in 4/4 time
INTRO
Em G Em G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
B|-----T---T---T---|-----T---T---T---|-----T-------------|-----T---T---T---|
G|-----A---A---A---|-----A---A---A---|-----A-------------|-----A---A---A---|
D|---2-P---P---P---|---0-P---P---P---|---2-P-----2-------|-0---P---P---P---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------2-|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-3---------------|-0-------0---2/3---|-----------------|
Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F# Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F#
/ / / / / / / /
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|
G|--0-----x-----0-----x-----|--0-----x-----0-----x-----|
D|--2-----4----(2)----4-----|--2-----4----(2)----4-----|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
CHORUS 1
Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F# G
He sleeps a- lone in the damp
Am/E
And rests his head upon a door
C/G E7 Am/E
The only bed he knows is the floor
Em
The tramp
RIFF____________
Em D Em/B
E|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
G|----------0---------|-------------------------|---(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
D|--2---4-----4--2----|--0---2---4-2-0----------|----2---2---2---2--|
A|--------------------|------------------4p2p0--|--2---2---2---2----|
E|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
VERSE 1
G D
Turned-up collar and worn-out shoes
Am/E C/E G D
He doesn't care 'cause he hasn't got nothing to lose
PLAY CHORUS 1.
VERSE 2
G D
No companion to take him home
Am/E C/E G D
His only friends are the kind that just leave him a-lone
BRIDGE
Am D G C [C/B] Am
No one knows just how lonely his life has been
Em Em/D G6/B B7
In a world that lives in a dream
B7
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------2-----2-----2-----2--|------2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|----1-----1-----1-----1----|----1-----1-----1-----1----|
A|--2-----2-----2-----2------|--2-----2-----2-----2------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
PLAY CHORUS 1.
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE
G D Am C G D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
CHORUS 2
Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F# G
He sleeps a- lone in the damp
Am
And rests his head upon a door
C/G E7 Am
The only bed he knows is the floor
Em RIFF Em RIFF Em RIFF Em
The tramp, the tramp, the tramp
CHORDS
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Em Em/F# Em/G G Em/B
022000 024000 xxx000 320003 x22000
-MR--- -ML--- ------ RM---L -MR---
Am C/G E7 D C C/B
x02210 332010 022130 xx0232 x32010 x2x010
--MRI- RLM-I- -MRIL- ---IRM -RM-I- -M--I-
Em/D G6/B B7
xx0000 x20030 x212xx
------ -M--L- -MIR--
Chord fingering: T = thumb
I = index finger
M = middle finger
R = ring finger
L = little finger
Tablature notation: h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
x = mute
~ = vibrato
[ ] = natural harmonic (Harm.)
/ = legato slide (gliss) up the fret
\ = legato slide (gliss) down the fret
! = accentuate part with great intensity
d = downward stroke
u = upward stroke
TAP = tap on body of guitar with picking hand
Playing Cat Stevens 