I NEED YOU TONIGHT
As recorded by INXS
(From the 1994 Album GREATEST HITS)
Words and Music by INXS
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart
Fm+5
x x x 10 9 9
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Main High Pitched Bit'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Muted Guitar (Verse)'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Synth'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar (Deeper bit)'
Intro - Drums
Q=99
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Pre-Verse
C#/F E/Ab Ebm/F#C#/F
Gtr I
q q q Q S S S S e S E Q..
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------|
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------|
|-10--10--10-----|-13-13-13-13-11-11-10-------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
C#/F E/Ab D#m/F#C#/F
q q q Q S S S S e S E Q..
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9--------|
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9--------|
|-10--10--10-----|-13-13-13-13-11-11-10--------|
|----------------|-----------------------------|
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Verse
C#5/Ab
Gtr II
PM------------------------------------|
E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q 6x
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||o---------------------|--------------------o||
||--6--8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9---||
||----------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------|--------------------o||
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| Gtr III
| H. Q W 6x
||-------------------9--|---------------------||
||o------------------9--|--------------------o||
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||o---------------------|--------------------o||
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Chorus
C#/F E/Ab D#m/F#C#/F
Gtr I
q q q Q S S S S e S E Q..
||---9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------|
||o--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------|
||--10--10--10-----|-13-13-13-13-11-11-10-------|
||-----------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------|----------------------------|
C#/F E/Ab D#m/F#C#/F
q q q Q S S S S e S E Q..
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9--------||
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------o||
|-10--10--10-----|-13-13-13-13-11-11-10--------||
|----------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------|-----------------------------||
Verse
C#5/Ab
Gtr II
PM----------------------------------------
E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||--6--8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9--|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr III
| H. Q W
||-------------------9--|--------------------|
||o------------------9--|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
C#5/Ab
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E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q 3x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-6--8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9----||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
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| H. Q W 3x
|------------------9--|----------------------||
|------------------9--|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
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Interlude
C# F# C#
Gtr I
PM---------------------------------------|
q E E E Q. q E E E Q. q E E E Q.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4----2-4------|---------------|-4----2-4------|
|---------------|-2----0-2------|---------------|
F# C# F#
PM---------------------------------------|
q E E E Q. q E E E Q. q E E E Q.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-4----2-4------|---------------|
|-2----0-2------|---------------|-2----0-2------|
Chorus
C#/F E/Ab D#m/F#C#/F
q q q Q S S S S e S E Q..
||---9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------|
||o--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------|
||--10--10--10-----|-13-13-13-13-11-11-10-------|
||-----------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------|----------------------------|
C#/F E/Ab D#m/F#C#/F
q q q Q S S S S e S E Q..
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9--------||
|--9---9---9-----|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------o||
|-10--10--10-----|-13-13-13-13-11-11-10--------||
|----------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------|-----------------------------||
Verse
C#5/Ab
PM----------------------------------------
E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||--6--8-9-x-x-6-6-8-9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9--|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr III
| H. Q W
||-------------------9--|--------------------|
||o------------------9--|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
C#5/Ab
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E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-6--8-9-x-x-6-6-8-9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9----||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
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| H. Q W
|------------------9--|----------------------||
|------------------9--|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
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|---------------------|---------------------o||
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Interlude
PM---------------------------------------|
q E E E Q. q E E E Q. q E E E Q.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4----2-4------|---------------|-4----2-4------|
|---------------|-2----0-2------|---------------|
PM------------------------------|
q E E E Q. q E E E Q. q H.
|---------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------|-4----2-4------|----------|
|-2----0-2------|---------------|-2--------|
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
q E E E Q. q E E E Q. q E E E Q.
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-4------2---4---------|---------------------|-4------2---4---------|
|----------------------|-2-----0---2---------|----------------------|
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| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-6--8-9-x-x-6-6-8--9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8--9--|-6--8-9-x-x-6-6-8--9--|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
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| H. Q W H. Q
|-------------------9--|---------------------|-------------------9--|
|-------------------9--|---------------------|-------------------9--|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
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PM-------------------
q E E E Q.
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|-2-----0---2---------|
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| PM-------------------
| E E E S S S S E q
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|-6-8-9-x-x-6-6-8--9--|
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| Gtr IV
| W
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E/Ab D#m/F#C#/F
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q E E E Q. q E E E Q.
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|--4--------------2----4-----------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|-2-----0---2----------|
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|-----------------------------------------------------|
| E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|--6-----8-----9--6--6-6-6---8--9--|-6-8-9-x-x-6-6-8--9---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
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| S S S S e S E Q.. W
|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------------|----------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------------|----------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-11-11-10-------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
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|----------------------------------|----------------------|
Outro
PM----------------------------------|
q E E E Q. q E E E Q.
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|-4-----2---4---------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-2-----0---2---------|
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| PM-------------------------------------|
| E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
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|-6-8-9-x-x-6-6-8--9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8--9--|
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PM------------------------------------|
E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
|---------------------|--------------------|
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|-6--8-9-x-x-6-6-8-9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8-9--|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr III
| H. Q W
|------------------9--|--------------------|
|------------------9--|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
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E/Ab D#m/F#C#/F
Gtr II
PM-------------------------------------------------|
E E E S S S S E q E E E S S S S E q
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||o----------------------------------|---------------------o||
||---6-----8-----9--x--x-6-6---8--9--|-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-8--9---||
||-----------------------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------------------|---------------------o||
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| Gtr IV
| S S S S e S E Q.. W
||--12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------------|----------------------||
||o-12-12-12-12-11-11--9-------------|---------------------o||
||--13-13-13-13-11-11-10-------------|----------------------||
||-----------------------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|----------------------||
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| Gtr I
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| q E E E Q. q E E E Q.
||-----------------------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|----------------------||
||-----------------------------------|----------------------||
||o--4--------------2----4-----------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|-2-----0---2----------||
W W W
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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