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NEVER TEAR US APART
As recorded by INXS
(From the 1987 Album KICK)
Words and Music by INXS
Transcribed by Zach Spickenreuther & James Stewart
G F C
3 x 0 0 x x 1 3 3 2 x x x 3 2 0 1 0
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Tenor Sax'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Intro
Slowly Q.=62
Am7/G Cadd4/F
12/8
Gtr I
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0------------(0)-----(0)-0---|----------------------------|
|----------------------------5-|-3------------(3)-----------|
H. +Q. +E e e H. +H.
Dm F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-0------------(0)-----(0)---2-|-3------------(3)-----------||
H. +Q. +Q e H. +H.
Verse 1
Am7/G Cadd4/F
12/8
Gtr I
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0------------(0)-----(0)-0---|----------------------------|
|----------------------------5-|-3------------(3)-----------|
H. +Q. +E e e H. +H.
Dm F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-0------------(0)-----(0)---2-|-3------------(3)-----------||
H. +Q. +Q e H. +H.
Chorus
C F C F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
||--3--3-3--3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3--3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5---||
||o-5--5-5--5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6--o||
||--5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5---||
||---------------2--------------|--------------2----------------||
||o-3------(3)-----8------------|-3------(3)-----8-------------o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
| q. +Q e H. q. +Q e H.
|
| Gtr II
| H. H. H. H.
||--0---------------------------|-0-----------------------------||
||o-1---------------------------|-1----------------------------o||
||--0---------------------------|-0-----------------------------||
||--2---------------------------|-2-----------------------------||
||o-3---------------------------|-3----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|------------------------------|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-10------------(10)-----------|
|------------------------------|
| h. +H.
|
| H. H.
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--0--------------0------------|
|--0--------------0------------|
|--x--------------x------------|
|--3--------------3------------|
A5 A5
e Q Q. H. H. H.
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----------------------|-----------------------|
|-4----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| H. Q E E E E +H. Q E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------0----|
|--------------------0-2-|-(2)--------------0-2--|
|----------------0-3---0-|-(0)----------0-3---0--|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
Verse 2
Am7/G
Gtr I
H. H. e e e e e e e e e e e e
|----------------------||-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|
|----------------------||-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|
|----------------------||-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|
|----------------------||------------------------------|
|----------------------||-0------------(0)-----(0)-0---|
|----------------------||----------------------------5-|
| H. +Q. +E e e
|
| +Q. +Q E H. H. +H.
|----------------------||------------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------------------|
|------------2---------||------------------------------|
|-(2)---(2)--2---------||-2------------(2)-------------|
|-(0)---(0)------------||-0------------(0)-------------|
|----------------------||------------------------------|
Cadd4/F
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3------------(3)--------------|
| H. +H.
|
| H. Q. +Q E
|-------------------------------|
|---------------1------(1)---x--|
|-2-------------2------(2)---x--|
|-3-------------3------(3)---x--|
|-3-----------------------------|
|-1-----------------------------|
Dm F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0------------(0)-----(0)---2-|-3------------(3)-----------|
| H. +Q. +Q e H. +H.
|
| H. H. H. H.
|---------------1--------------|-1-------------1------------|
|---------------3--------------|-1-------------1------------|
|---------------2--------------|-2-------------2------------|
|-0-------------0--------------|-3-------------3------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
Am7/G Cadd4/F
Gtr I
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------(0)-----(0)-0---|------------------------------|
|----------------------------5-|-3------------(3)-------------|
| H. +Q. +E e e H. +H.
|
| H. H. H. Q. +Q E
|---------------0--------------|------------------------------|
|---------------1--------------|---------------1------(1)---x-|
|---------------2--------------|-2-------------2------(2)---x-|
|---------------2--------------|-3-------------3------(3)---x-|
|-0-------------0--------------|-3----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-1----------------------------|
Dm F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3-|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-0------------(0)-----(0)---2-|-3------------(3)-----------||
| H. +Q. +Q e H. +H.
|
| H. H. H. H.
|---------------1--------------|----------------------------||
|---------------3--------------|----------------------------||
|---------------2--------------|----------------------------||
|-0-------------0--------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
Chorus 2
C F C F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
||--3--3-3--3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3--3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5---||
||o-5--5-5--5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6--o||
||--5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5---||
||---------------2--------------|--------------2----------------||
||o-3------(3)-----8------------|-3------(3)-----8-------------o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
| q. +Q e H. q. +Q e H.
|
| H. H. H. H.
||--0---------------------------|-0-----------------------------||
||o-1---------------------------|-1----------------------------o||
||--0---------------------------|-0-----------------------------||
||--2---------------------------|-2-----------------------------||
||o-3---------------------------|-3----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
G
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|------------------------------|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-10------------(10)-----------|
|------------------------------|
| h. +H.
|
| H. H.
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--0--------------0------------|
|--0--------------0------------|
|--x--------------x------------|
|--3--------------3------------|
A5 A5
e Q Q. H. H. H.
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----------------------|-----------------------|
|-4----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| PM|
| H. Q E E E E +H. Q E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------0----|
|--------------------0-2-|-(2)----------2-----2--|
|----------------0-3---0-|-(0)------------0---0--|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
Saxophone Solo
Am7/G
H. H. e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------------------||--3---------3--3---3--3-3--3--3-3---3---3-----3------|
|---------------------||--5---------5--5---5--5-5--5--5-5---5---5-----5------|
|---------------------||--5---------5--5---5--5-5--5--5-5---5---5-----5------|
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||--0-----------------------(0)------(0)--0------------|
|---------------------||----------------------------------------------5------|
| H. +Q. +E e e
|
| +Q. E E E H. H. +H.
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------2-2-2---------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|-(2)-----------------||--2-----------------------(2)------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------||--0-----------------------(0)------------------------|
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~
| H. H. T T S +Q +H. +E E E
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-14h16s17-(17)---(17)-------------(17)-16b17-16b16.5-|
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
Cadd4/F
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|--3----3--3---3---3--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
|--5----5--5---5---5--5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
|--5----5--5---5---5--5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--3--------------------(3)--------------|
| H. +H.
|
| H. Q. +Q E
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------1------(1)---x--|
|--2---------------------2------(2)---x--|
|--3---------------------3------(3)---x--|
|--3-------------------------------------|
|--1-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~
| Q E +E E E H.
|----------------------------------------|
|-12b13---10-(10)-10----10---------------|
|--------------------12------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Dm
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|--1----1-1--1--1--1--1-----1---1----1--1--1---|
|--3----3-3--3--3--3--3-----3---3----3--3--3---|
|--2----2-2--2--2--2--2-----2---2----2--2--2---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------(0)------------(0)----2---|
| H. +Q. +Q e
|
| H. H.
|---------------------1------------------------|
|---------------------3------------------------|
|---------------------2------------------------|
|--0------------------0------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| .5/ 1/
| ~~~~~~~~
| Q. E E E Q +E +E E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|-18b20-----17-15-17-17-------(17)-(17)---15---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
F
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-||
|--6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6-6--6--6-6-||
|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|--3--------------(3)-------------||
| H. +H.
|
| H. H.
|--1---------------1--------------||
|--1---------------1--------------||
|--2---------------2--------------||
|--3---------------3--------------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------------------||
|-13------15------17------18------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
Chorus 3
C F C F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|--3--3-3---3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3--3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|--5--5-5---5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6-|
|--5--5-5---5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------2--------------|--------------2--------------|
|--3-------(3)-----8------------|-3------(3)-----8------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| q. +Q e H. q. +Q e H.
|
| H. H. H. H.
|--0----------------------------|-0---------------------------|
|--1----------------------------|-1---------------------------|
|--0----------------------------|-0---------------------------|
|--2----------------------------|-2---------------------------|
|--3----------------------------|-3---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| >
| ~~~~
| Q. +Q. H. H. H.
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-20------(20)------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
C F C F
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-3--3-3--3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3--3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5-5--5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-6--6-6-6-6-6-|
|-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------------2--------------|--------------2--------------|
|-3------(3)-----8------------|-3------(3)-----8------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| q. +Q e H. q. +Q e H.
|
| H. H. H. H.
|-0---------------------------|-0---------------------------|
|-1---------------------------|-1---------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|-0---------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|-2---------------------------|
|-3---------------------------|-3---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Outro Chorus
G F C F
e e e e e e E E E E E E e e e e e e e e e e e e
|------------------------------------||---3---3--3--3---3--3--5---5--5--5--5--5-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3--12--13-15-----10-13-||o--5---5--5--5---5--5--6---6--6--6--6--6-|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4------------10--------||---5---5--5--5---5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5-|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5----------------------||--------------------2--------------------|
|-10------------(10)--------8--------||o--3--------(3)--------8-----------------|
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
| h. +Q. Q. q. +Q e H.
|
| Gtr II
| H. +Q. Q. H. H.
|------------------------------------||---0-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||o--1-------------------------------------|
|--0-------------(0)--------2--------||---0-------------------------------------|
|--0-------------(0)--------3--------||---2-------------------------------------|
|--x-------------(x)--------3--------||o--3-------------------------------------|
|--3-------------(3)--------1--------||-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H. H. e e e e e e e e e e e e
|------------------------------------||--20--15----20--15-----------20-------20-|
|------------------------------------||o--------17--------17-----18-------18----|
|------------------------------------||----------------------17--------17-------|
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||o----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
C F
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|--3---3--3--3---3--3--5---5--5--5--5--5---||
|--5---5--5--5---5--5--6---6--6--6--6--6--o||
|--5---5--5--5---5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5---||
|-------------------2----------------------||
|--3--------(3)--------8------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
| q. +Q e H.
|
| H. H.
|--0---------------------------------------||
|--1--------------------------------------o||
|--0---------------------------------------||
|--2---------------------------------------||
|--3--------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|
| e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-20--15----20--15-----------20-------20---||
|--------17--------17-----18-------18-----o||
|---------------------17--------17---------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
G F C F
Gtr II
H. +Q. Q. H. H.
| | | |
/ / / /
e e e e e e E E E E E E e e e e e e e e e e e e
|------------------------------------|--3-----3--3--3---3--3--5-----5--5--5--5--5-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3--12--13-15-----10-13-|--5-----5--5--5---5--5--6-----6--6--6--6--6-|
|--4--4-4-4-4-4------------10--------|--5-----5--5--5---5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5----------------------|---------------------2----------------------|
|-10------------(10)--------8--------|--3----------(3)--------8-------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| h. +Q. Q. q. +Q e H.
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~
| H. H. Q. E E E Q E E Q
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-15b17-------17--17-15-15b17----17-17-15----|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H. H. e e e e e e e e e e e e
|------------------------------------|-20----15----20--15-------------20-------20-|
|------------------------------------|----------17--------17-------18-------18----|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------17----------17-------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
C F
H. H.
|
/
e e e e e e e e e e e e
|--3------3--3---3----3--3--5-----5--5--5--5--5--*|
|--5------5--5---5----5--5--6-----6--6--6--6--6--*|
|--5------5--5---5----5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5--*|
|------------------------2-----------------------*|
|--3------------(3)---------8--------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
| q. +Q e H.
|
| ~~~~~
| Q. +E E E Q E E Q
|------------------------------------------------*|
|-15b17========(15)r-13-15-15b17----17-17-15-----*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
|
| e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-20-----15-----20---15-------------20-------20--*|
|-----------17----------17-------18-------18-----*|
|--------------------------17----------17--------*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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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