Drop-D Tuning (DADGBE)

I prefer to play tainted love in drop D because it is sooo much easier to kick into the keyboard part (if its played on the 

guitar). You just keep the bar for the normal chords and move it up the scale, playing the 4th String (High d in this tuning) 

and 3rd string (G) only in the rhythm shown. It does make the chorus slightly harder to play, though, but this is my 

preference.



Verse/Main Riff:

E|----------------
B|----------------
G|----------------
d|--5-5-----------
A|--5-5-----------
D|--5-5----------- 
       |Palm Mute straight after playing|



Keyboard Verse tabbed for guitar:

E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-----------------8-8-8-8----------|
d|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8---------8-8-10-10|
A|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|


Another way of playing it, which is harder to go straight into after the Verse but is much higher up, making it sound like 

the keyboard, goes like this:

E|-------------------------10-10-10-10--------------|
B|-------------11-11-11-11------------11-11-13-13---|
G|-12-12-12-12--------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
  |Clean___________________________________________|

This would be best for two guitars to play, one for the Main riff and another for the Higher keyboard verse. Alternatively, 

you could actually buy a keyboard (God forbid).


Chorus:

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------8-8--X-X-X-X--8-8-|
d|-5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--8-8--X-X-X-X--8-8--X-X-X-X--8-8--X-X-X-X--8-8-|
A|-5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--8-8--X-X-X-X--8-8--X-X-X-X--6-6--X-X-X-X--6-6-|
D|-5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--8-8--X-X-X-X--8-8--X-X-X-X--------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X-|
d|-X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X-X-|
A|-X-X-X-X--3-3--X-X-X-X--3-3--X-X-X-X--3-3--X-X-X-X--3-3--X-X-X-X-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Fill (Keyboard transcribed to Guitar):

E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------8-----------------|
d|--5-------8---------------8---10----|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|

Or:

E|------------------10-----------------|
B|----------11---------------11---13---|
G|-12----------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
  |Clean______________________________|



Bridge (Guitar):

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---------------8-8-----------|
d|-5-5----8-8----8-8----5-5----|
A|-5-5----8-8----6-6----5-5----|
D|-5-5----8-8-----------5-5----|



Order:

Guitar Verse 1 x4/Keyboard Verse 1 x4
Guitar Verse 1 x6
Guitar Verse 1 x1/Keyboard Fill 1 x1
Guitar Verse 1 x1
Chorus
Guitar Verse 1 x2/Keyboard Verse 1 x2
Guitar Verse 1 x1
Guitar Verse 1 x6/Keyboard Fill 1 x6
Chorus x1
Guitar Verse 1 x7/Keyboard Solo
Guitar Fill 1 x1/Keyboard Fill 1 x4
Chorus x1
Verse 1 x3/Keyboard Verse 1 x3
Verse 1 x3