If I Could Turn Back Time
1989 release by Cher reached number 6 in UK. Tab by bass50611
Welcome to my tab, not 100% exact but close enough to the original.
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Intro & Part Chorus: NO BASS
Verse 1:
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----9---------------9---------------9---------------9---------
A|-9-------7---9---9-------7---9---9-------7---9---9-------7---9-
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-Chorus 1:
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---6-------------------------6-----------------------6---4-/-9-
A|-7----9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7----9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 1:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
G|---------------------------
D|-------------------9-------
A|-----------------9---7-9-\-
E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------
Verse 2:
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------
A|---2---------2---------2------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
E|-2---0-2---2---0-2---2---0-2/----------------------------------
Pre-Chorus 2: . .
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|---6-------------------------6-----------------------6----4-
A|-7----9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7----9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 2:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
(Break)
G|-------------------
D|-------------------
A|-----------------9-
E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---
Verse 3:
G|----16------------16----------------------------------------------
D|-16----14-16---16----14-16---16----14-16\-------------------------
A|--------------------------------14----------2/-7--9----2----------
E|------------------------------------------2----------2---0-0--2-2-
Pre-Chorus 3:
G|----------------------------------------------------------------
D|---6-------------------------6-----------------------6---4-/-9\-
A|-7----9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7----9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 3:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G|----------------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
E|----------------------------------
Outro: (Key Change)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/-
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-
Repeat Outro To Fade/End
Bass Tabs | |
Title | If I Could Turn Back Time |
Artist | Cher |
Tablature Type | ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID | _eorELNxxrU |
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G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
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