Careless Whisper Tab

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                             CARELESS WHISPER - George Michael
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Tabbed by:e_b
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Tuning:Standard
 
I couldn't find this tab earlier. Here it is for y'all... enjoy!
 
Intro sax riff
 
e|-10h12-10-------10h12-10-----------------------------------|
B|----------10-------------10----11h13-11-------11h13-11-----|
G|-------------10-------------------------10-------------10--|
D|-------------------------------------------12--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10h11-10----------------------------------------10--|
G|-------------10-------------------------------10-12-----|
D|----------------12----------------------10-12-----------|
A|-------------------12----12p10----10-12-----------------|
E|-------------------------------13-----------------------|
 
Verse
 
e|---1------------------------1----------------------------------3----------|
B|---3----------3--3----------3----------3-------2---------------2----------|
G|---2----------2--3----------3----------3-------2---------------2----------|
D|-----------------5----------3----------3-------2---------------2----------|
A|-----------------5----------1---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
     I feel so unsure / As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
     Dm      Asus  Gm         Bb         A#      A               A7
 
 
e|---1-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3------------3-----3----------------------------------------------------|
G|---2------------2-----3----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------5----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------5----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
     As the music dies, something in your eyes
     Dm          Asus   Gm
 
e|---1---------------------------------------------------3--------------------|
B|---3-----------------------3---------2-----------------2--------------------|
G|---3-----------------------3---------2-----------------2--------------------|
D|---3-----------------------3---------2-----------------2--------------------|
A|---1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Calls to mind a silver screen and all those sad goodbyes
     Bb                      A#        A                 A7
 
Chorus
 
e|----1-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3----------------------3-----------3------------------------------------|
G|----2----------------------2-----------3------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------5------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------5------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
     I'm never gonna dance again / Cause guilty feet have got no rhythm
      Dm                    Asus         Gm
 
e|---1------------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
B|---3---------------------3---------2----------------2-----------------------|
G|---3---------------------3---------2----------------2-----------------------|
D|---3---------------------3---------2----------------2-----------------------|
A|---1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Though it's easy to pretend / I know you're not a fool
    Bb                     A#        A                A7
 
e|----1-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3---------------------------------------3-------------------------------|
G|----2---------------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     I should have known better than to cheat a friend
      Dm                                      Asus
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----5-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     And waste the chance that I'd been given
      Gm
 
e|---1------------------------------------------------------3-----------------|
B|---3--------------------------3---------2-----------------2-----------------|
G|---3--------------------------3---------2-----------------2-----------------|
D|---3--------------------------3---------2-----------------2-----------------|
A|---1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     So I'm never gonna dance again / The way I danced with you
     Bb                         A#        A                 A7
 
Intro sax riff
 
repeat.
 
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
 
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Careless Whisper – George Michael

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Some things I noticed: The intro starts with a D minor arpeggio leading up to that 9th (E note) on the twelfth fret. I play it with a C shape D minor sweep from 5th fret on A up to the minor third on first fret E string, then slide that up to the E on 12th fret to start the theme, has to be fast but I believe that is what the sax player is playing. Also, the ascending pentatonic run at the end of the theme sounds like D natural minor starting from A rather than just pentatonic, so A, Bb, C, D, E, F, G, A, the descending part right before should be 10, 10, 12, 13 (just raise what you've tabbed up one tone at the end). Great tab otherwise, but I feel these two things, the first arpeggio and the natural minor, and it's note for note correct. Just my two cents.

Intro riff sounds nice with a full bend up and back down on 10 in lieu of the hammer on to 12

Loves the intro great tab 👍🏻😎