Dion

Dion - Abraham Martin And John guitar tab

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From: "Alex Northrup" 
Subject: d/dion/abraham_martin_and_john.tab
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:02:59 -0500

Written by Dick Holler, who recorded (but didn't write) the original version
of "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" (a no. 18 smash for The Swingin' Medallions
in mid-66), with his band the Holidays. This was Dion's last big hit, peaking
at no. 1.


                          "Abraham, Martin, & John"
                               (Dick Holler)
                                   Dion
                                No. 1, 1968

Intro:

        orchestra [arr. for guitar]:

             E            G#m7         F#m7         E
        v    v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
        ----|------------|------------|------0-----|------------|
        ----|------------|0--------0--|2-----------|0-----------|
        ----|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ----|2--------2--|------------|------------|------2--4--|
        2---|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ----|------------|------------|------------|------------|

        E            B            A/E
        v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
        ------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|
        1--------1--|------------|------------|
        ------------|4--2--4-----|2--------2--|
        ------------|------------|------4-----|
        ------------|------------|------------|

        band enters:

        [bass]:

        E
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----------9-----|--9-------------|
        ----6-7-9-----9-|9---9-7-6-------|
        7-9-------------|----------9-7---|
        ----------------|--------------7-|

Verse 1:

        E         G#m7  F#m7                 E
          Anybody here    seen...            Abraham?
        E   F#m7                     G#m7   B7
          Can you...                 gone?
        C#m                 G#m            F#m7      B7       E
          He freed...       people...      seems the good they die...
        F#m7     B7                     E
          I just looked...              gone
                                        / / / /  / /

Orchestra break [arr. for guitar]:

               E            B            A/E          E
        v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
        ------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------|1--------1--|------------|------------|------------|
        2--4--|------------|4--2--4-----|2-----------|2-----------|
        ------|------------|------------|------4-----|------------|
        ------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Verse 2:

        Anybody here...
        Can you tell...
        He freed a lot...
                                      A/E
        I just looked...              gone
                                      / / / /  / / / /

Organ break [arr. for guitar]:

        E
        v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|---------0--|2-----0-----|
        ------------|------------|------------|------1-----|------------|
        2-----------|------------|2-----------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------2--4--|------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

                     A                         E
        v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------0-----|------------|------0-----|------------|------------|
        ---------4--|2-----------|---------4--|2-----------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

Verse 3:

        Hey anybody here...
        Can you tell...
        He freed a lot...
                                      A/E      E
        I just looked...              gone
                                      / / / /  / / / /

Bridge:

        A            G#m7        F#m7         G#m7
          Didn't you love...     things that they...
        A             G#m7  F#m7                    E
          Didn't they try     to find...            you...
            Bm7       D
        And we'll be free
        A     G#m7 F#m7
          Someday  soon
             B7
        It's gonna...

Verse 4:

        Anybody here...
        Can you tell...
        I thought I saw...
                                  C#m      A/E
        With Abraham...           John
                                  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Coda [repeat to fade]:

        bass:

        E
        v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
        ----------9-----|--9-------------|
        ----6-7-9-----9-|9---9-7-6-------|
        7-9-------------|----------9-7---|
        ----------------|--------------7-|


Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ springalo430@hotmail.com
Get this song at:
bol.com
amazon.com

Copyrights:

Author: Dick Holler

Composer: Dick Holler

Publisher: Capitol Records

Details:

Released in: 2003

Language: English

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