The Changingman - Paul Weller

Intro/(Riff A)

  C                 /Bb               /A               /Ab
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
------1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|------1----1----|
----0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|----0----0-----0|
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
--3-----3-----3---|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|----------------|
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4----4-----4--|

      C               Bb
Is happiness real

Bb           Am7       Ab
Or am I so jaded          I can't

C              Bb              Am7          Ab
see or feel    like a man been tainted

C                      Eb
Numbed by the effect  aware of the muse  too in-

F                   Ab             Bb      (Riff A)
touch with myself I light the fuse I'm the changing man
/B                 /A             /Ab      Bb
    oh I'm built on shifting sand      yeah  I'm the
C           /Bb               /A                  Ab
changing man  ooh  I'm waiting for the bang  as I light a bitter fuse

Riff A

Verse 2

(Rhythm over guitar solo)
C   |   Bb  |   Am7  |  Ab  Bb |


            PM.........................etc...
Ab    Bb    C                Am    Bb
       Its a bigger part           when our in stincts act

C          Am  Ab  Bb C
                 oh a shot in the dark

Am    Bb          C          Am Ab
    a movement in black


Use above rhythms for rest of song.

End riff -  Note 4/\ = bend up then release

C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  Am Am Am Ab
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------------------------7--7--7--6------
------------------------7--7--7--6------
------------------------5--5--5--4/\----

The Changingman Guitar Solo

Whether you can understand this solo or not, you
should be able to get an idea of how the solo goes,
and half way play it yerself.

S = Slur
/ or \ = Slide
B = Bend
R = Release
H = Hamer On

 C5                               C5/Bb
e---h11--8--------------------------------------------
B-8-h11-----11-b13-13r-11---8--8----------------------
G---------------------------8--8--10-b12r--10-8-------
D---------------------------------------------10--8--8
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------


             C5/A                            C5/Ab
e------------------------------8-------8--------------
B------------------------------8---8---8--8--8--------
G-----------------------8----------x------10-10--b12--
D-10--10-\1-------------8--10------10-----------------
A------------/10--10-10-------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------


                     C5
e-8---------------------------11----------------12----
B-x-----------------------11--11--11-13-11-0-11-11-11-
G-8--8--8-\2-/12--0--/12------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

            C5/Bb                               C5/A
e---------------12------------------------------------
B-11-13-11--11--11--11--11----------------------------
G-----------12--------------12-\10-8-----8--10-b12----
D------------------------------------10---------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

                 C5/Ab
e-8---------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------
G----8--8---------------------------------------------
D----------10-----8----8--8---------------------------
A--------------0--8-10-------10--\8-6-----------------