Is Anybody There

IS ANYBODY THERE? - John Hiatt

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F Fsus4 Fsus2 F x2

Well I'm out here on my own following the stars

Asking on my knees for some direction, please,

And, God, you know it's hard

Cause I'm such a stubborn man, Lord, I'm stubborn as a mule

But even though I struggle some, I belive a change will come

Now, here, you love a fool

I see a road and a flash of lightning

Let me tell you it's frightning

Is anybody there? Oh, I need somebody tonight

To care- I'm feeling alone and it just don't seem right

Is anybody there? Oh, I need somebody to be

To know that I'm good enough for love

To walk beside me

<Intro chords>

And as a woman in this world, well you must have felt like this

That a man might come along with another hard luck song

And betray you with a kiss

But would you reconsider me - though I know I've caused you pain

I've taken vows with you, and I believe them to be true

Now can we take a little rain?

We could hit that road in a flash of lightning

Maybe it won't be so frightning

<Chorus> x2

<Intro chords> x7

I'm gonna keep on walking, baby ...

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On the album, the song is carried by electric piano, with electric

guitar and Hammond organ being decorative. If you want to play it by

yourself, and you're not totally confident in the key of F (rolls eyes

condescendingly), you may find it easier to play in D with a capo on

the 3rd fret. In this case, F becomes D, Bb/C becomes G/A (x00033), C

becomes A, Bb becomes G, Am becomes F#m, A/C# becomes F# (244322),

Dm becomes Bm, Gm7 becomes Em7, F/A becomes D/F# (200232), and Eb/Bb

becomes C/G.

Anyway, back to what IS on the album. The guitar, piano and organ are

pretty well mixed together, and so it's quite hard to pick out what

the guitar is doing. Hence the following transcription is approximate,

and any repeating sections will probably be played with different

variations each time - but what's here should give you a fair idea.

Please don't try to play it note-for-note.

Comments and corrections welcome....

Intro riff:

+ + + + + + + +

|---------------------|---------------------|

|-10--------------10--|-11--------------11--|

|---------------10----|--12-----------12--12|

|-------------10----10|-------------10------|

|---------------------|---------------------|

|---------------------|---------------------|

+ + + + + + + +

|----------------------|---------------------|

|----------------------|----10---13--13------|

|------------------10--|---10----10--10------|

|-10----------10-12--10|-10------12--12------|

|-10-------------------|---------------------|

|----------------------|---------------------|

Verse: (Play twice, omitting last 2 chords 2nd time)

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

|---------------------|---------8-|-6---6-5-|-6---------|

|-10------10---10h11--|-10----8---|-6---6-5-|-6---------|

|-10-----------10h12--|-10--------|---------|-----------|

|-10----10------------|-----10----|---------|-----10-11-|

|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----10-11-|

|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----8--9--|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

|--------------|-------11-11-|-10----6--8--|-10----11-11-|

|--------10-9--|-7-----12-12-|-10----7--9--|-10----12-12-|

|-12---12---10-|-8-----------|-10----8--10-|-10----------|

|-12-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

|-10-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

+ + + + + + + + + + . +. + + + + +

|-.-.-0---|---------|----------13-13----------|---------|

|-8-8-----|-6----6--|-11----------13-13-10~~~~|-11------|

|-5-5--5--|-7-------|-10----------------------|-12------|

|-7-7---7-|-8-------|-12----------------------|-12------|

|---------|---------|-------------------------|---------|

|---------|---------|-------------------------|---------|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

|-------------------|---------|---------------------|--/6-5-6---|

|-6---------6---5---|-----6---|-6-----------6-------|--/8-6-6-5-|

|-7------7p5----5---|-----5---|-7-------7p5-7-------|-------7-5-|

|-7------7p5--------|-8---7---|-7-------7p5-7-------|---------5-|

|-------------------|-8-------|---------------------|-----------|

|-------------------|-6-------|---------------------|-----------|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

|-------------------|---------|---------|-----|

|-6---------6---5---|-----10--|-11--10--|-11--|

|-7------7p5----5---|-----10--|-12--10--|-12--|

|-7------7p5--------|-8---10--|-13--12--|-----|

|-------------------|-8-------|---------|-----|

|-------------------|-6-------|---------|-----|

Format:

4 bar electric piano introduction

Intro riff

Intro riff

Chorus x2

Intro riff x7

Notation used:

+ = Marks the beat

p = Pull-off

h = Hammer-on

/ = Slide

~ = Vibrato

. = Staccato