transcribed from Austin Steamboat show - May 2003
live - tuned down a full step
album - standard tuning
chords used
(by order of first use):
E* xx2454
E/C# x4x354 Am x02210
E/C x3x254 C/G 332010
E/B x2x454 D7/F# 2x0212
E/Bb x1x354 F7 131211
Amaj7 x02224 Em 022000
A6 x02222 B/F# 221xxx
A x02220 D7 xx0212
B7 x24242 B7/Eb xx1202
E 022100 F#7 242352
Esus4 022200 C#m x46654
G 320003 D xx0232
riff 1 riff 2(over B7) riff 3 riff 4 (over C#m)
e------- ------2-- ------- -------
B--5-4-2 --5-4---- ------- -5-4-7-
G------- --------- ------- -------
D------- --------- --4s6-- -------
A------- --------- ------- -------
E------- --------- ------- -------
E* (/Eb) E/C# E/C E/B E/Bb
wish you gave me your number, wish i could call you today just to hear a voice
riff1 Amaj7 A6 A B7(riff2) E Esus4 E riff3 E
i've got a long way to go, i'm getting further away
E* (/Eb) E/C# E/C E/B E/Bb
if i didn't know the difference living alone'd probably be okay, it wouldn't be lonely
riff1 Amaj7 A6 A B7(riff2) E Esus4 E riff3 E /F#
i've got a long way to go, i'm getting further away
G A C/G D7/F# G
alot of hours to occupy, it was easy when i didn't know you yet
F7 Em B/F# C/G D7 D7/F#
things i'd have to forget
G A C/G D7/F# G
but i better be quiet now, i'm tired of wasting my breath
F7 Em B/F# C/G D7 B7/Eb
carrying on and getting upset
E* /Eb E/C# E/C E/B E/Bb
maybe i have a problem, but that's not what i wanted to say, i'd prefer to say nothing.
riff1 Amaj7 A6 A B7(riff2) E Esus4 E riff3 E
i've got a long way to go, i'm getting further away
solo: (note the slight chord differences between these and the verse chords
although it still sounds okay if you play it just like the verse)
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-2-2-2-0---------
---------2-2-0---
---------------4-
(on the followng 5 chords strum and hit the open E bass note hard)
E* E/C# E/C E/B E/Bb
riff1 Amaj7 A6 F#7 C#m(riff4) E Esus4 E riff3 E /F#
G A C/G D7/F# G
had a dream i was an army man with an order just to march in my place
F7 Em B/F# C/G D7 D7/F#
while a dead enemy screams in my face
G A C/G D7/F# G
but i better be quiet now, i'm tired of wasting my breath
F7 Em B/F# C/G D B7/Eb
carrying on not over it yet
E* /Eb E/C# E/C E/B E/Bb
wish i knew what you were doing and why you want to do it this way, so i can't go the distance
riff1 Amaj7 A6 A B7(riff2) C#m F#
i've got a long way to go, i'm getting further away
Amaj7 A6 D B7/Eb E Esus4 E riff3 E
i've got a long way to go, i'm getting further away
7 thoughts on “I Better Be Quiet Now”
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I couldn’t find video for the Austin Steamboat show, but going by the Henry Fonda show, it seems like the chords for the solo (after riff 1) are Amaj7 (x02224) to A6/B (x22222) to A/C# (x4225x) to B/D# (x6444x) with the riff 4 being played over the B/D#. Elliott’s trusty ascending bass notes at play there.
Ah, you were going from the live version. I do like that A-chord though…never seen it before…now I must use in one of my tunes!
I think you’re right at least on the Figure 8 version, but on the live versions I’ve seen he plays it the way it’s tabbed. Either way, it sounds good.
First of all, I hesitate to add anything to this tab. Your work is brilliant and has allowed me to learn how to play so many songs that I love and cherish. That being said, I do believe he is not playing a standard G in the chorus. It seems to me he’s playing that e-string on the 7th fret for the G chord as well as the A chord. Here’s my guess:
G
3X0007 …and then
A
5X7607
Quite possibly my favorite tab on this site. Sounds great!
oops… you wrote it
B7/Eb
tnx ! great tab!
D7/F# = **1202
not 2×0212
(at the end of the vers)