------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Too Long Johnny - Hugh Laurie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone, this is my first tab, I've looked for years trying to find a tab for this great song by Hugh Laurie, being a sketch from A Bit of Fry & Laurie, but never could find any, so I decided to sit down and try to break down the song and write some tabs for it for everyone who's also looking for them. This sounds good, although I'm not sure if it's 100% correct, hopefully someone can use these as a starting poing to get a totally acurate tab. Enjoy! Tuning: The tuning is as following: e B g# D# G# E But it's tuned at 450Hz, so the notes should be half between those and the following (i.e: halfway between "e" and "f", halfway between "B" and "B#", between "g#" and "A", etc.) That works for me at least. Intro: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------/12------------------------/12-/12-----------------------| G|---2/3\2-0----0---/12--------0-2/3\2-0---0---/12-/12-----------------------| D|------------2--------------------------2-----------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------/12------------------------/12-/12-----------------------| G|-0-2/3\2-0----0---/12--------0-2/3\2-0---0---/12-/12-----------------------| D|------------2--------------------------2-----------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------7---------------/7-/7---------------------| G|-0-/7---7\5-0-5/7----0-/5---5\3-0-3--0-0-0-0----------/7------7-7\5\3-0--/7-/7---------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------/3--0-----------------------------0-3/5-0-/3-0------| A|-----------------------------------------------/3--0-----------------------------0-3/5-0-/3-0------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Too long, Johnny Too long, Johnny e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------/12-/12-------------/12--------------------------------/12-/12----------------/12-/12-| G|-----------------------/12-/12-------------/12--------------------------------/12-/12----------------/12-/12-| D|-0-/5-----0-/5-0-/3-0-----------0-0-/3--0----------0-/5----0-/5-----/3-/3--0------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------| A|-0-/5-----0-/5-0-/3-0-----------0-0-/3--0----------0-/5----0-/5-----/3-/3--0------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Make it shorter, Johnny e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------/12-/12-----------------/12-/12--------------| G|-0-/7-----0-/7-----0-/5--5--5\0---------------/12-/12-----------------/12-/12--------------| D|-0-/7-----0-/7-----0-/5--5--5\0--0-/5-0-/3-0-------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------------0-3-0--| A|---------------------------------0-/5-0-/3-0-------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------------0-3-0--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| That's the perfect lenght now, Johnny e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------/12-/12----------/12-/12-------------------------------------/12-/12-------------/12-/12-| G|-------------------/12-/12----------/12-/12-------------------------------------/12-/12-------------/12-/12-| D|-0-/5----0-/3-3-0-----------/5-3-0--------------0-/5-----0-/5----5--/3-/3-0--------------/5-0-/3-0----------| A|-0-/5----0-/3-3-0-----------/5-3-0--------------0-/5-----0-/5----5--/3-/3-0--------------/5-0-/3-0----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Take a little of the width, Johnny e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------/12-/12-----------------/12-/12--------------| G|-0-/7-----0-/7-----0-/5--5--5\0---------------/12-/12-----------------/12-/12--------------| D|-0-/7-----0-/7-----0-/5--5--5\0--0-/5-0-/3-0-------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------------0-3-0--| A|---------------------------------0-/5-0-/3-0-------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------------0-3-0--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Oh, now that's too much, Johnny e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------/12-/12----------/12-/12-------------------------------------/12-/12-------------/12-/12-| G|-------------------/12-/12----------/12-/12-------------------------------------/12-/12-------------/12-/12-| D|-0-/5----0-/3-3-0-----------/5-3-0--------------0-/5-----0-/5----5--/3-/3-0----------------0-/3-0-----------| A|-0-/5----0-/3-3-0-----------/5-3-0--------------0-/5-----0-/5----5--/3-/3-0----------------0-/3-0-----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Looks like you're going to have to throw it away, Johnny e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------/12-/12-----------------/12-/12--------------------| G|-0-/7-----0-/7-----0-/5--5--5\0---------------/12-/12-----------------/12-/12--------------------| D|-0-/7-----0-/7-----0-/5--5--5\0--0-/5-0-/3-0-------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------------0-/5-0-/3-0--| A|---------------------------------0-/5-0-/3-0-------------0-/5-0-/3-0----------------0-/5-0-/3-0--| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | / 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 ************************************