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Song title:      Is Anybody There?
Original Album:	 Slow Turning

Words and Music by John Hiatt
Copyright © 1988 A&M Records
Published by ??? Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
On the album, the song is carried by the electric piano, with electric guitar
and Hammond organ adding touches. So, for a solo acoustic guitarist, I've
shown chords and, in the intro, a bit of what the electric guitar plays.


INTRO:
Notes:
Begins with a four-bar electric piano part in F, followed by the guitar part
as indicated in the tab.


Guitar1:
  F                                                         Fsus4
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10--------------------------10--|-10--------------------------11--|
|---------------------------10----|---12----------------------12--12|
|-------------------------10----10|-------------------------10------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


Guitar1:
                                    F               Dm7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----10----------13------13------|
|-----------------------------10--|---10------------10------10------|
|-10---------------------10-12--10|-10--------------12------12------|
|-10------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE1:
Chords:
Bb/C  x3333x    Am    x02210
F     133211    A/C#  x4222x
C     x3555x    Dm    x57765
Bb    x1333x


       | Bb/C           F  | Bb/C F | C             Bb   | Am Bb
Well I'm out here on my own           following the stars

| C      A/C#  Dm      | Dm     C        Bb
  Asking on my knees for some direction, please,

   | Bb/C               F   | Bb C F
And, God, you know it's hard


         | Bb/C            F  | Bb/C F         | C             Bb  | Am Bb
'Cause I'm such a stubborn man,        Lord, I'm stubborn as a mule

       | C        A/C#     Dm      | Dm      C           Bb
But even though I struggle some, I believe a change will come

  | Bb/C             F   | Bb C F
Now here, you love a fool



BRIDGE:
Chords:
Am7   5x555x    Gm7   3x333x
Bb    x1333x    Bb/C  x3333x


| Am7                         | Bb
    I see a road and a flash of lightning

| Gm7                  | Bb/C
    Let me tell you it's frightning



CHORUS:
Chords:
Dm  x57765    F    133211    Eb/Bb  668886
C   x3555x    Gm   355333    Dm/A   557765
Bb  x1333x    F/A  x03211    Bb/C   x3333x


         | Dm     C   | Bb              F
Is anybody there? Oh, I need somebody tonight

 | Dm         C      | Gm          F/A        Bb        C
To care - I'm feeling alone and it just don't seem right

         | Dm     C   | Bb               F
Is anybody there? Oh, I need somebody to be

               | Eb/Bb           Dm/A
To know that I'm good enough for love,

        | Bb/C  F
To walk beside  me


[play: INTRO Figure (chords or tab or both)]



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Bb/C  x3333x    Am    x02210
F     133211    A/C#  x4222x
C     x3555x    Dm    x57765 or xx0231
Bb    x1333x



       | Bb/C  Bb      F    | Bb/C F        | C         Bb        F  | Bb C F
And as a woman in this world,        well you must have felt like this

     | C         A/C#  Dm       | Dm     C         Bb
That a man might come along with another hard luck song

    | Bb/C     Bb     F   | Bb C F
And betray you with a kiss


            | Bb/C       F | Bb/C F        | C         F          Bb  | Am Bb
But would you reconsider me    -    though I know I've caused you pain

   | C     A/C#      Dm         | Dm         C     Bb
I've taken vows with you, and I believe them to be true

         | Bb/C   Bb     F   | Bb C F
Now can we take a little rain?



BRIDGE2:
Chords:
Am7  575555 or 5x555x   Gm7   3x333x 
Bb   x1333x             Bb/C  x3333x


| Am7                                  | Bb
    We could hit that road in a flash of lightning

| Gm7                  | Bb/C
    Maybe it won't be so frightning



[repeat CHORUS]  [x2]


I'm gonna keep on walking, baby

[repeat and ad lib words to fade]