Tab Realm

Ray by Kara Jackson






                                              Ray







Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C

 
The song is played fingerstyle on an acoustic guitar. It's a mix between fingerpicking and bossa nova rhythm.
Many of the chords (like Gm7) in the progression are just "passing chords." Always starts by letting that low
C note of the Cmaj7 ring.
Also, many of the chords are just played on three strings. After the intro section, I will shorten those
chords from "X(no5)" etc to just "X."
Because some of the chords only have 3 notes, they could also be played as any number of more full chords.
I.E. the F#7(no5) could also be F#7b5 or F#7#5 (F#aug7) or F#11 or 13. I think it sounds best as the original

 
[Chords]
   CM7 CM7* Gm7(no5) F#7(no5) FM7 Fm7 Bb EbM7(no5) Eb6(no5) D7(no5)/A BM7 BbM7 F6(no5)
e|-----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5------------------------------3--3---------1--------1---------4---3----3-----------|
G|--4--4----3--------3--------2---1---3--0---------0--------2---------3---2----2-----------|
D|--5--5----3--------2--------2---1---3--1---------1--------0---------4---3----3-----------|
A|--3--3------------------------------1-(0)-------(0)------(0)--------2---1----------------|
E|----------3--------2--------1---1--------------------------------------------1-----------|
 
 
[Intro]
CM7 Gm7(no5) F#7(no5) FM7(no5) Fm7(no5) Bb EbM7(no5) Eb6(no5) D7(no3)/A
 
[Verse 1]
  CM7
Ray
Gm7 F#7                    FM7
I'm not ashamed I couldn't stay
Fm7      Bb                EbM7
Your icy necklace bothered me
Eb6 D7/A
You see
 
[Verse 2]
 CM7   Gm7
Ray
              F#7     FM7  Fm7
You taught me infidelity
                         Bb     EbM7 Eb6
Them white girls couldn't bother me
         D7/A
Couldn't top me
 
[Chorus]
    CM7
You shrink without your pack
BbM7
They don't have your back
CM7
You say your money's fine
BbM7
I can tell you're lyin'
CM7
Ray
 
[Verse 3]
CM7
Ray
Gm7          F#7             FM7
Got a tattoo of a stranger's name
Fm7           Bb              EbM7       Eb6
Got a homeboy said he did the same thing
D7/A
Got no shame
 
[Chorus 2]
CM7
You think I'll text you back
BbM7
Cut your phone some slack
CM7
It's buzzin' all the time
BbM7
Mommas on your line
 
[Outro]
CM7 BM7 BbM7      CM7  BM7 BbM7
Ray,      are you ok?
  CM7 BM7 BbM7 F6  CM7*
Ray, are you ok?
[End]








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