Tune Req: Needed Time (Eric Bibb)

Subject: Eric Bibb Needed Time
From:
Date: 29 Aug 00 - 04:45 PM

I,m desperate for the guitar tab to the solo version of Needed Time by Eric Bibb. Where can I get it? Who can I chase to get it available? thanks Alan

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Eric Bibb Needed Time
From: Ed Pellow
Date: 30 Aug 00 - 04:20 AM

Alan,

I've not got the tab, but the chords go like this:

E                                                   A
Right now is the needed time, right now is the needed time
         E                          B
Right now is the needed time
         E                                          A
Right now is the needed time, right now is the needed time
         E              B         E
Right now is the needed time

When playing the E chord use your little finger to play the G# then F# on the top string (4th and 2nd fret) which allows you to pick out the melody.

Hope this helps

Ed

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Eric Bibb Needed Time
From:
Date: 30 Aug 00 - 02:38 PM

Cheers Ed theres enough here to get me going.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Eric Bibb Needed Time
From: GUEST,John Rockwell
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 12:07 AM

This song is in drop-D with a capo on the first fret. Play it like you're playing in D to get Bibb's voicings and chord sounds. : )

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Eric Bibb Needed Time
From: GUEST,John Rockwell
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 12:07 AM

Of course, I mean capo second fret to get you back in the key of E...

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Needed Time (Eric Bibb)
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 04:00 PM

The best I can get is give you what I've got so far. Yes, others post this a straight I-IV-V7 changes, but that's not the way Eric plays it. Here's what I've broken down so far...

First, the tuning. I believe he's tuned a whole step down, and uses a capo on the 2nd fret, with further tuning his 6th string down another full step. Now, that puts the tune.

He seems to be using a Dsus2 shape and varies it with the straight D, using an alternating bass pattern, incorporating the low 6th string, 5th string, and 4th string.

So, on to the chords.

Dsus2 - G - D - Bm - A - A7 | Dsus2 - G - D - A - A7

That's the basic progression. There's a passing chord between the Dsus2 - pc - G, which is don't yet have figured out, but I use this fingering:

string 6 5 4 3 2 1
fret   0 7 5 7 0 0
finger    3 1 4 0 0

He throws in a "B" section not normally found in other versions of the tune, and the best I can tell you is to watch the youtube vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh03Yo3PbjU at the 5:00 minute mark he talks about it. It's what I'm going through to create a passable version. - Phil Manuel