Turning Tables (Diatonic Solo)
Words and Music by Adele Adkins and Ryan Tedder
Key of C Minor (Eb Major)
Range G3 to C5
Requires either a LEb Richter tuned diatonic (ideal)
Or a standard Eb Richter tuned diatonic (octave high)
Notations: none = blow - = draw
” = full step bend ____ = hold
-4_4____ = slur then hold; move smoothly from one note
to next then hold
4__ -3 4__ -3 4__ -3 -3”_____
Close e - nough to start a war,____
4__ 4 4___ -3”______
all that I___ have_____
-3” 4 4 -3”_________________
is on the floor.______________
4 4 4 4__ 4 -4 5___ 4__ -3”________
God on-ly knows what we’re fight-ing for._______
-3__ 4 4 -3”___
All_ that I say,__
4 4 4__ 4___ 4_-4_-3”_________
you al-ways say_ more.____________
-3”___ -3___ 4___ -4___ 4__ -3__
I_____ can’t keep up___ with your
-3”___ -3___ 4___ -4___ 4__ -3__ -3”___ -3___ 4__
turn__-ing__ ta__-bles_ un_- der_ your__ thumb I__
3____ -3____________
can’t breathe.______
5 6___ 5___ 6___ 5___
So I___ won’t let_ you_
5__ 5 5___ -4 -5___ 5__ 4__ 6___ 5___ 6___ 5__
close e-nough to hurt_ me, no, I___ won’t res_-cue
5 5 5___ -4 -5___ 5__ 4 -4__ 5__ 6___________
you to just de-sert_ me. I can’t give you_________ (the)
-6__ 6 6___ 5 -5__ -4_4___
heart you think you gave me,____
4 -4 5 -5___ 5__ 4______
it’s time to say__ good-bye____
-3 4__ -3 -3__ 4_______________
to turn-ing ta__-bles,___________
-3 4__ -3 4__ 6____________-5_5_-4_____4__________
to turn-ing ta_-bles._______________________________
4__ -3 4___ -3 4___ -3 4 6________
Un_-der haunted skies I see you,_____
4_-4_6_-5_5_4___ -3” -3” -3” -3”
ooo,____________ where love is lost
-3” 4_6__ 4 -3”____________
your ghost is found._________
5 5 5 5___ -4 6___ 5 -5_5 -4____
I braved a hun_–dred storms to leave you,__
-3 -3 -4 5 6__ -3” 5 5
as hard as you try, no_ I will
5 5 5________ 4_-4___ -4___________
nev-er be_______ knocked down.________
-3”___ -3___ 4___ -4___ -4__ -3__
I_____ can’t keep up___ with your
-3”___ -3___ 4___ -4___ 4__ -3__ -3___ -3___ 4__
turn__-ing__ ta__-bles, un_-der_ your_ thumb I__
3____ -3______________
can't breathe.________
5 6___ 5___ 6___ 5___
So I___ won’t let_ you_
5__ 5 5___ -4 -5___ 5__ 4__ 6___ 5__ 6___ 5__
close e-nough to hurt_ me, no, I___ won’t res_-cue
5__ 5 5___ -4 -5___ 5__ 4 -4__ 5__ 6____________
you to just de-sert_ me. I can’t give you__________ (the)
-6__ 6 6__ 5 -5__ -4_4___
heart you think you gave me, ___
4 -4 5 -5___ 5___ 4______
it’s time to say__ good-bye____
-3 4__ -3 -4__ 4_______________
to turn-ing ta__-bles____________
-3 4__ -3 -4__ 6____________-5_5_-4____4_________
to turn-ing ta__-bles._____________________________
5___ -4___ 5___ -4___ -4__ 5__
Next time_ I’ll be___ brav-er,
5___ -4__ 5___ -4___ -4__ 5___ 4_-3”_
I’ll be__ my__ own__ sav_-ior_ when__
-3” 4__ 4 4__ 4 4_-4_____5_-4_4_-4__5___
the thun-der calls to me,_____________________
5___ -4___ 5___ -4___ -4__ 5__
Next time_ I’ll be___ brav-er,
5___ -4__ 5___ -4___ -4__ 5__ 4__ -3”__
I’ll be__ my__ own__ sav_-ior stand-ing_
4__ 4 4__ 4 4_-4___-3_-3”_3_-3”_-3________
on my own two feet._________________________
6___ 5___ 6___ 5___
I___ won’t let_ you
5__ 5 5___ -4 -5__ 5__ 4__ 6___ 5___ 6___ 5___
close e-nough to hurt me, no, I___ won’t res_-cue
5__ 5 5___ -4 -5___ 5__ 4 -4__ 5__ 6___________
you to just de-sert_ me. I can’t give you_________ (the)
-6__ 6 6___ 5 -5__ -4_4___
heart you think you gave me, ___
4 -4 5 -5___ 5___ 4______
it’s time to say__ good-bye____
-3 4__ -3 -3__4_______________
to turn-ing ta_-bles_____________
-3 4__ -3 4__6_______-6__________6___-6
to turn-ing ta-bles,_____________________
5__ 5_6 5_-4_4_-3”_3_-3”_4________
turn-ing ta_____-bles,_____________
5__ -4__4_______
yeah, yeah._______
4 4 -3 -3”___
Duh, duh, duh, no,___
4 4 -3 -3”____3_-3”_3___ 2______
Duh, duh, duh, no,______________ yeah.__
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