Turning Tables (Diatonic Solo)

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.__