Lindsey Buckingham Never Going Back Again guitar tab

Never Going Back Again by Lindsey Buckingham

Title: Never Going Back Again
SubTitle: Music by Lindsey Buckingham
Artist: Lindsey Buckingham
Album: One Man Show
Words: Lindsey Buckingham
Music: Lindsey Buckingham
Copyright: 1977 (Renewed) NOW SOUNDS MUSIC
All Rights Reserved Used By Permission.
Tabber: By Phil Reeves

Instructions: Dropper Bass D tuning capo on 4th fret (whole guitar is tuned a half step
down and played with a capo at the 4th fret.
You WON'T find the below tab anywhere else other then here. For years people have transcribed this song
incorrectly and struggled playing the song with the easy the Buckingham seems to have.
Why? cause they haven't studied Buckingham's playing style, if they had of they would
know he using a basic form of travis picking THUMB plays the base and fingers play the
melody.

What we find here with all the tab on the web and in books is they are putting extra
notes in that were never there and making the song harder then it is.
The best way to approach this song is to learn the chord shapes first and switching
between them smoothly. It opens up with a closed D chord baring strings 1 to 4 at the 
2ndfret with finger number 1 and then finger 2 on the B string 3rd fret and finger 3 on 
the d string 4th fret. Then you just pull off fingers 2 and 3,leaving finger 1 in place for
the second chord A. Now just practice switching these 2 chords first before adding
in Lyndsey's basic travis picking. Remember the song is 4/4 and the 3 bass notes all 
playon the quarter note, thus for bass notes per bar. Now practice just the bass notes with
your picking hand thumb only, 6,4,5,4.

Remember with travis picking, the root bass rule. The Thumb always plays the route of thechord first.

The next chord is a bit of a stretch but as the 4th bass string rings on the D chord it
gives you time to switch.
So you just slide your 4th finger up to the 5th fret and using your little finger on the 
5th fret of the b
string leaving the bar in place with the 1st finger. Just allow you hand to sit back
rather then up over the strings like a classical player would. Break the picking down
again. Learn the treble strings part first counting the beat with your foot. Then slowly 
introduce the thumb. You are playing quarter notes just on the 4th and 5th string now 
for this part.
If you want a pdf of this tab or video lesson email me [email protected]


Legend
L - tied note
x - dead note
h - hammer on/pull off
b - bend
s - slide
~ - vibrato
g - ghost note
> - accentuated note
t - trill
M - palm mute
. - staccato
P - popping (bass)
S - slapping (bass)
+ - tapping
W - wide vibrato
< - fade in
w - whammy bar
= - tremolo picking
v - brush up
^ - brush down
V - pick stroke up
n - pick stroke down


E ||---------------------------|----------------------------|
B ||-------3.----------2h-3----|-----------3-----------3----|
G ||o---------------2----------|-----2-----------2----------|
D ||o------4.----------2h-4----|--------4-----------4-------|
A ||-------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
D ||-0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------3.----------2h-3----|-----------3----------------|
-----------------2----------|-----2-----------2----------|
--------4.----------2h-4----|--------4-----------4-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


--2--------2--------2-------|-----2--------2--------2----|
-----0--------5--------5----|--------5--------5----------|
--------2--------2----------|--2--------2--------2-------|
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--0-----------0-------------|--0-----------0-------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


----------------------------|----------------------------|
--3--------5s-7-----5-------|--3-----------3--3g-3g------|
-----2----------------------|-----2-----2----------------|
--------4--5s-7-----5-------|--------4-------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-----------0--0g-0g------|


----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------3-----------2--3----|-----------3-----------3----|
-----2-----------2----------|-----2-----------2----------|
--------4-----------2--4----|--------4-----------4-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------3-----------2--3----|-----------3----------------|
-----2-----------2----------|-----2-----------2----------|
--------4-----------2--4----|--------4-----------4-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


--2--------2--------2-------|-----2--------2--------2----|
-----0--------5--------5----|--------5--------5----------|
--------2--------2----------|--2--------2--------2-------|
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--0-----------0-------------|--0-----------0-------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


----------------------------|---------------------------|||
--3--------5s-7-----5-------|--3-----------3--3g-3g-----|||
-----2----------------------|-----2-----2--------------o|||
--------4--5s-7-----5-------|--------4-----------------o|||
----------------------------|---------------------------|||
--0-------------------------|--0-----------0--0g-0g-----|||


-------10-------9----------|--10-------10-------10------|
---------------------------|-----10-------10-------10---|
o---------------------7----|--------7--------7----------|
o------7-----------7-------|--------7-----------7-------|
-------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
-0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


--------10----9-------------|--10-------10-------10------|
-----------------8----------|-----10-------10-------10---|
--7--------------------7----|--------7--------7----------|
--------7-----------7-------|--------7-----------7-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


--------10-------9----------|--10-------10-------10------|
----------------------------|-----10-------10-------10---|
--7--------------------7----|--------7--------7----------|
--------7-----------7-------|--------7-----------7-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|

                                                          Solo
----------------------------|---------------------------||----------------|
--------3-----------2--3----|--------3h-2--------2h-3---||--10~-----------|
-----4-----------2----------|-----4-----------2--------o||----------------|
--------4-----------2--4----|--------4h-2--------2h-4--o||-----0-----0----|
--2-------------------------|--2-----------0------------||--------0-------|
--------------4L-4L-4L-4----|---------------------------||--0-------------|


----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
--8~------------|--7~----------7s-5s-3-------|--------------------3--2----|
----------------|----------------------------|--2--------------2----------|
-----0-----0----|--------0-----------0-------|--------0--2s-4-------------|
--------0-------|--------------0--0g---------|--0--------------------0----|
--0-------------|--0-------------------------|----------------------------|


----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------|
--------------3--0----------|-----2--3-----------3-------|--10~---12~-----|
--2--------2--------0-------|--0--------------2----------|----------------|
--------2--------------0----|--------------4-------------|-----0-----0----|
--0g------------------------|-----0----------------------|--------0-------|
-----------------5----------|--------0-----------0-------|--0-------------|


----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
--8~----10~-----|--7~----------7s-5s-3-------|--------------------3--2----|
----------------|----------------------------|--2--------------2----------|
-----0-----0----|--------0-----------0-------|--------0--2s-4-------------|
--------0-------|--------------0--0g---------|--0--------------------0----|
--0-------------|--0-------------------------|----------------------------|


----------------------------|---------------------------|||
--------------3--0----------|-----2--3-----------3------|||
--2--------2--------0-------|--0--------------2--------o|||
--------2--------------0----|--------------4-----------o|||
--0g------------------------|-----0---------------------|||
-----------------5----------|--------0-----------0------|||


Below is the added section. On the studio recording Lindsey can be heard playing the 
high E string at the 5th fret at the start of the song, however on all his live recordings 
he plays it as above. Anyway on the studio version its starts as below. Ive also added a
 repeat section without the 5th fret played, however with the high E playing at the 2nd
 fret. Its good to be able to play all variation and will help you to add that little
extra to the song.
On the Romours album he has tuned his guitar a full step down and playing a capo at the 
6th fret i thing from memory.
 ----------------------------|--------------------5---------|
--------3.----------2h-3----|-----------3-----------3-------|
-----------------2----------|-----2-----------2-------------|
--------4.----------2h-4----|--------4-----------4----------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0----------------|
--0-------------------------|--0----------------------------|


----------------------------|--------------------5-------|
--------3.----------2h-3----|-----------3----------------|
-----------------2----------|-----2-----------2----------|
--------4.----------2h-4----|--------4-----------4-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


--2--------2--------2-------|-----2--------2--------2----|
-----0--------5--------5----|--------5--------5----------|
--------2--------2----------|--2--------2--------2-------|
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--0-----------0-------------|--0-----------0-------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


----------------------------|----------------------------|
--3--------5s-7-----5-------|--3-----------3--3g-3g------|
-----2----------------------|-----2-----2----------------|
--------4--5s-7-----5-------|--------4-------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-----------0--0g-0g------|


----------------------------|--------------------2-------|
--------3.----------2h-3----|-----------3-----------3----|
-----------------2----------|-----2-----------2----------|
--------4.----------2h-4----|--------4-----------4-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


----------------------------|--------------------2-------|
--------3.----------2h-3----|-----------3----------------|
-----------------2----------|-----2-----------2----------|
--------4.----------2h-4----|--------4-----------4-------|
--------------0-------------|--------------0-------------|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|


--2--------2--------2-------|-----2--------2--------2----|
-----0--------5--------5----|--------5--------5----------|
--------2--------2----------|--2--------2--------2-------|
--------5-----------5-------|--------5-----------5-------|
--0-----------0-------------|--0-----------0-------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


----------------------------|----------------------------||
--3--------5s-7-----5-------|--3-----------3--3g-3g------||
-----2----------------------|-----2-----2----------------||
--------4--5s-7-----5-------|--------4-------------------||
----------------------------|----------------------------||
--0-------------------------|--0-----------0--0g-0g------||