No Expectations

as played on the album Beggars Banquet

tabbed by Kay-Uwe Graw on the 26th of February 1997

The tab is for the slide guitar in this song.
The second guitar plays rhythm with the same chords in standard tuning throughout the whole song as indicated in the intro.


#---------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This tab is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this tab for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Playing Notes:

/ - slide up
\ - slide down
s - slide between notes
~ - vibrato

played in Open E (E B E G# B E from low to high)


    E   E   A              E            A                E            A
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------5---------------12-----------5----------------12----------5-----|
G#|-------/5----5----------12-------3-s-5----5-----------12-------3-s-5---5---|
E-|---------------5----/12----------------------5----/12--------------------5-|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


      E             D        A          E        E             E
|--------------8-s-10----3-s-5----10-s-12----------------------12-----------|
|--------12----8-s-10----3-s-5----10-s-12-----------------------------------|
|-----12-------8-s-10----3-s-5----10-s-12----/12-------10-s-12--------------|
|-/12----------8-s-10----3-s-5----10-s-12--------12-------------------------|
|--------------8-s-10----3-s-5----10-s-12-----------------------------------|
|--------------8-s-10----3-s-5----10-s-12-----------------------------------|



|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5---------------0-----------5-------------0----------5--------------0|
|-/5------5----------0-----3-s-5------5--------0----3-s-5------5---------0--|
|------------5-s-3-0---------------------5s3-0-------------------5-s-3-0----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Take me to the station   and put me on a train   I've got no expectations


|-8--s--10---3---s---5---10-s-12------------12~-----------------------------|
|-8--s--10---3---s---5---10-s-12---------------------------------5----------|
|-8--s--10---3---s---5---10-s-12----10-s-12-------/12-------/5------5-------|
|-8--s--10---3---s---5---10-s-12----------------------12---------------5-s-3|
|-8--s--10---3---s---5---10-s-12--------------------------------------------|
|-8--s--10---3---s---5---10-s-12--------------------------------------------|
  to pass   through here  again                             Once I was a

|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-s-10--|
|------0---------5------------12-------5------------------0---------8-s-10--|
|----0-----3-s-5----5------12----3-s-5----5-----------0-------------8-s-10--|
|--0------------------5-/12------------------5s3--0-----------------8-s-10--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-s-10--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-s-10--|
  rich man   now I am so poor   but never in my sweet short life    have I


|----------10\---------3-s-5--------5---10-s-12----10-s-12----10-s-12-------|
|-10----10-------------3-s-5--5---5-----10-s-12----10-s-12----10-s-12-------|
|----10----------------3-s-5----5-------10-s-12----10-s-12----10-s-12-------|
|----------------------3-s-5------------10-s-12----10-s-12----10-s-12-------|
|----------------------3-s-5------------10-s-12----10-s-12----10-s-12-------|
|----------------------3-s-5------------10-s-12----10-s-12----10-s-12-------|
              felt like this             before


|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5---------------0-------------5--------------------12----------|
|---3-s-5--------5---------0------3-s-5---------5------------12-------------|
|--------------------5s3-0---------------------------5---/12----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Your heart is like a diamond   you throw your pearls at swines


|-----------------------------------8--s--10-----3--s--5----10-s-12--10-s-12|
|--------5-------------------0------8--s--10-----3--s--5----10-s-12--10-s-12|
|--3-s-5------5------------0---0----8--s--10-----3--s--5----10-s-12--10-s-12|
|------------------5-s-3-0----------8--s--10-----3--s--5----10-s-12--10-s-12|
|-----------------------------------8--s--10-----3--s--5----10-s-12--10-s-12|
|-----------------------------------8--s--10-----3--s--5----10-s-12--10-s-12|
  and as I watched you leavin' me   you passed   my peace   of mind


|-12~-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5-------------0---------5------------12--------5--------------0-|
|-----3-s-5---5---------0-----3-s-5---5-------12-----3-s-5---5----------0---|
|---------------5-s-3-0-----------------5-/12-------------------5-s-3-0-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-8/-10----3/-5----10-s-12--------12----------------------------------------|
|-8/-10----3/-5----10-s-12-------------------------------5----------------0-|
|-8/-10----3/-5----10-s-12----/12-------/12-----3--s--5------5----------0---|
|-8/-10----3/-5----10-s-12------------------12------------------5-s-3-0-----|
|-8/-10----3/-5----10-s-12--------------------------------------------------|
|-8/-10----3/-5----10-s-12--------------------------------------------------|
                                                Our love was like the water


|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5---------------0-------------5--------------12-----------------|
|--3--s--5-----5----------0-----3--s--5------5--------12--------8--s--10----|
|-----------------5-s-3-0-----------------------5-/12-----------8--s--10----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------8--s--10----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------8--s--10----|
  that splashes on the stone    our love is like our music     it's here


|------------------5--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------------5---------------------------------5---------------0----|
|---10-----3--s--5-----5--5--s--12~----10-s-12--3-s-5-----5----------0------|
|-----10---3--s--5--------5--s--12~----10-s-12---------------5-s-3-0--------|
|----------3--s--5--------5--s--12~----10-s-12------------------------------|
|----------3--s--5--------5--s--12~----10-s-12------------------------------|
           and then       it's gone             so take me to the airport


|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------5-----------0-----------5------------12--------------------------|
|-3--s--5----5-------0-----3-s-5------5-------12----8-s-10----3---s---5-----|
|--------------5s3-0---------------------5-/12------8-s-10----3---s---5-----|
|---------------------------------------------------8-s-10----3---s---5-----|
|---------------------------------------------------8-s-10----3---s---5-----|
  and put me on a plane   I've got no expectations  to pass  through here


|----------------12-------12------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------5------------12---------5------------12|
|-10-s-12----/12------/12------3-s-5---5-------12------3-s-5---5-------12---|
|-10-s-12--------------------------------5-/12-------------------5-/12------|
|-10-s-12-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-s-12-------------------------------------------------------------------|
   again


|--------------------------8-s-10-----3--s--5--------10--s--12--|
|-------5-------------0----8-s-10-----3--s--5--------10--s--12--|
|-3-s-5---5---------0------8-s-10-----3--s--5--------10--s--12--|
|-----------5-s-3-0--------8-s-10-----3--s--5--------10--s--12--|
|--------------------------8-s-10-----3--s--5--------10--s--12--|
|--------------------------8-s-10-----3--s--5--------10--s--12--|


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