Adhesive

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) 


A great song, one of STP's finest, for mine. It's a beautiful song with some really nice  
sounding trademark DeLeo chords. It's also hard to find any tabs for. 
There are four rhythm parts to the song, as below: verse, pre Chorus, Chorus and breakdown. 
Listen to the song to find out exactly where each part fits and how often to play each  
part; it's a pretty straightforward structure. 

I'm confident that this is mostly right, it sounds good to my ear, at least. 

Here goes: 


Intro/Verse (repeat): 

There are slight variations of this riff, but the same chords and progression 
persist throughout the verses/solo. 


e|--0----0---0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0----0---0--0--0--0--0--0-0---0----0---0---0--0--| 
B|--5----5---5---7--7--9--9--9-9---7----7---7--9--9--9--9--9-9---4----4---4---4--4--| 
G|--6----6---6---6--6--9--9--9-9---6----6---6--9--9--9--9--9-9---4----4---4---4--4--| 
D|--7----7---7---7--7--7--7--7-7---7----7---7--7--7--7--7--7-7---2----2---2---2--2--| 
A|--0----0---0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0----0---0--0--0--0--0--0-0---4----4---4---4--4--| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


e|--2-2-2-2---2----2---2---2--2--2-2-2-2---| 
B|--4-4-4-4---4----4---4---4--4--4-4-4-4---| 
G|--4-4-4-4---4----4---4---4--4--4-4-4-4---| 
D|--2-2-2-2---2----2---2---2--2--2-2-2-2---| 
A|--4-4-4-4---4----4---4---4--4--4-4-4-4---| 
E|-----------------------------------------| 




Pre-Chorus (play once the first time, twice the second and third times) 

e|--2---2---2-2-2---2---2---2---2---------------------0---0---0---0---0---0--| 
B|--5---4---4-5-4---5---4---5---4---5---4---4--5--4---5---4---5---4---5---4--| 
G|--2---2---2-2-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--2--2---4---4---4---4---4---4--| 
D|--4---4---4-4-4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2--2--2---4---4---4---4---4---4--| 
A|--4---4---4-4-4---4---4---4---4---0---0---0--0--0---2---2---2---2---2---2--| 
E|--2---2---2-2-2---2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------| 




Chorus (repeat twice): 

e|--0---0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0--| 
B|--0---0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---3---3--0--3---0---3---0---3--| 
G|--2---1---1--2--1---2---1---2---1---2--1---4---2---2--4--2---4---2---4---2--| 
D|--2---2---2--2--2---2---2---2---2---2--2---2---2---2--2--2---2---2---2---2--| 
A|--2---2---2--2--2---2---2---2---2---2--2---3---3---3--3--3---3---3---3---3--| 
E|--0---0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--0------------------------------------| 

e|--0---0---| 
B|--0---3---| 
G|--4---2---| 
D|--2---2---| 
A|--3---3---| 
E|----------| 



Breakdown: 

e|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--3--3--3-3--7---7--7-7-7-7---6--6--6-6--6---6--6-6-6-6---3-------| 
G|--2--2--2-2--7---7--7-7-7-7---7--7--7-7--7---7--7-7-7-7---2-------| 
D|--0--0--0-0--7---7--7-7-7-7---7--7--7-7--7---7--7-7-7-7---0-------| 
A|--2--2--2-2--x---x--x-x-x-x---x--x--x-x--x---x--x-x-x-x---0-------| 
E|-------------7---7--7-7-7-7---6--6--6-6--6---6--6-6-6-6-----------| 



That's it! I've tried to tab the timing as best as possible, but as always, listen to  
the song to nail it. 

Feel free to comment or e-mail with suggestions, praise, insults, etc :) 

Enjoy!  \m/(^_^)\m/ 



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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| b   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 
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