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This is the first tab I've submitted.
It's such a great song and I couldn't find the chords anywhere so I worked them out
and thought I may as well post them in case anyone else is looking.
Check his album out if you haven't; there are a bunch of great tunes on it.
He has an awesome tone to his voice.
He plays this song with a different capo placement and the fingerings he does are different.
This is just an easy way to play the same chords.
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Capo on 8
For the intro and the verse picking parts while playing the C chord he does a walk
on the B string on frets 5, 3, 1 relative to capo.
This is quite important to getting the same sound, but for simplicity I will just
write C, Cadd9 and C.
[Intro]
C / Cadd9 / C / G / C / Cadd9 / C / G
F / F / G / C
C
until verse with subtle pluck on 4th fret A string and back down to 3rd just
before the verse starts
(listen closely to this part to hear what I mean)
[Verse 1]:
C Cadd9 C
I guess I never really knew the strength I had
G
To keep from falling
C Cadd9 C
I guess I never really knew the lengths I’d go
G F F
To keep from losing my
G
con-
C
trol
[Verse 2] (same as Verse 1):
I guess I never really knew the fire I lit
Would keep on burning
I guess I never really knew the path I took
Was the only road I’d ever walk
[Bridge]
Am E7
But oh, when the weight it comes
C G Am
Sometimes it gets hard to breathe
F
Till I hear it calling
D/F#
Softly calling
G *
Out to me
[Chorus]
C
Saying come on, come on
Cadd4 C
Lift it to the ceiling
G C
And sing it with some feeling
Cadd4 C
Lift it from the water
F G
So we can keep this love high
C
So we can keep this love dry
[Verse 3] (same as other verses):
I guess I never really knew the words I wrote
Would keep me breathing
I guess I never really knew that darling
You’re the fire that burns inside my soul
Well you burn inside my soul
[Chorus]
So shout it out and say come on, come on
Lift it to the ceiling
And sing it with some feeling
Lift it from the water
So we can keep this love high
So we can keep this love dry
Yeah come on, come on
Lift it to the ceiling
And sing it with some feeling
Lift it from the water
So we can keep this love high
C C/B Am
So we can keep this love dry
F G
So we can keep this love high
C
C
[Intro chords until end]
We can keep this love
We can keep this love high
Chords used:
C Cadd9 G F Am E7 D/F# Cadd4 C/B
e|--0----0-----3---1---0---0-----------0-----0---|
B|--1----3-----0---1---1---0----3------1-----1---|
G|--0----0-----0---2---2---1----2------0-----0---|
D|--2----2-----0---3---2---0----0------3-----0---|
A|--3----3-----2---3---0---2----0------3-----2---|
E|-------------3---1-------0----2----------------|
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Intro explained: this isn't note for note but should give you an idea what's going on
e|----0-----0-----0---------------------------------------------------|
B|------1-----1----------3------3-----3-------1-----1------1----------|
G|-------------------------0------0-------------0-----0---------------|
D|--------2------------------2--------------------2-------------------|
A|-3------------3------3------------3-------3------------3------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------|
B|--0------0------0-----|
G|----0------0----------|
D|-------------0--------|
A|------2---------------|
E|-3--------------------| [all x 2]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----1----------------0----0------0---------|
G|--2------2----------------------0----0--------------|
D|----3------3---------------------------0------------|
A|------3-----------[x2]------2-----------------[x2]--|
E|-1------------------------3-------------------------|
e|----0-----0-----0------------0------0------0-------|
B|------1-----1------------------1------1------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------2------------------------2-----------------|
A|-3------------3-----[x3]---3-------------4---(3)---| and into the verse
E|---------------------------------------------------|
