This is mostly a chord diagram. You should embellish the melodic licks yourself. It's
more fun that way!
Tuning EADGBe
Chords used (tabbed from base E to high e):
D7 - x57655
F#/A - 2x2220
G - 3x543x
Em - 022000
A/G - 5x5435
B/D - x2023x
Bm - xx977x
A - xx765x
G2 xx543x
Verse picking, fingerstyle (fill with a lick after the last F#):
(these first 4 notes should be played pizzicato)
e|----------------------------0--2-------------------0------------2---|
B|--------------3---------3---------2----------2--3------0------------|
G|------------------2---------------2---2----------------0--0---------|
D|---------------------0--------------------2------------------2------|
A|----------0---2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---2----------------------------2--------------------0------------|
Verse:
B/D
I feel like a worker bee
F#/A
Sittin' all alone in here
Em
In this long deserted hive
(bass lick)
B/D
All relations gone to pieces
F#/A
I drove the people close to me
Em
Miles away outta my sight
B/D
And now I'm like a naked man
F#/A
Standing in the desert tryin'
Em A/G
Tryin' to sell a messiah for silver
Chorus:
D7
Please hold me back
G
And don't let me go
D7
When I go crazy
A/G
Don't let me go
(walk the bass down F# -> E)
Em F#/A G
All of my bridges are crumbling to dust
Em F#/A G
And you might be the only one that I can trust
A/G B/D
So please hold on
(play B/D -> F#/A -> Em verse for A bit)
Em
(Hold onto me now)
(Repeat verse over these)
You were not the first I've seen
Gettin' eaten from within
Being what you do
It's easy enough to lose a step or two
Dodging bullets while building a truce
Don't beat yourself up about it
What you lost you can't get back
A little perspective right here in this track
I've seen children get sold for silver
(Repeat Chorus over these)
I could hold you back
But I won't treat you so
I don't think you're crazy
And I won't let you go
I'll be the someone you can hold onto
But I won't be somebody holding onto you
Weighing you down
(No, no, no, no, no)
(Switch to tremolo style strumming here)
Bm
Don't have the courage to
A
Take another step let alone two
G2
I'll fall into the big black sea
Bm
Sure you can if I can soak in you
A
Lean on me I will be there
G2 A/G
And it's blue can't you see
(Repeat Chorus)
I won't let you go
And I won't hold you back
I'll walk the whole mile with you
Watching your back
Never ever let you go
And never hold you back
I'll be forever someone you can trust
Some things to note:
Bernhoft's guitar has two bass strings on it. In order to emulate the deep bass noise in
his bass walks, I recommend playing the bass notes using pizzicato.
Bernhoft uses a looper to make the 2nd and 3rd verses have some amount of percussion.
Feel free to add your own texture there.
The bass lick that he uses to fill between verses changes as the song progresses. It
always resolves to a B/D chord, so just make sure whatever bass lick you use resolves to that.
Here is the reference I used for this tab:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxIiQzp0E-Q
Enjoy!
