Good day fine people!
Been trying to find a tab for this tune as played by Hozier and though the tabs
I have found have been
correct there is a vast difference in sound. This is due to the fact
that Hozier plays this song on a
baritone tuned to B with a capo on 2. This means you can play it
on a standard guitar if you tune down
a full step and a half (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#).
Hozier also plays all in bar chords on this one (except for the E).
It's pretty clear to see here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZapJqKROwc
To save time I'm using BS91x's tab as a template. Cheers for the hand mate,
hope you don't feel I'm stealing
your work.
Tuning : C#-F#-B-E-G#-C# (down full step & a half from standard)
[Intro] E F#m A
A G#m E
E F#m G#m A
A G#m E
[verse]
E F#m A A G#m E
So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes
E F#m G#m A A G#m E
No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight
E F#m G#m A A G#m
So deep in the swill with the most familiar of swine
F#m A E
For reasons wretched and divine
E F#m A A G#m E
She blows out of nowhere roman candle of the wild
E F#m G#m A A G#m E
Laughing her way through my feeble disguise
E F#m G#m A A G#m
No other version of me I would rather be tonight
F#m A E
And lord she found me just in time
[Link]
C#m G#m A
Cause with my mid-youth crisis all said and done
D D D# E
I need to be youthfully felt 'cause god I never felt young
[Chorus]
E F#m A A G#m E
She's gonna save me call me 'baby' run her hands through my hair
E F#m G#m A A G#m
She'll know me crazy soothe me daily better yet she wouldn't care
C#m B G#m A A G#m E
We'll steal a Lexus be detectives ride 'round picking up clues
E F#m G#m A
We'll name our children Jackie and Wilson raise 'em on rhythm and blues
[Verse]
E F#m A A G#m E
Lord it'd be great to find a place we could escape sometime
E F#m G#m A A G#m E
Me and my Isis growing black irises in the sunshine
E F#m G#m A A G#m
Every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside
F#m A E
Sit back and watch the world go by
[Link]
C#m G#m A
Happy to lie back watch it burn and rust
D D D#m E
We tried the world good god it wasn't for us
[Chorus]
E F#m A A G#m E
She's gonna save me call me 'baby' run her hands through my hair
E F#m G#m A A G#m
She'll know me crazy soothe me daily better yet she wouldn't care
C#m B G#m A A G#m E
We'll steal a Lexus be detectives ride 'round picking up clues
E F#m G#m A
We'll name our children Jackie and Wilson raise 'em on rhythm and blues
[Instrumental]
C#m E (barred) G#m A G#m A G#m E (barred)
C#m E (barred) G#m A G#m A G#m E
C#m E (barred) G#m A G#m A G#m E (barred)
F#m D D D# E
[Verse]
E F#m A A G#m E
Cut clean from the dream that night let my mind reset
E F#m G#m A A G#m E
Lookin' up from a cigarette and she's already left
E F#m G#m A A G#m
I start diggin' up the yard for what's left of me and our little vignette
F#m A E
For whatever poor soul is coming next
[Chorus]
E F#m A A G#m E
She's gonna save me call me 'baby' run her hands through my hair
E F#m G#m A A G#m
She'll know me crazy soothe me daily better yet she wouldn't care
C#m B G#m A A G#m E
We'll steal a Lexus be detectives ride 'round picking up clues
E F#m G#m A
We'll name our children Jackie and Wilson raise 'em on rhythm and blues
There she is, crackin' tune! Nothing wrong with playing it in C
with a capo on 1 of course but this gives you
the more
gritty bassy tones.
Feel free to point out any mistakes, this is actually the first tab I've got round to posting so
there may be a few.
PS : chords are not on cue, sure you can work that out
