This is a great song, originally done by Brandi Carlisle. Seth Avett does a cover live on youtube, and that's
the version I'm tabbing here.
Save Part of Yourself- Seth Avett (original by Brandi Carlile)
Standard Tuning- Key of G
Chords used
G [320003]
C [x32010]
Em [022000]
D6/F# [20020x]
Cm [x35543]
Intro (play through twice): Finger picked. The high notes are the real key here, just get a good bass line
feel for the low notes, my tab isn't necessarily 100% correct.
G C Em D6/F# G
|-3p0-------------0-3---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------3------|
|------3--0---3--------------0h1----1---1------1p0---3-----------0------------0------------0-----------|
|----------------------------0------------0------------------------0------------2---2--------0---------|
|----------------------------2--------------2-------------------------------------0-------0----0-------|
|-2---------------------------3----3---3--------3----3----------2-----------0--------------------------|
|-3---3--3---3---3-----3---3---------------------------------0---------0-2--------------3--------------|
Verse 1 (Finger Pick)
G
Sun came up and five years gone
C G
Life goes on, yeah life goes on
Em D6/F# G
I wonder how you're gettin' by
G
Sun goes down and I feel blue
C G
Now I toss 'cause my minds on you
Em D6/F# G
I kinda miss that broken smile
Chorus
Em D6/F# G
So save part of yourself for me
C Cm (Intro)
Oh save part of yourself.. for me.
(Intro)
Verse 2
G
I remember you and me
C G
Lost and young and dumb and free
Em D6/F# G
And unaware of years to come
G
Just a whisper in the dark
C G
On the pavement in the park
Em D6/F# G
You taught me how to love someone
Chorus
Em D6/F# G
So save part of yourself for me
C Cm (Intro)
Won't you save part of yourself.. for me
(Intro)
Verse 3
G
When we walk into the sun
C G
Or burn below for what we done
Em D6/F# G
Will you still call out for me?
G
Turn to light or fade to black
C G
Don't look back, no you don't look back
Em D6/F# G
at what you might not want to see
Chorus
Em D6/F# G
So save part of yourself for me
C Cm (Intro)
Won't you save part of yourself for me
(Intro)
Last Verse
G
Sun came up and five years gone
C G
Life goes on, yeah life goes on.
Em D6/F# G
I hope you caught up with your dreams
Chorus
Em D6/F# G
I hope you saved part of yourself for me
C Cm
I hope you saved part of yourself for me
Outro
Play slowly
G
|-3p0-------------0---3--|
|-------3--0---3---------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|
|-3---3--3---3---3--3----|
