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Time Is Dancing - Ben Howard
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Tabbed By : Aeonoptic
e-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: C F Bb F F C
Note: The recorded version uses 3 separate guitars:
- What is tabbed here
- A 2nd guitar that play high arpeggios, essentially what the
main guitar does in the final chorus
- A 3rd that makes fuzzy ambience
so don't be surprised if it doesn't sound exactly like the album
F Gm Am Bb Gm F Ab Eb
E|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
B|4h5p4----4h5p4----4h5p4---4h5p4--|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
G|4--------4--------4-------4------|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
D|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------| x4
A|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
E|5-----5--5-----5--5-----5-------5|7---9-|-10\7---5/8-|3--3--3--3|
[Verse 1]
F
Wrapped up in dissonance
Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb
I'm sor-ry that I just walked a- way
F Gm Am
Lost in the insignificance of mine
Bb Gm F Am Eb
I had no words to say
F
Now I am better
Gm Am Bb Gm F Ab Em
I implore you to say it is-n't right
F
But somewhere deep in history
Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb
Your father pulled the teeth out of your fight
The chorus is just held chords in the shapes shown above
[Chorus]
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
Bb F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb F
You again, all you, all you, all you
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
Bb F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb F
Me again, all fired up on you
[Bridge 1]
Eb F Gm Am Eb* *octave up
And now she's caught between
Dm Am Bb Eb
What to say and what she really means
Eb F Gm Am Eb* Dm Am Bb Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---|
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|
F Gm Am Bb Gm F Ab Eb
E|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
B|4h5p4----4h5p4----4h5p4---4h5p4--|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
G|4--------4--------4-------4------|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
D|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------| x2
A|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
E|5-----5--5-----5--5-----5-------5|7---9-|-10\7---5/8-|3--3--3--3|
[Verse 2]
F
Wrapped up in empathy
Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb
The chemicals are pushing past my blood
F
Hold all my cliches
Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb
They are tipping my tongue to tell you that it's love
[Chorus]
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
Bb F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb F
You again, all you, all you, all you
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
Bb F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb F
Me again, all fired up on you
[Bridge 2]
Eb F Gm Am Eb* *octave up
And now she's caught between
Dm Am Bb Eb
What to say and what she really means
Eb F Gm Am Eb
And I am finally coloring
Dm Am Bb Eb
Inside the lines that I live be-tween
Eb F Gm Am Eb* Dm Am Bb Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---| x2
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|
After that there is a section where he just vamps the Eb, with the occasional bend:
Eb
E|-----------------------------|
B|------2br3------2br3------7b9|
G|----2------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|3----------------------------|
[Chorus 3]
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
Bb F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb F
You again, all you, all you, all you
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
Bb F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb F
Me again, all fired up on you
The pattern played changes to a percussive pattern (x = percussive slap)
Gm Bb F
E|----------5--|----------5--|----------------|---------------|-----------5--|-----------5--|
B|--5-----5----|--5-----5----|------------12--|-----------12--|--4------4----|--4------4----|
G|-------------|-------------|---9------9-----|--9------9-----|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|----x----------x|----x---------x|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
E|7---x-7-----x|7---x-7-----x|10-----10-------|10-----10------|5---x--5-----x|5---x--5-----x|
Eb F Gm Am Eb* Dm Am Bb Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---|
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|
Closes on:
Eb
E|-----|
B|0h2--|
G|0h2--|
D|-----|
A|-----| x3
E|3----|
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| + harmonic
| ~ vibrato
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