Song: The blade
Artist: Ashley Monroe
Composers: Marc Beeson, Jamie Floyd & Allen Shamblin
Album: The blade
Tabbed by DJ
12st Oct 2015
This is mostly a piano piece, and Ashley's rhythm guitarist
plays along in E with a capo at the 2nd fret, sticking to
pretty basic chords. You can find my tab of her live acoustic
version at this link:
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com
/a/ashley_monroe/the_blade_-_live_acoustic_crd.htm
For the studio version I've adapted it for a more interesting
acoustic guitar accompaniment with a few more extended chords
like the sus4's and (#11)'s that are suggested by the melody
and keyboards.
CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in the key of F#)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 A = x02220
Dsus4 = xx0233 Asus4 = x02230
G = 320003 Bm = x24432
Gadd#11 = 3x0023 Dsus2 = xx0230
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[Intro]
D Dsus4 D D
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x2]
[Verse 1]
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
I let your love in, I have the scar,
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
I felt the ra - zor ...against my heart,
G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D
I thought we were ...both in all the way,
A Asus4 A
But you caught it by the han - dle,
G A D Dsus4 D
And I caught it by ...the blade!
[Verse 2]
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
You said, "Good - bye, ...it's not the end,
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
And, if you need me, ...I'm still your friend"
G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D
Well, that's eas - y ...for you to say,
A Asus4 A
'Cause you caught it by the han - dle,
G A D
And I caught it by the blade!
[Verse 3]
Bm G A Bm
That's the risk you run when you love, when you love,
A Bm G A
And you give it all you've ....got to give,
e |------------------|
B |---7--5--3--2-----|
G |------------------|
D |---7--5--4--2-----|
A |------------------|
E |------------------|
Bm G A
Knowing all a - long there's a chance,
Bm A Bm G
There's a chance ...you'll reach, and they won't,
Asus4 A A
You'll bleed, and they ...don't!
[Verse 4]
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
For you, it's o - ver, ...for me, it's not,
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
I kept try - ing, ...and you just stopped,
G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D
Now I know how ...you can sound so brave,
A Asus4 A
'Cause you caught it by the handle, baby,
G A D
And I caught it by the blade!
[Verse 5]
Bm G A Bm
That's the risk you run when you love, when you love,
A Bm G A
And you give it all you've ....got to give,
e |------------------|
B |---7--5--3--2-----|
G |------------------|
D |---7--5--4--2-----|
A |------------------|
E |------------------|
Bm G A
Knowing all a - long there's a chance,
Bm A Bm G
There's a chance ...you'll reach, and they won't,
Asus4 A A
You'll bleed, and they ...don't!
[Coda]
G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D
I thought we were ...both in all the way,
A Asus4 A
But you caught it by the han - dle,
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
And I ...caught it by the blade,
A Asus4 A
Humm -umm, you caught it by the handle, baby,
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
And I ...caught it by ...the blade!
