This song is played in standard tuning with capo on the 4th fret, and played fingerstyle
hitting the bass notes with your thumb and following through with the rest of your
This is also my first tab so correct me if you find something wrong.
downstroke:^
upstroke:v
Hammer on/pull:^between numbers
slide:/
intro/outro
^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^
e----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
b----1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---|
g----2-2-2---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
d----2-2-----0-0-----2-2-----0-0-----|
a--0-------2-------3-------2---------|
e------------------------------------| Repeat
Verse
^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^
e----0-0-0---0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
b----1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
g----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---|
d----2-2-----2-2-----3-3-3---3-3-3---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----|
a--0-----------------3-3-----3-3-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----|
e----------0-------1-------1-------0-------0-------0-------0---------|
Repeat
Chorus
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/decemberists/65964.html ]
^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^
e----0-0-0---0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
b----1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---0-0-0---0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1---|
g----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---0-0-0---0-0-0---2-2-2---2-2-2---|
d----2-2-----2-2-----3-3-3---3-3-3---0-0-----0-0-----2-2-----2-2-----|
a--0-----------------3-3---3-3-3-3---2-2-----2-2---0-----------------|
e----------0-------1---------------3-------3---------------0---------|
Repeat once then follow through with measure below
e----0-0-0---0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
b----1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
g----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---1-1-1---1-1-1---|
d----2-2-----2-2-----3-3-3---3-3-3---2-2-----2-2-----|
a--0-----------------3-3-----3-3-----2-2-----2-2-----|
e----------0-------1-------1-------0-------0---------|
A bridge is played here. It's the same as the intro.
Verse
Chorus
Solo is played next instead of a bridge. The rythym guitar is also the same as the intro.
Solo
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--0-1/5-5^6^5---3^1-0----/3-1-0--0^1^0----1^0-----1-1/5-5-6-5-6/8-5---|
g----------------------------------------------2-4---------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------|
b--3/5-3-1-0---|
g--------------|
d--------------|
a--------------|
e--------------|
Verse
Chorus
Outro
Enjoy!