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Sim Sala Bim - Fleet Foxes
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Tabbed by: me!
Tuning: CGCGBC with a capo on the 5th fret.
Tabbed by ear after watching the performance on Jools Holland repeatedly, so probably
not 100% right haha. Feel free to improve!
Intro riff:
c|----------------------|
B|-6---3p1---1---1------|
G|---0-----3---0---0----|
C|-0---------0----------| (x4)
G|-----0---------0------|
C|----------------------|
Verse 1:
"He was so kind..."
c|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------6---3p1---1---1----------|
G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------0-----3---0---0--------|
C|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----0---------0--------(x2)--| (x2)
G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------0---------0----------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
"Ruffle the fur..."
c|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5---|
C|----2---2---2---2---4---4---4-----| (x2)
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
C|----------------------------------|
c|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------6---3p1---1---1----------|
G|--3---3---2---2---0---0---0-------------0-----3---0---0--------|
C|----0---0---0---0---0---0-------------0---------0--------(x4)--|
G|--3---3---3---3---2---2-----3-2-0---------0---------0----------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
"Then the Earth shook..."
c|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------6---3-1---1------------|
G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------0-----3---0--(x2)----|
C|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----0----------------------| (x2)
G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
Then Repeat chorus twice.
Bridge (quietly):
"Remember when you had me..."
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/f/fleet-foxes/282371.html ]
c|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---5---5---6---6---1---1----------------------------------|
G|-----0---0---0---0---0---0--3---3---3---3---0---0---0~----|
C|---4---4---5---5--------------2---2---2---2---2---2-------| (x2)
G|-------------------0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0~----|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
Solo:
c|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------3-3p2p0----0-----------------|
C|---3-3p2p0------0------(x3)----------h3---2-3-0--(x2)-----|
G|-----------h5-4---2-0-------------------------------------|
c|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
C|-------------------------|
C|---3-3p2p0------0--------|
G|-----------h5-4---2-0----|
Then play this part twice:
v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
c|------------------------7--10--9--7--5/7--5-5--7-7--4-4-------|
B|------------------------8--8---8--8--6/8--6-6--8-8--5-5-------|
G|------------------------0--0---0--0--0-0--7-7--9-9--5-5--(x3)-|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------0-0--0-0--0-0-------|
C|-0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2--(x8)----------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------|
c|--5-5-5------------------|
B|--6-6-6------------------|
G|--5-5-5------------------|
C|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|
G|--0-0-0-0-2--2-3--3-2-0--|
C|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|
Then finish:
c|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|
C|---3-3p2p0------0------(x4)--|
G|-----------h5-4---2-0--------|
Lyrics:
He was so kind, such a gentleman tied to the oceanside
Lighting a match on the suitcase's latch in the fading of night
Ruffle the fur of the collie 'neath the table
Ran out the door through the dark
Carved out his initials in the bark
Then the Earth shook, that was all that it took for the dream to break
All the loose ends would surround me again, in the shape of your face
What makes me love you despite the reservations?
What do I see in your eyes?
Besides my reflection hanging high?
Are you off somewhere reciting incantations?
"Sim Sala Bim!" on your tongue?
Carving off the hair of someone's young?
Remember when you had me cut your hair?
Call me 'Delilah' then, I wouldn't care
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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