None of the tabs on here are correct so I thought I'd look through some youtube videos
of covers, tutorials and
live versions to see how he's doing it. Turns out the tuning is DADGAD but half a step
down, so from low to bottom
tune your guitar down to C#, G#, C#, F#, G#, C#.
I also have a legend along the top to show you the timing. Q just means quarter note, or
a note lasting one beat.
There are 4 Q's in a bar.
"R" means rest, so play the note and then rest. You can hear this in the intro of the song.
"h" and "p" mean hammer-on or pull-off. If you don't know what this means then
it's best to look it up.
Intro
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
C#|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
G#|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
F#|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
C#|----0-R-----0-2-|----0-R-----0-2-|----0-R-----0-2-|------------------|
G#|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
C#|0-------x-0-----|0-------x-0-----|0-------x-0-----|0-R---------------|
^ This "x" simply means to slap your hand down on the strings to keep the
beat. Watch a live video to
see how Newton does it. It's nice as it keeps the song flowing
as a solo acoustic, but you don't need it.
Verse
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----0-R-----0-2-|----0-R-----0-2-|----0-R-----0-2-|----0-R-----0-2---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|0-------x-0-----|0-------x-0-----|0-------x-0-----|0-------x-0-------|
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----5-R-----5-7-|----5-R-----5-7-|----0-R-----0-2-|----0-R-----0-2---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|5-------x-5-----|5-------x-5-----|0-------x-0-----|0-------x-0-------|
Bridge (Pre-chorus)
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|4---R-------------|
|------2-----0---|------4--p0h2p0-|------2-----0---|5---R-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|x---R-------------|
|4-R-x---------0-|5-R-X-----------|2-R-x---------0-|5---R-------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/newton-faulkner/364242.html ]
Chorus (palm-mute)
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----5-----5---5-|----5-----5---5---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----5-----5---5-|----5-----5---5-|----4-----4---4-|----4-----4---4---|
|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----5-----5---5-|----5-----5---5---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
Second verse, bridge and chorus are exactly the same
Middle 8 (tab gets a bit messy here cos of the 11's)
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|7-7-7-9-9-9-11-11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|2-2-2-6-6-6-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|4-4-4-7-7-7-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|5-5-5-7-7-7-9--9--|9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|4-4-4-7-7-7-6-6-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|7-7-7-9-9-9-11-11-|11-11-11-11-12-11-9-7-|0-0-0-5-5-5-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|5-5-5-7-7-7-9--9--|9--9--9--9--10-9--7-5-|X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Go back to the bridge one last time, then...
Final chorus
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0---|
|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0---|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q----Q---Q---Q---Q-----|
|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0---|
|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0---|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
End on:
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|5-4-5-4-0-R-|
|5-4-5-4-0-R-|
|5-4-5-4-0-R-|
It's a deceptively easy song to play. Enjoy.
