Tuning: Standard
Picking:
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------(+3)--------------|
|----(+)---------(+)-----(+)--|
|-----------------------------|
|--1-----2-----------(4)------|
Introduction:
Em7 Cm7 Gmaj Cm7 Gmaj
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------0--------|--------0-------|-------0--------|---0---0---0---0|
|-----2------2---2-|----2-----2---2-|---0------0---0-|----------------|
|------------------|--3---3-----3---|----------------|-3---3----------|
|--0----0------0---|----------------|-3---3-----3----|---------3---3--|
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Verse:
Em7 Cm7 Gmaj Cm7 Gmaj
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------3--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------0-----0-|-------0--------|---0---0---0---0|
|-----2------2---2-|----0-----0h3---|---0------0---0-|----------------|
|------------------|--3---3---------|----------------|-3---3----------|
|--0----0------0---|----------------|-3---3-----3----|---------3---3--|
Em7 Cm7 Gmaj Cm7 Gmaj
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------(3)------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|--------0-------|-------0--------|---0---0---0---0|
|-----2------2---2-|----2-----2---2-|---0------0---0-|----------------|
|------------------|--3---3-----3---|----------------|-3---3----------|
|--0----0------0---|----------------|-3---3-----3----|---------3---3--|
The 3 in parenthesis variates between a 0, 2, and 3 but mostly 3. This is the basic
pattern for playing the song, but it variates.
Also, i like to play the ending of the Verse with the Cm7 and Gmaj like this:
Cm7 Gmaj
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-------0-------0--|
|---0-------0------|
|-3---3------------|
|---------3---3----|