Only Love
Ben Howard
Tuning
A#FCGgc from low to high E
capo on 3rd fret
He uses a "pick&go"-technique in this song which you can learn from Gareth Evans on youtube.
Check his tutorial of this song or Ben playing live if you're having experiencing some trouble.
Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yZzCn3CBI
Verse
first three lines of verse
E|--------------------- (------) ---------12-----12--------|
B|--------------------- (------) ---------12-----12---(0)--|
G|---------5p2p0------- (------) ---------12-----12---(0)--|
D|--5--5---------(5)--- x2 (-(/9)-) --9--9--------------------| x2
A|--------------------- (------) --------------------------|
E|--4--4-x-4-4-----x--- (------) --7--7-x-7---7--7--x-(7)--|
Darling you're with me... Only love, only love
fourth line of verse (slightly different)
E|-----------------------------------0-- --------0-----0-----0-------|
B|--------------------------------0--0-- --------0-----------0-------|
G|---------5p2p0---------------5-----0-- --------0-----------0--(0)--|
D|--5--5--------(5)--5--5------------5-- -----9--9--------9--9-------|x2
A|-----------------------------------4-- -----7--7-----------7-------|
E|--4--4-x-4-4----x--4--4-x-4--------x-- --7-----x--7--------x-------|
Watch me fall apart...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_howard/only_love_tab_ver_8.html ]
Chorus/Bridge
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--5---4---9---12\9----9~----12\9----9~-------------|
A|-(4)-(2)-(7)-(12\9)--(9~)--(12\9)--(9~)------------|
E|--4---2---7---0------------------------------------|
I'll be yours to keep
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---5---4---9---12-----12-----12-----12--|
A|--(4)-(2)-(7)-(12)----------------------|
E|---4---2---7---0---0------0------0------|
A wind in the shadow...
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5---4---9---12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12----(12)-|
A|--(4)-(2)-(7)-(12)--------------------------------------------------|
E|---4---2---7---0---0------0------0------0------0------0-----(0)-----|
a wind in the shadow... a whale so-o-ong
Last part of verse (outro)
E|--------0-----0-----0----- --------0-----0-----0-----|
B|--------0-----------0----- --------0-----------0-----|
G|--------0-----------0-(0)- --------0-----------0-(0)-|
D|-----5--5--------5--5----- x2 -----9--9--------9--9-----| x2
A|-----4--4-----------4----- -----7--7-----------7-----|
E|--4-----x--4--------x----- --7--------7--------------|
only love love love x2 girl, show me heart
come on love love love x2 watch me fall apart
To end the song he basically picks/strums the two main
chords on the 1st measure of each bar to mellow it down.
Hope you enjoy!
