Ill Be Acoustic Chords & Tabs
In the song, there may be slight variations to the picking pattern here and there, but
this tab is quite accurate.
I know this tab may look daunting but it's really not that difficult.
Get familiar with the hand positions first and the rest will be easier.
I also recommend learning this on an electric first, unless you want cramps in your fret hand.
I'm positive there are no mistakes but if you think otherwise you
can e-mail me at ben_heung@hotmail.com.
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EDWIN MCCAIN - I'LL BE
Tabbed by Ben Heung
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HAND POSITIONS |
|
Intro: |
Bsus (7x9800) |
A2 (5x7600) |
|
Verses, Chorus: |
Bsus (799800) |
E5 (079900) |
F# (6x867x) |
E (4x645x) |
F#7 (2x4300) |
|
Bridge |
G#m7 (4x444x) |
F#7 (2x4300) |
E5 (02245x) |
A (5x765x) |
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INTRO \
Bsus
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0---0-------0-----------0---0-------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---|
D|---9---------9-------------9---------9-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------7-----------------------|
A2
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0---0-------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6---|
D|---7---------7-------------7-----------7---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-----------------------5-----------5-----------|
(play twice)
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VERSE (1 & 2) \
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
V1: The Strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
V2: And rain falls angry on the tin roof
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9---------9-------------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
V1: Stop me and steal my breath
V2: As we lie awake in my bed
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
V1: And emeralds from mountains that thrust toward the sky
V2: And you're my survival, you're my living proof
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9---------9-------------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
V1: Never revealing their depth
V2: My love is alive, not dead
Bsus F# E F#
e|-------0-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-------7-----------5-----------7-----|
G|-----8---8-------6---6-------4---4-------6---6---|
D|---9-----------8-------8---6-------6---8-------8-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------6-----------4-----------6-----------|
And tell me that we belong together
Bsus F# E F#
e|-------0-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-------7-----------5-----------7-----|
G|-----8---8-------6---6-------4---4-------6---6---|
D|---9-----------8-------8---6-------6---8-------8-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------6-----------4-----------6-----------|
Dress it up with the trappings of love
Bsus F# E F#
e|-------0-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-------7-----------5-----------7-----|
G|-----8---8-------6---6-------4---4-------6---6---|
D|---9-----------8-------8---6-------6---8-------8-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------6-----------4-----------6-----------|
I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips
Bsus F#
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------7-----------7-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------6---6---|
D|---9---------9-------------8-------8---8-------8-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------6-----------|
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from
E F#7
e|-------------------------------0-----------0-----|
B|-------5-----------5---------------0-----------0-|
G|-----4---4-------4---4-------3---3-------3---3---|
D|---6-------6---6-------6---4-----------4---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------4-----------2-----------2-----------|
Above
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CHORUS \
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
And I'll be your crying shoulder
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9---------9-------------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
I'll be love suicide
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
And I'll be better when I'm older
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9---------9-------------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
I'll be the greatest fan of your
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Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0---0-------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9---------9-------------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------------------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
Life
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0-----------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9-----------9-----------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------9-----------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
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VERSE 2 \
(same as Verse 1)
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CHORUS \
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
And I'll be your crying shoulder
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0-----------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9-----------9-----------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------9-----------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
I'll be love suicide
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
And I'll be better when I'm older
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0-----------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9-----------9-----------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------9-----------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
I'll be the greatest fan of your
Bsus
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---|
D|---9-----------8-----------8-----------8---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------|
Life
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BRIDGE \
G#m7 F#7
e|-------------------------------0-----------0-----|
B|-------4-----------4---------------0-----------0-|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----3---3-------3---3---|
D|---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----------4---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------4-----------2-----------2-----------|
And I've dropped out, I've burned out, I've fought my way back from the
E5
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----|
G|-----4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4---|
D|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
A|-------------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
E|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
Dead
G#m7 F#7
e|-------------------------------0-----------0-----|
B|-------4-----------4---------------0-----------0-|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----3---3-------3---3---|
D|---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----------4---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------4-----------2-----------2-----------|
I've turned in, I've turned on, remembered everything that you
E5
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----|
G|-----4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4---|
D|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
A|-------------0-----------------------0-----------|
E|-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
You saaaaaiiiiiid.....
A F#7
e|-------------------------------0-----------0-----|
B|-------5-----------5---------------0-----------0-|
G|-----6---6-------6---6-------3---3-------3---3---|
D|---7-------7---7-------7---4-----------4---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-----------5-----------2-----------2-----------|
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CHORUS \ x2
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ENDING \
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
...life
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9---------9-------------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9-----------9-----------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------9-----------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------7-----------5-----|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------6---6-------4---4---|
D|---9---------9-------------8-------8---6-------6-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
Bsus E5
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-----------0---0-------0-----------0-----------0-|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-------9---9-------9---9---|
D|---9---------9-------------9-----------9---------|
A|-------------------------------------7-----------|
E|-7-----------------------0-----------------------|
Bsus F# E
e|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|-----------0---0-------0-------------------------|
G|-----8---8-------8---8-----------6-----------4---|
D|---9---------9---------------8-----------6-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------6-----------4-----------|
(slow down)
F#sus7
e|---------------------0---------------------------|
B|-----------------0-------0-----------------------|
G|-------------3---------------3-------------------|
D|---------4-----------------------4---------------|
A|-----4-------------------------------------------|
E|-2-----------------------------------------------|
Bsus
e|----------------0--------------------------------|
B|------------0-------0----------------------------|
G|--------8---------------8----------8-------------|
D|-----9----------------------9------9-------------|
A|---9-------------------------------9-------------|
E|-7---------------------------------7-------------|
END
Holy crap that took a long time! You better enjoy this.
