Standard Tuning. (Yes, I know the original doesn't use standard tuning,
but this is for those who don't want to re-tune their guitars).
Capo at 5th Fret. Chords relative to capo.
Intro:
Am Am7add11 Am Am7add11 Am Am7add11 }
} x 2
C/G Csus2add6/G C/G Csus2add6/G C/G Csus2add6/G }
Am Am7add11 Am Amaddb13 Am }
} x 2
C/G Csus2add6/G C/G Cadd11/G C/G }
(Much easier than the chords names suggest. See the chord definitions below.
It's pretty much just Am to C x 4, but you lift your 2nd and 3rd finger off
the Am to make the Am7add11 and for C/G to Csus2add6/G, move your 2nd
finger from the 4th string 2nd fret to the 3rd string 2nd fret, then back
then open 4th for a Csus2/G. When the strumming gets a little more
enthusiastic you may hit the 6th string occasionally in which case the Am
and Am7add11 would suffix /E as the bass note, but this is a song for
raucous enjoyment rather than worrying about the technicalities of what
chords you're playing! Listen for the strumming pattern.)
Verse 1:
Am
Weep for yourself, my man,
C/G
you'll never be what is in your heart.
Am
Weep little lion man,
C/G
you're not as brave as you were at the start.
G
Rate yourself and rake yourself,
F Fmaj7b5/E Am7add11 C/G
take all the courage you have left.
G
Wasted on fixing all the
F Fmaj7b5/E Am7add11 C/G
problems that you made in your own head.
Chorus 1: (1 strum on each Am, F and C/G)
Am F C/G
But it was not your fault but mine,
Am F C/G
and it was your heart on the line.
Am F C/G
I really fucked it up this time,
G Gadd9
didn't I, my dear?
G Am
Didn't I, my dear?
Interlude:
Am Am7add11 Am Amaddb13 Am }
} x 2
C/G Csus2add6/G C/G Cadd11/G C/G }
Verse 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mumford_and_sons/little_lion_man_crd_ver_8.html ]
Am
Tremble for yourself my man,
C/G
you know that you have seen this all before.
Am
Tremble little lion man,
C/G
you'll never settle any of your scores.
G
Your grace is wasted in your face,
F Fmaj7b5/E Am7add11 C/G
your boldness stands alone among the wreck.
G
Learn from your mother or else
F Fmaj7b5/E Am7add11 C/G
spend your days biting your own neck.
Chorus 2:
Am F C/G
But it was not your fault but mine,
Am F C/G
and it was your heart on the line.
Am F C/G
I really fucked it up this time,
G
didn't I, my dear?
Am F C/G
But it was not your fault but mine,
Am F C/G
and it was your heart on the line.
Am F C/G
I really fucked it up this time,
G
didn't I, my dear?
Am
Didn't I, my dear?
Breakdown:
Am (add sus4) C/G (add 9) x 2 (w/ Banjo Riff 1 throughout)
Banjo Riff 1: (Capo 5) X 8
|--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-|
E||------0------0------0------0--|------0------0------0------0--|
B||-1h-3---1h-3---1h-3---1h-3----|-1h-3---1h-3---1h-3---1h-3----|
G||------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|
A||------------------------------|------------------------------|
E||------------------------------|------------------------------|
C/G (W/ Banjo Riff 2)
Banjo Riff 2: (Capo 5) x 8
|--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-|
E||------0-------------0---------|------0-------------0---------|
B||-1h-3---1p-0---1h-3---1p-0----|-1h-3---1p-0---1h-3---1p-0----|
G||-------------0-------------0--|-------------0-------------0--|
D||------------------------------|------------------------------|
A||------------------------------|------------------------------|
E||------------------------------|------------------------------|
G C/G F x 8
(Sing "ah"s times 3-8)
Chorus:
Am (cut of) C/G
But it was not your fault but mine,
Am F C/G
and it was your heart on the line.
Am F C/G
I really fucked it up this time,
G
didn't I, my dear?
Am (A cappella)
But it was not your fault but mine,
and it was your heart on the line.
I really fucked it up this time,
didn't I, my dear?
C/G
Didn't I, my dear?
Chord Definitions:
E A D G B E
Am: x 0 2 2 1 0
Am7add11: x 0 0 0 1 0
Am7add11/E: 0 0 2 2 1 0
C/G: 3 3 2 0 1 0
Csus2add6/G: 3 3 0 2 1 0
Csus2/G: 3 3 0 0 1 0
Amaddb13: x 0 2 2 1 1
Cadd11/G: 3 3 2 0 1 1
F: 1 3 3 2 1 1
Fmaj7b5/E: 0 3 3 2 0 0
