Write It On Your Skin Chords & Tabs
Write It On Your Skin Tab
Newton plays this live on a baritone set to this tuning (low to high) : Bb F Bb Eb F Bb,
which is just DADGAD on a baritone. Don't try to retune your guitar, the strings will
be far too floppy for you to play!
Instead, to play along with the record, tune to DADGAD and put a capo on 4, then play
the tab as normal!
Check out this video of Newton to see how to play it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpfz9Gs7wRI (note that the ending from the record isn't
played on this vid)
The * is when he slaps the string with his thumb when he plays to get the slight
percussive feel.
Verse & bridge
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
* * * * * * * *
Bb:-----------------------------------------------|
F :-----------------------------------------------|
Eb:-----------------------------------------------|
Bb:--5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
F :-----------------------------------------------|
Bb:-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/newton_faulkner/write_it_on_your_skin_tab_ver_2.html ]
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bb:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F :---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb:--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-|
F :-------0-2-4-2-0-----------------|------0-2-4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Bb:-0-2-4-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-2-4------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
CHORUS
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4+1234 1 2 3 4+123412341234
Bb:-0-------0-------0------0----|-0------0----0--------------|
F :-0-------0-------0------0----|-0------0----0--------------|
Eb:-7-------9-------11-----4----|-2------4----7--------------|
Bb:-0-------0-------0------0----|-4------5----0--------------|
F :-5-------7-------9------2----|-x------x----5--------------|
Bb:-0---------------------------|-4------5-------------------|
Ending
Bb:-----------------------------------------------|
F :-----------------------------------------------|
Eb:--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2------------------------------|
Bb:------------------5-5-5-5----------------------|
F :-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
Bb:-----------------5-5-5-5-5---------------------|