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The Body - Nina Nastasia
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Tabbed by: Ben Hurst
Email: BHurst8@gmail.com
From the album "Run to Ruin"
A pretty song on guitar, a perfectly gorgeous song with Nina's vocals and piano/string accompaniment.
Tuning: Standard
I'm having difficulty with the time signature so I split up the measures to best accompany the vocals.
Verse Pattern
e|-----------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
B|12--12--12--12--13--13--12---|10--10--10--10---7--8--8--|5--5--5--5--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0---0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0-|
D|---12--12--12--12--13--13--12|---10--10--10--10--9--9--9|--5--5--5--0|
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
1st, 3rd-5th time x4 2nd time x4
e|------------------------|--------------|-----|---------------------|-----------|
B|2--3--3--0--5--5--5--5--|o2--3--3--0--o|-----|2--3--3--5--5--5--5--|o2--3--0--o|
G|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--|-----|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--|
D|--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--0|---0--0--0--0-|-----|--0--0--0--5--5--5--0|---0--0--0-|
A|------------------------|o------------o|-----|---------------------|o---------o|
E|------------------------|--------------|-----|---------------------|-----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nina_nastasia/body_tab.html ]
Break after 2nd & 4th verse x4
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|o3--3--3--3------------|3--3--3--3------------o|
G|--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|---3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3|--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|o----------------------|----------------------o|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Outro
x3 x3
e|-7--7--8---|7--7--7--|-5--5--6---|5--5--5--|
B|o-8--8--8-o|-8--8--8-|o-6--6--6-o|-6--6--6-|
G|---9--9--9-|--9--9--9|---7--7--7-|--7--7--7|
D|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
A|o---------o|---------|o---------o|---------|
E|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
Strings enter
Pattern A x2
e|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|7--7--7--7--7--7-----|
B|o-11--11--11--11--11--11-|-8--8--8--8--8--8---o|
G|---12--12--12--12--12--12|--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
D|-------------------------|---------------------|
A|o------------------------|--------------------o|
E|-------------------------|---------------------|
Then things pick up
x4 x4
e|-5--5--6-------|3--3--4-------|
B|o-6--6----6-6-o|-4--4----4-4-o|
G|---7--7----7-7-|--5--5----5-5-| <--This whole pattern repeats
D|---------------|--------------|
A|o-------------o|-------------o|
E|---------------|--------------|
Then play pattern A one more time.
Lyrics & Sequence:
Verse 1
My blood for you
My lover's bruise
My clothes are scattered
My skull is fractured
Verse 2
One lock of your hair
In my grip
Tears on my lip
Cut from my bit
Break
Verse 3
My gaze can not keep
Freckled and green
Whirling over chills
Of my morning
Verse(Instrumental)
Verse 4
Why did you do it?
Why did you?
While I was pleasing?
Will I be waiting?
Break
Outro
Giant caws blow
Through the switches
We are heirs
Who's not a coward?
All await
The eyes to cloud
For the will
To leave the birches
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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