Ryan Cabrera- True
Tune down half a step.
This is how he plays it live, if you’ve never heard the live version go here and listen
you play. It actually sounds a lot better than the recorded version.
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Intro:
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|-0----------------0---------------0------------------------------|
|---3---X--3-----X---3----X-3----X---3---X-3----X-3-----X-3-----X-|
* Throughout the whole song he slaps his thumb on the low E string
Verse:
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|---5-5---4------| 4 x’s |----0h2------0---------(0)h2------0------|
|----------------| |--------0--------------------0-----------|
|-0--------------| |-0--2----------------0--2----------------|
|---3-3-X-3----X-| |----------X--0----X------------X--0----X-|
“I won’t talk…” “You belong with me…”
Pre-Chorus:
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|-3-------------7---------7----8--------8----7------------| |------|
|---0-------------0--------------0-------------0----------| 2 x’s |------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |------|
|-3-----3-----0-5------5-------7------7------5-----5------| |-3----|
|-----X-----X-------X--------X-----X-------X-----X------X-| |------|
“I’m weak…” “Faster…”
Chorus:
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|-----3----3------------3----3-----------3----3-----------3----3------|
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|-0----------------0-----------------0---------------0--3------3------|
|---3---X--3----X----2----X--2----X--------X-------X---------X------X-|
“I’ve waited all my life…”
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Post-Chorus:
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|----0---8-------4-|
|----0-----------5-|
|------------------|
|-0-6----7-------3-|
|------X-----X-----|
“All my life I’ve waited…”
Interlude:
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|-5---5---7---8---0-5---5---7---8---0---------7---8---0-0---5---5------5--5-|
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|-7-7---7---7---7---6-6---6---6---6---5-5---5---5---5---4-4---4-------------|
|------X---X---X---------X---X---X---------X---X---X------------------------|
“I know when I go…”
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|-3----3----3--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|
|-0----0----2--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
|-2----0----0--------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
|-0----2----0------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
|------3----3--------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-----------|
“The way that’s true…” “Way that’s true, way that’s true yeah”
(Slowly come in when you play this part)
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2--2--2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2--2--2-2-|
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|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3------------------------------|
“All my life…”
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|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2--2--2-2-|
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|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3------------------------------|
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|--------3----------3-------|
|----4---------------3------|
|---------------------0-----|
|------5---------------0----|
|-3---------------------2---|
|------------------------3--|
“This is true.”
