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WHAT HE WROTE - Laura Marling
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Tabbed by: Dan Glover (dan-the-man278)
Email: dangloverenator@googlemail.com
Tuning: EADGBe
So, this is my version- I don't know if it is exactly how she plays it, but it
sounds close enough for me. All picking, don't strum. Picking pattern below. Enjoy!
Notes:
- Some (or even all) of the A minor chords can be replaced with normal Am
fingering (x02210) - up to you.
- The G in brackets (G) is a very quick passing note.
- For the Am, G and maybe F chords, it may be easier to use your thumb on the bottom string.
- She plays various fills involving the top two open strings, and occasionally the
open G string as well. Listen and improvise.
- (Repeat) means just repeat the chords from the verse above :P
Chords:
[Am] [G] [C] [Dm] [G/B] [F] [E/G#]
e|--x--x--x--x---x--x--x-----x-|
B|--x--x--5--6---3--x--x-----x-|
G|--5--4--x--x---0--2--x- O -1-|
D|--7--5--5--7---x--3--2- R -x-|
A|--7--5--3--5---2--3--2-----2-|
E|--5--3------------1--4-----4-|
Basic picking pattern (all eighth notes, 3 in a bar):
[Am] [(G)] [C] [Dm]
e|------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------------------|-------5----5---|------6---6-----|
G|-------5----------|----------------|----------------| ETC.....
D|----------7-----5-|----5----5----5-|----7---7---7---|
A|----7-------------|-3--------------|-5--------------|
E|-5-----------3----|----------------|----------------|
Intro: Am G C Dm C G/B Am
[Am]forgive [(G)]me H[C]era,
[Dm]I cannot s[C]tay
he c[Dm]ut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing to [Am]save
(repeat)
love me, oh lord
he threw me away
he laughed at my sins
in his arms I must stay
he [Am]wrote[G]
I'm b[F]roke
[Am]please s[G]end for [Am]me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
[Am]her skin[(G)] is w[C]hite
and I'm l[Dm]ight as the [C]sun
so h[Dm]oly light s[C]hines on the [G/B]things you have [Am]done
[F]so I asked [G]him how he b[E/G#]ecame this [Am]man
[F]how did he [G]learn to hold [E/G#]fruit in his [Am]hands?
and w[C]here is the lamb that g[Dm]ave your name?
[C]he had to leave, though I [G/B]begged him to [Am]stay
(repeat)
left me alone when I needed the light
fell to my knees, and I wept for my life
if he had stayed of stayed, you might understand
if he had of stayed, you never would have taken my hand
[Am]he wrote[G]
[F]I'm low
[Am]please [G]send for [Am]me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
and w[C]here is the lamb that g[Dm]ave your name?
[C]he had to leave, though I [G/B]begged him to [Am]stay
[F]begged him to s[G]tay in my c[E/G#]old wooden g[Am]rip
[F]begged him to s[G]tay by the l[E/G#]ight of this [Am]ship
[C]me fighting him, fighting l[Dm]ight, fighting dawn
and the w[C]aves came and stole him and [G/B]took him to [Am]war
[Am]he wrote[G]
[F]I'm low
[Am]please [G]send for [Am]me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
[Am]forgive [(G)]me H[C]era,
[Dm]I cannot s[C]tay
he c[Dm]ut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing to [Am]save
(repeat)
love me, oh lord
he threw me away
he laughed at my sins
in his arms I must stay
[Am]we write[G]
[F]that's all right
[Am]I mi[G]ss his [Am]smell
(repeat)
we speak
when spoken to
and that suits us well
[Am]that s[G]uits us [Am]well
[Am]that s[G]uits me [Am]well
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