the whole thing is finger picked . it is in drop D tuning . please drop D when you do it
otherwise my soul might cry .
the key is D major , so for the electric guitars and the synths just diddle around . i Am
far too lazy to tab each one . i’d suggest you build them around Dsus2 , Asus4 and Gmaj7 .
for your first improvisation try to do nothing lower than D4 ( a normal open D string )
and higher than G5 ( 3rd fret on E ) . of course there are exceptions to this , but hey , i’m
just trying to tell you the proper chords , not trying to run your life .
remember team , dynamics! and throw as many slides , pull offs and harmonics in there as
you can!
suggested chord shapes :
D – 0002
xxg – 5 – 003
xa – xo222
xbm – x24432
E7 – 2201×0
for the D fingerpicking pattern , keep hitting your low D open on each beat . on the
upbeat on your high D string it’s ascends by a tone ( two frets ) basically by each bar , then
it does the 5 – 4 – 2 – 0 thing . listen and you’ll get it . don’t be afraid to use your G
string ( which you should have your 2nd fret down on when appropriate! ) to mix it up after that
point and before the next set of lyrics . and keep hitting both your D strings too , so
you can go diddling with that G string ( yes , i totally meant to say that phrase exactly as
i did ) . don’t limit yourself to two fingers while fingerpicking! use as many as you can .
D
how long has it taken me to find you
A
five hundred years , five hundred thousand miles
G D
it don’t matter now
G D
love’s always on time
A
meet me underneath the oklahoma sky
D
lightning flashed , everything went silent
A
a feather could have knocked me to the floor
G D
missing piece was found
G D
i was finally alive
A D
meet me underneath the oklahoma sky
Bm A G
with the speed of sound
Bm A E7 D
i’m homeward bound mhmm
bridge chords :
D A G D G D D A D ( just listen for the changes , but i purposely put that group of two
d’s in there twice so you wouldn’t panic cause you didn’t change )
D
all our sorrows swept away forever
A
each and every tear washed out to sea
G D
there ain’t no goodbye
G D
with your hand in mine
A D
meet me underneath the oklahoma sky
A D
oklahoma sky
it stays as A D until the song is over . please use this opportunity to make it as epic
as you can , but for my sake keep those alternating open d’s going . use all your fingers!
and when you want to end it you can cheap out and just play your two d’s together . but
if you wanna impress your friends , make it a fast arpeggio with a nice D or Dsus2 chord
using all 5 fingers .
you could do a couple of cool cadences . the most predicable one is A7 ( x02020 ) to D . if
you want to go the cadence route but you don’t like predicability of it , do your A7 but
throw in some F# – G and back again notes in there , then end it with A D the way that i’ve
suggested you voice it throughout the tab . or you can slow down the main riff as you play
it and end with a fully voiced D . or even bring the E7 back into it! yes , most of them
sound cheesy , but if you’re lacking an extra 2 guitars and a string section you gotta
make do sometimes .
the main point is , i only made this tab because the chords in the other one didn’t have
the correct bridge ( the Bm and E7 ) , they don’t stress the importance of drop d’ing and
alternating the open d’s , and i have no idea where they got the idea to go to A Csus2
for the meet me under part of the chorus . i saw two 15 year old girls play covers on youtube
which lack the two former , and included the latter . it made me slightly angry because
such a beautiful song deserves much better .
the whole thing is finger picked . it is in drop D tuning . please drop D when you do it
otherwise my soul might cry .
the key is D major , so for the electric guitars and the synths just diddle around . i Am
far too lazy to tab each one . i’d suggest you build them around Dsus2 , Asus4 and Gmaj7 .
for your first improvisation try to do nothing lower than D4 ( a normal open D string )
and higher than G5 ( 3rd fret on E ) . of course there are exceptions to this , but hey , i’m
just trying to tell you the proper chords , not trying to run your life .
remember team , dynamics! and throw as many slides , pull offs and harmonics in there as
you can!
suggested chord shapes :
D – 0002
xxg – 5 – 003
xa – xo222
xbm – x24432
E7 – 2201×0
for the D fingerpicking pattern , keep hitting your low D open on each beat . on the
upbeat on your high D string it’s ascends by a tone ( two frets ) basically by each bar , then
it does the 5 – 4 – 2 – 0 thing . listen and you’ll get it . don’t be afraid to use your G
string ( which you should have your 2nd fret down on when appropriate! ) to mix it up after that
point and before the next set of lyrics . and keep hitting both your D strings too , so
you can go diddling with that G string ( yes , i totally meant to say that phrase exactly as
i did ) . don’t limit yourself to two fingers while fingerpicking! use as many as you can .
D
how long has it taken me to find you
A
five hundred years , five hundred thousand miles
G D
it don’t matter now
G D
love’s always on time
A
meet me underneath the oklahoma sky
D
lightning flashed , everything went silent
A
a feather could have knocked me to the floor
G D
missing piece was found
G D
i was finally alive
A D
meet me underneath the oklahoma sky
Bm A G
with the speed of sound
Bm A E7 D
i’m homeward bound mhmm
bridge chords :
D A G D G D D A D ( just listen for the changes , but i purposely put that group of two
d’s in there twice so you wouldn’t panic cause you didn’t change )
D
all our sorrows swept away forever
A
each and every tear washed out to sea
G D
there ain’t no goodbye
G D
with your hand in mine
A D
meet me underneath the oklahoma sky
A D
oklahoma sky
it stays as A D until the song is over . please use this opportunity to make it as epic
as you can , but for my sake keep those alternating open d’s going . use all your fingers!
and when you want to end it you can cheap out and just play your two d’s together . but
if you wanna impress your friends , make it a fast arpeggio with a nice D or Dsus2 chord
using all 5 fingers .
you could do a couple of cool cadences . the most predicable one is A7 ( x02020 ) to D . if
you want to go the cadence route but you don’t like predicability of it , do your A7 but
throw in some F# – G and back again notes in there , then end it with A D the way that i’ve
suggested you voice it throughout the tab . or you can slow down the main riff as you play
it and end with a fully voiced D . or even bring the E7 back into it! yes , most of them
sound cheesy , but if you’re lacking an extra 2 guitars and a string section you gotta
make do sometimes .
the main point is , i only made this tab because the chords in the other one didn’t have
the correct bridge ( the Bm and E7 ) , they don’t stress the importance of drop d’ing and
alternating the open d’s , and i have no idea where they got the idea to go to A Csus2
for the meet me under part of the chorus . i saw two 15 year old girls play covers on youtube
which lack the two former , and included the latter . it made me slightly angry because
such a beautiful song deserves much better .
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