20 Years Tab

by The Civil Wars
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 7th fret
Author elfa [a] 131. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
"20 Years" by the Civil Wars
 
Capo 7
 
Play chords as follows:
   G     Em     D/F#    Am
e--3------0-------3------0--------------------|
B--3------0-------3------1--------------------|
G--0------0-------0------2--------------------|
D--0------2-------0------2--------------------|
A--0------2-------0------0--------------------|
E--3------0-------2------0--------------------|
 
 
Riff:
e-----------------------------------0-----|
B-----------------0-----------------0-----|
G--2h4p2p0------0---0-2h4p2p0-------------|
D-----------0h2----------------0h2--------|   x2
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|
 
 
Intro: Riff
 
For the verse I play the chord Em then walk up to the G through the D/F# then down from
G through D/F# to the Em
 
          Em              D/F#    G
There's a note underneath the front door
     D/F#Em                G     D/F#
that I wrote twenty years ago
        Em            D/F# G
Yellow paper and a faded picture
      Am            (Riff)
And a secret in an envelope
 
 
 
           Em         D/F#    G
There's no reasons No excuses
        D/F# Em          G    D/F#
There's no secondhand alibis
          Em             D/F# G
Just some black ink on some blue lines
       Am              (Riff)
and a shadow you won't recognize
 
 
 
Instrumental Verse
 
e------0-------0-------0---------0--------0--------0--|
B------0-------0-------0---------0--------0--------0--|
G------0-------0-------0---------0--------0--------0--|
D------0-------0-------0---------0--------0--------0--|
A---3--3-------0----2--2----0h2--0------2-2--------0--|
E------0----0--0-------0---------0--------0----0---0--|
 
 
------0------0------0---------0---------|
------0------0------0---------0----2p0--|
------0------0------0---------0---------|
------0------0------0---------0---------|
--0h2-0---2--2------0----0h2--2---------|
------0------0---0--0---------0---------|
 
RIFF
 
       Em                G
In the mean time I'll be waiting
            Em              G    D/F#
for twenty years and twenty more
        Em          G
I'll be praying for redemption
         Am                 Em   D/F#
and your note underneath my door
         Am               (Riff)
And your note underneath my door
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4 comments
ctaormina
where did you get the instrumental verse from? sounds nothing like it.
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dallinja
Pretty sure the instrumental is this... -0-0-0-0-0-0-000- -0-0-0-0-0-0-000- -0-0-0-0-0-0-000- -2-2-2-2-4-4-420- -3-2-0-2-3-2-000- --0-0-0-0-0-0---- plus the hammer ons. It's all easier to hear in live versions, but I hear it like this in the cd version too.
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