Old Pine Tab

by Ben Howard
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Difficulty: intermediate
Key: F
Capo: 5th fret
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2 contributors total, last edit on Mar 23, 2018
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Old Pine – Ben Howard
Such an awesome song! Such an awesome artist, hope this tab does some justice to it.
This is the version I play in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7OgV7CANc&feature=channel_video_title
Give it a watch please! And a cheeky wee like or favourite if you’re a legend.
Tuning: CGCGGC.
Cape: 5th fret.
 
[Intro]
c|------7-------5-------4-------2-|-/7--------7-------5-------4-------0-|
G|----9-------7-------5-------4---|---------9-------7-------5-------4---|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0-----|-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
C|0-------0-------0-------0-------|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 
c|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|--------5----------------5-------|---------5----------------5-------|
G|----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-|
C|--0---0-----0------0---0-----0---|---2---2-----2------2---2-----2---|
G|2----------------2---------------|0-----------------0---------------|
C|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
c|x-------------------|------------------|
G|x-------------------|------------------|
G|x-----------0-------|------------------|
C|x---4p2p0-----0---0-|--4p2p0---2p0-2p0-|
G|x---------0-----0---|--------0---------|
C|x-0-----------------|0-----------------|
 
c|-------------------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
G|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-----------0-------|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|
C|---4p2p0-----0---0-|--0---0-----0---|--2---2-----2---|
G|---------0-----0---|2---------------|4---------------|
C|-0-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ben only plays this version of the verse when he plays the song live acoustically. On
the record he plays verse 2 twice.
 
[Chorus]
c|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
C|4-------------|2-------------|4--------------|
G|5-------------|4-------------|5--------------|
C|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
 
c|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
C|2-------------|4-------------|2------------|
G|4-------------|2-------------|0------------|
C|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
 
[Verse 2]
c|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|------------------|
G|-----------0-------|------------------|
C|---4p2p0-----0---0-|--4p2p0---2p0-2p0-|
G|---------0-----0---|--------0---------|
C|-0-----------------|0-----------------|
 
c|-------------------|--------0---0-|--------0---0-|
G|-------------------|------------0-|------------0-|
G|-----------0-------|----0-----0-0-|----0-----0-0-|
C|---4p2p0-----0---0-|--0---0-----0-|--2---2-----2-|
G|---------0-----0---|2-----------2-|4-----------4-|
C|-0-----------------|------------0-|------------0-|
 
On the third play of this riff in verse two Ben changes the second part very slightly:
 
‘Free as the birds that fly here’
c|-------------------|--------0---0-|--------0-----------0---0-|
G|-------------------|------------0-|------------------------0-|
G|-----------0-------|----0-----0-0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-0-|
C|---4p2p0-----0---0-|--0---0-----0-|--2---2-------2---2-----2-|
G|---------0-----0---|2-----------2-|4-----------4-----------4-|
C|-0-----------------|------------0-|------------------------0-|
 
[Chorus]
c|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
C|4-------------|2-------------|4--------------|
G|5-------------|4-------------|5--------------|
C|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
 
c|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
C|2-------------|4-------------|2------------|
G|4-------------|2-------------|0------------|
C|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
 
[Bridge]
c|0----0---0----0---0----0---7---0--|0----0---0----0---0----0-|
G|0----0---0----0---0----0---7---0--|0----0---0----0---9----7-|
G|4/5--5---4/5--5---4/5--5---5---5--|4/5--5---4/5--5---0----0-|
C|0----0---0----0---0----0---0---0--|0----0---0----0---9----7-|
G|4/5--5---4/5--5---4/5--5---5---5--|4/5--5---4/5--5---0----0-|
C|0----0---0----0---0----0---0---5--|0----0---0----0---9----7-|
 
[Outro]
The outro is basically strumming verse one, with all the pull-offs and whatnot on a
different strum. On the recording of the song this is played in two parts so each are more
pronounced, but when Ben plays it live this is what he does.
 
c|-0--0-0-0----0--0--0-0--0---|0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
G|-0--0-0-0----0--0--0-0--0---|0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
G|-0--0-0-0----0--0--0-0--0---|0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
C|-0--4p2p0----0--0--0-0--0---|0--4p2p0---2p0-2p0---|
G|-0--0-0-0----0--0--0-0--0---|0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
C|-0--0-0-0----0--0--0-0--0---|0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
 
 
c|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---|0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0---|0--0--0-0---0-0-0--0---|
G|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---|0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0---|0--0--0-0---0-0-0--0---|
G|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---|0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0---|0--0--0-0---0-0-0--0---|
C|-0--4p2p0--0-0-0--0-0---|0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0---|0--2--0-2---0-0-2--0---|
G|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---|2--0--0-0--0-0-0--0---|4--0--0-0---0-0-0--0---|
C|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---|0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0---|0--0--0-0---0-0-0--0---|
 
I haven’t put in the actual strumming patterns for the outro or the chorus but these are
fairly easy to pick up just by playing the song and trail and error.
Hope you enjoy the song!
And check me out on youtube too please 
http://www.youtube.com/user/RyaanMusic
 
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| /  Slide up
| x  Dead note
| p  Pull-off
 
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Ace of Spoons
I made an account just to rate this tab 5 stars. Excellent tab, thanks :D
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hendrysm1
any chance of you tabbing Bones?
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oXygEn_WaSteR
Part of the intro and the verse are wrong. the second part of the intro goes: ---------0-------- -----4-------4---- x2 -------0-------0-- ---0-------0------ -2---------------- ------------------ ---------0-------- -----------5------ x2 -----0-------0---- ---2---2-------2-- -0---------------- ------------------ When he plays it the second time he does this: ---------0-------- -----------5------ x2 -----0-------0---- ---0---0-------0-- -2---------------- ------------------ ---------0-------- -----------5------ x2 -----0-------0---- ---2---2-------2-- -0---------------- ------------------ and the verse goes: c|x-----------------|----------------| G|x-----------------|----------------| G|x---------0-----0-|----------------| C|x---4p2p0---0-----|--4p2p0-2p0-2p0-| G|x-----------------|----------------| C|x-0-------0---0---|0-------0---0---| c|-----------------|--------0---0---|--------0---0---| G|-----------------|------------0---|------------0---| G|---------0-----0-|----0-----0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-| C|---4p2p0---0-----|--0---0---------|--2---2---------| G|-----------------|2---------------|4---------------| C|-0-------0---0---|------------x---|------------x---| * * hit the top three strings with your index fingernail while slapping the low E with your thumb The rest of the song seems pretty accurate. I'm gonna post a video soon, watch for it y'all
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