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Tuning:	D G D G B D
Capo:	no capo

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Promise by Ben Howard
DGDAGD Tuning
No capo
 
The tuning and tab have been worked out from live and recorded versions of the song.
The last section (section 3) of the tab, which Ben Howard plays in a percussive style,
sounds mostly right but is not exactly how he plays it.
 
 
[Intro]
 
Same as section 1, but in the 4th bar play fret 9 on the 5th string rather than fret 11
as played in the first 3 bars. In some live recordings, section 2 below is used as part
of the intro.
 
 
[Section 1]
 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------14------------|----------------14------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------0----------------0--|----------0----------------0--|
G|------11---------------11-----|------11---------------11-----|
D|---0---------0------0---------|---0---------0------0---------|
 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------14------------|----------------14------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------0----------------0--|----------0----------------0--|
G|------11---------------11-----|------11---------------11-----|
D|---0---------0------0---------|---0---------0------0---------|
 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------14------------|----------------14------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------0----------------0--|----------0----------------0--|
G|------11---------------11-----|------11---------------11-----|
D|---9---------9------9---------|---9---------9------9---------|
 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------14------------|----------------14------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------0----------------0--|----------0----------------0--|
G|------11---------------11-----|------11---------------11-----|
D|---9---------9------9---------|---9---------9------9---------|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------14------------|----------------14------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|---------0-----------------0--|---------0-----------------0--|
G|------9-----------------9-----|------9-----------------9-----|
D|--11--------11------11--------|--11--------11------11--------|
  "and   maybe..."
 
 
[Section 2]
 
D|-----------------0------------|-----------------0------------|
G|---------------------------0--|---------------------------0--|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------0-------------------|----------0-------------------|  (x2)
G|------11---------------11-----|------11---------------11-----|
D|---0---------0------0---------|---0---------0------0---------|
 
D|-----------------0------------|-----------------0------------|
G|---------------------------0--|---------------------------0--|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------0-------------------|----------0-------------------|  (x2)
G|------11---------------11-----|------11---------------11-----|
D|---9---------9------9---------|---9---------9------9---------|
 
 
[Section 3]
 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|---------14---------12--------|--11------------12-p11--------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------0-----|
D|------------------------------|---------------------------0--|  (x2)
G|-----11---------11---------11-|---------11-------------------|
D|--0----------0----------0-----|------0------0----------------|
          "who        am            I            darlin'"
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|---------14---------12--------|--11------------12-p11--------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------0-----|
D|------------------------------|---------------------------0--|  (x2)
G|-----11---------11---------11-|---------11-------------------|
D|--9----------9----------9-----|------9------9----------------|
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get yourself an electric tuner

basically.. i'm new to this who guitar thing, do you know of a site where i can get help tuning my giutar to other sounds other then standered?

Every time I try to take my G string up to an A, it snaps. This is a dangerous tuning. The tuning I think this song looks for is a Gsus2: DGDGAD, where some of the strings are dropped a step rather than raised beyond where they can go.