As It Was Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	C G C G C E
Capo:	no capo
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Artist: Hozier
Song: As It Was
Album: Wasteland, Baby
 
[Intro]
e|--------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5----5----5-----|
G|--------------------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0---|
 
e|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5---|
G|--------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------0---------0---------0---|
C|--5/8----7-5p3--3----3h5p3p0---0h3p0--0----0-------------------0----3h5-------5---------5---------5--------|
G|------------------------------------------------3----0----3h5----------------------------------------------|
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---0--0--0---0-|
 
 
[Verse_1]
e|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5---| x2
G|--------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
Never I'd had life enough / My heart is screaming out
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------0---------0---------0---|
C|--5/8----7-5p3--3----3h5p3p0---0h3p0--0----0-------------------0----3h5-------5---------5---------5--------|
G|------------------------------------------------3----0----3h5----------------------------------------------|
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---0--0--0---0-|
 
And in a few days I would be there, love
e|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5---| x2
G|--------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
Whatever here that's left of me is yours just as it was
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------4/5------|
C|--5/8----7-5p3--3----3h5p3p0---0h3p0--0----0-------------------0-------------|
G|------------------------------------------------3----0----3h5----------------|
C|----0--0---0--0---0--0-------0-----0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
[Chorus]
                                        Just as it was, baby              Before
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5----5----5----5----4/5--5----8----5----3----3----3----3----3h5--5/8--3h5p3p0--|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
 
  the otherness came
e|-----------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------0---------0----|
G|---------------------4h5-------4/5-------|
C|-3----3----3/5/3-p0----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
C|-0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|
 
                         And I knew its name              The drug, the dark
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------0---------0---------0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--5----5----5----5----4/5--5----8----5----3----3----3----3----3h5--5/8--3h5p3p0--|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
 
  the light, the flame
e|--------------------|
C|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
C|-3----3----3/5/3p0--|
G|--------------------|
C|-0--0---0--0--------|
 
The highs hit the heights of my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
And its hold had the fight of my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
And the lights were as bright as my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
But your love was unmoved
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
e|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5---| x2
G|--------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------0---------0---------0---|
C|--5/8----7-5p3--3----3h5p3p0---0h3p0--0----0-------------------0----3h5-------5---------5---------5--------|
G|------------------------------------------------3----0----3h5----------------------------------------------|
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---0--0--0---0-|
 
[Verse_2]
Tell me if somehow / Some of it remains
e|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5---| x2
G|--------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
How long you would wait for me               How long I've been away
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------0---------0---------0---|
C|--5/8----7-5p3--3----3h5p3p0---0h3p0--0----0-------------------0----3h5-------5---------5---------5--------|
G|------------------------------------------------3----0----3h5----------------------------------------------|
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---0--0--0---0-|
 
The shape that I'm in now / Your shape in the doorway
e|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5---| x2
G|--------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
Make your good love known to me           Or just tell me about your day
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------4/5------|
C|--5/8----7-5p3--3----3h5p3p0---0h3p0--0----0-------------------0-------------|
G|------------------------------------------------3----0----3h5----------------|
C|----0--0---0--0---0--0-------0-----0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
[Chorus]
                                        Just as it was, baby              Before
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------0---------0---------0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--5----5----5----5----4/5--5----8----5----3----3----3----3----3h5--5/8--3h5p3p0--|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
 
  the otherness came
e|-----------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------0---------0----|
G|---------------------4h5-------4/5-------|
C|-3----3----3/5/3-p0----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
C|-0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|
 
                         And I knew its name           The drug, the dark
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------0---------0---------0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--5----5----5----5----4/5--5----8----5----3----3----3----3----3h5--5/8--3h5p3p0--|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-|
 
  the light, the shame
e|--------------------|
C|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
C|-3----3----3/5/3p0--|
G|--------------------|
C|-0--0---0--0--------|
 
The highs hit the heights of my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
And its hold had the fight of my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
And the lights were as bright as my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
But your love was unmoved
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
 
And the sights were as stark as my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
And the cold was as sharp as my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
And the nights were as dark as my baby
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
Half as beautiful too
e|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
C|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G|---------------|
C|---------------|
  PM
 
 
[OUTRO]
e|--------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------|
C|--0h3h5------5----5----5----5---| x2
G|--------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------0--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------0--|
C|--5/8----7-5p3--3----3h5p3p0---0h3p0--0----0-------------------0--|
G|------------------------------------------------3----0----3h5-----|
C|----0--0---0--0---0--0-------0-----0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0-0--|
 
 
************************************
 
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| x   Dead note
| PM  Palm mute
 
 
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As It Was – Hozier
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The top tuning says the 2nd string is c but on the side it says b
If you want it to sound just like the original recording. In the very first measure do a hammer on to the 3rd then 5th fret on the middle C string. Rather than just holding the 2nd fret on the low G string. If you listen to first thing that happens when the song is played you’ll hear what I’m talking about