Detectorists Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	E
Capo:	2nd fret

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Johnny Flynn - Detectorists (Original Soundtrack from the TV series)
Capo: 2nd
 
[Intro]
D  D  A  Bm
D (pick E string)
D  A  Bm
 
[Verse]
         D
Will you search through the loamy earth for me
G                               D
Climb through the briar and bramble
                A         A     A
I'll be your treasure
 
           Bm           D             Bm            D
I felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the wind
           Bm              D
I knew the call of all the song birds
    Bm             D     A
They sang all the wrong words
              Bm
I'm waiting for you
               D
I'm waiting for you
 
[Interlude]
Bm  A  D  G
Mmm mmm mmm
Bm  A  D  D
Mm mmm  mmmm  (Mmm part x2)
 
[Verse 2]
          D
Would you swim through the briny sea for me
G                        D
Crawl along the ocean's floor
                A       A      A
I'll be your treasure
 
             Bm            D           Bm          D
I'm with the ghosts of the men who can never sing again
          Bm            D
There's a place, follow me
        Bm           D  A
Where a love lost at sea
 
             Bm
Is waiting for you
             D
Is waiting for you
 
[Interlude]
Bm  A   D  G
Mmm mmm mmm
Bm  A   D  D
Mmm mmm mmmm
 
[Verse 3]
          D
Would you drift o’er the rolling fields for me
G                       D
Hoard me in the highest bough
             A
I’ll be your treasure
 
       Bm        D               Bm          D
But in history’s rhyme there’s a place and a time
      Bm           D             Bm           D  A
And a truth to the gold that the fools cannot hold
 
                Bm
I’m waiting for you
                D
I’m waiting for you
 
[Outro]
Bm  A   D  G
Mmm mmm mmm
Bm  A   D  D
Mmm mmm mmmm
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Leave the capo off of the low E string. Sounds really nice.

Actually, in the live video of Johnny Flynn performing this song he capos all 6 strings and drops the low E string a whole step.(Drop D tuning). But I like the 5 string capo strategy where the G(A)chord keeps it's traditional fingering.

Thanks for the tab. 3rd verse is: "Will you drift over rolling fields for me. Hide me in the highest bough. I'll be your treasure. But in history's rhyme there's a place and a time, and a truth to the gold that the folds cannot hold. I'm waiting for you. I'm waiting for you." This captures series 3 perfectly. I end it with... "I'm waiting for you. I'm waiting for you. Waiting for you (tacet and silence) Just for you" (twiddly bit on E to E sus4 and 2)