Francis Forever Tab

by Mitski
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Tab done in standard tuning to make it easier and more accessible for beginngers. Tabbed using linked YouTube tutorial in conjunction with listening to the song and editing some small bits and aligning the words.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: no capo
Author ddesai1 [pro] 515. Last edit on Oct 13, 2023
We have an official Francis Forever tab made by UG professional guitarists.
Check out the tab
Credit goes to Towse on YouTube for this standard tuning version of the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5fuhW1_9s
 
The song uses exclusively power chords and down strums.
Here are the chords for reference:
 
     F#  B   A   D   G   E
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---4---9---7---5---5---2---------------|
E|---2---7---5---5---3---0---------------|
 
 
 
[Intro]
 
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
 
 
 
 
[Verse 1]
             I don't know what to    do       with out you
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
             I don't know where to  put     my       hands
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
             I've been trying to     lay my     head down
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A|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
             But I'm writing this at three       A.  M.
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A|---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
E|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
 
 
 
[Chorus 1]
    I don't         need the         world   to      see     that I
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B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---4---4---5---5---5---5---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---3---3---3---3---|
     been the        best I can      be              but
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A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---|
     I don't         think i could   stand   to     be where
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A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---4---4---5---5---5---5---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---3---3---3---3---|
     you don't     see             me
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D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---4---4---7---7---4---4---7---7---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---2---2---5---5---2---2---5---5---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9---9---7---7---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---4---4---|
E|---7---7---5---5---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9---9---7---7---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|---7---7---5---5---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
             On sunny days I         go out          walking
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A|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
             I end up on a           tree-lined      street
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A|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
             I look up at the        depths of       sunlight
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A|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
             I       miss you        more than      anything
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A|---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
E|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
 
 
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
    I don't         need the         world   to      see     that I
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B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---4---4---5---5---5---5---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---3---3---3---3---|
     been the        best I can      be              but
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---|
     I don't         think i could   stand   to     be where
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---4---4---5---5---5---5---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---3---3---3---3---|
     you don't      see             me
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A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
 
[Chorus 3]
 
    And autumn comes when you're     not     yet     done
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E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---3---3---3---3---|
     with the sum--mer passing        by              but
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A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---|
     I don't         think i could   stand   to     be where
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A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---4---4---5---5---5---5---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---3---3---3---3---|
     you don't     see              me
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D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---4---4---7---7---4---4---7---7---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---|
E|---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---2---2---5---5---2---2---5---5---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---|
 
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A|---9---9---7---7---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---4---4---|
E|---7---7---5---5---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9---9---7---7---9---9---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5-----|
E|---7---7---5---5---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|
 
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