Place To Be Tab
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | D G C F A D |
Capo: | 3rd fret |
Author softbumcheese [a] 61. 1 contributor total, last edit on Oct 31, 2016
None of the other tabs made much sense so I thought I'd post how I make the right
noises, although this is most probably nothing like how Drake played it. I have a lot of fun
with the main riff in this tuning and I hope you guys will too. It wasn't really
possible to tab every scratch and inflection so I tried to make it as basic as possible. Hopefully
you can figure a rhythm and add your own interpretations.
Tuning DADF#AD
Capo 3rd Fret
[Intro]
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|-0-0--0--0-0--0|
A |----0--0--0-0----0--0--0-0-|-0-0--0--0-0--0|
F#|--1/3--3--1p0--1/3--3--1p0-|-0h1--1--0h1--1|
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|-0h2--2--0-0--0|
A |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|-0h2--2--0h2--2|
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|-0h2--2--------|
[Verse]
"I was young, younger than before..."
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0-0--0--|
A |----0--0--0-0----0--0--0-0-|--0-0--0--|
F#|--1/3--3--1p0--1/3--3--1p0-|--0h1--1--|
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0h2--2--|
A |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0h2--2--|
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0h2--2--|
"I never saw the truth hanging from the door"
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0-0--0--|
A |----0--0--0-0----0--0--0-0-|--0-0--0--|
F#|--1/3--3--1p0--1/3--3--1p0-|--0h1--1--|
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0h2--2--|
A |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0h2--2--|
D |--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|--0h2--2--|
"And now I'm older see it face to face..."
D |--0-0--0--0| |--0-0--0--|
A |--0-0--0--0| |--0-0--0--|
F#|--1h3--3--5| |--0h1--1--|
D |--2h4--4--4| |--0h2--2--|
A |--2h4--4--4| |--0h2--2--|
D |--2h4--4--4| |--0h2--2--|
"And now I'm older gotta get up clean the place.
D |--0-0--0--0--0| |--0-0--0--0-0--0|
A |--0-0--0--0--0| |--0-0--0--0-0--0|
F#|--1h3--3--5--3| |--0h1--1--0h1--1|
D |--2h4--4--4--4| |--0h2--2--0-0--0|
A |--2h4--4--4--4| |--0h2--2--0h2--2|
D |--2h4--4--4--4| |--0h2--2--------|
That's about all you need to figure the rest out I think. It's pretty similar throughout
and the changes are rather incidental. I prefer to make them up as I go along anyway
rather than figuring every nuance, especially when it comes to tricksters like Nick!
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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I'm definitely hearing a 3rd on the high string for most of the song. It sounds like he has the highest string tuned to that note (which, in the tuning of this tab, is 4th fret on the high string.) So I think the tuning he uses is DADF#AF#. I get paranoid about breaking a string when I tune the highest string up, so I left it at E (with tuning DADF#AE) and just held the 2nd fret, which sounds like the recording too. Helpful tab nonetheless, thank you.
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