I Was Only Nineteen Tab

by Redgum
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author juddo182 [a] 91.
3 contributors total, last edit on Jul 25, 2022
We have an official I Was Only Nineteen tab made by UG professional guitarists.
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Song: I Was Only Nineteen
Band: Redgum
Tuning: Standard
 
So this is an awesome Aussie song, but there are no tabs on how to
fingerpick it so I thought I'd have a shot at it.
 
[Intro]
   A             C             G             D
e|-------0-------------0-------------3-------------2--------|
B|---2-----2---2---1-----1---1---0-----0---0---3-----3---3--|
G|-----2-----2-------0-----0-------0-----0-------2-----2----|
D|-------------------------------------------0--------------|
A|-0-------------3------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3----------------------------|  Continued.....
 
 
     A            G             A             A
e|---------0------------3-------------0-------------0-------|
B|-----2-----2--2---0-----0---0---2-----2---2---2-----2---2-|
G|-------2-----2------0-----0-------2-----2-------2-----2---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0--------------------------0-------------0-------------|
E|----------------3-----------------------------------------|
 
[Verse]
   A             C             G             D
e|-------0-------------0-------------3-------------2--------|
B|---2-----2---2---1-----1---1---0-----0---0---3-----3---3--|
G|-----2-----2-------0-----0-------0-----0-------2-----2----|
D|-------------------------------------------0--------------|
A|-0-------------3------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3----------------------------|  Continued.....
 
 
     A            G             A             A
e|---------0------------3-------------0-------------0-------|
B|-----2-----2--2---0-----0---0---2-----2---2---2-----2---2-|
G|-------2-----2------0-----0-------2-----2-------2-----2---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0--------------------------0-------------0-------------|
E|----------------3-----------------------------------------|(x2)
 
[Chorus]
    E             E             D             A
e|--------0-------------0-------------2-------------0------|
B|----0-----0---0---0-----0---0---3-----3---3---2-----2---2|
G|------1-----1-------1-----1-------2-----2-------2-----2--|
D|------------------------------0--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------0------------|
E|--0-------------0----------------------------------------|(x2)
 
    F#m           E            D             A
e|--------2------------0-------------2-------------0-------|
B|----2-----2---2---0----0---0---3-----3---3---2-----2---2-|
G|------2-----2-------1----1-------2-----2-------2-----2---|
D|-----------------------------0---------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------0-------------|
E|--2-------------0----------------------------------------|
 
    E                         D
e|--------0--------|       |--------2--------|
B|----0-----0---0--|       |----3-----3---3--|
G|------1-----1----|       |------2-----2----|
D|-----------------|       |--0--------------|
A|-----------------|       |-----------------|
E|--0--------------|(x4)   |-----------------|(x4)
 
Yeah, so they're all the parts of the song and you can figure out how
to play it. It looks pretty hard coz of the way I tabbed it, but
they all have basically the same pattern and easy once you're used
to it. So yeah, have fun with this one :)
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8 comments
harrisonbourke97
Sounds great but I think on each bar between playing the 1st string and 2nd string you are missing a note which i believe is the 4th string being played. Correct me if I am wrong though :)
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lachlan.pete
very accurate and its a great song, thanks
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ffcaus
thanks man for the work
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