Islands Tab

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Author xxboy [a] 31. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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                             Islands - The xx
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Tabbed by: xxboy
 
 
Tuning:eBGDAE
Email: tgjralston@aol.com
 
Intro
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---13---11-----9---9----6-----4----9---------------------|
A|-11---9----7-7---7---2/4---0-2--2/7----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---13---16-----11---9----9----4-----9--------------------|
A|-11---14---9-9----7---2/4--0-2--2/7----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
Verse
same as intro
 
Chorus
 
e|->----->----->---->----->----->--------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-x2--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x2--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
e|->----->---->------>----->----->-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------6--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------|
E|--------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------|
pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11-11/14-14/16-----------------11-11\9-9\7--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
Chorus
 
e|->----->----->---->----->----->--------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-x2--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x2--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
e|->----->---->------>----->----->-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------6--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------|
E|--------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------|
pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Outro
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------8--8----------4--4--------------------------------|
D|--6--6--9--9-----2-2--6--6-------------------------------|
A|-7--7--------x2-4-4-------x2-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|------8--8---------4--4--4--4--4--4----------------------|
D|--6-6--9--9----2-2--6--6--6--6--6--6---------------------|
A|-7-7-------x2-4-4----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-1-1-1--4----------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-6----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
pm - palm mute
> - accentuated
/ - slide
 
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Actually I've now realised the chorus chords are 6 8 4 6 7, 9, 6, 7