The Funeral - Band of Horses

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Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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                    THE FUNERAL - Band of Horses
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Tabbed by: jvwald

This tab is based on this YouTube video...:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KL4bBiDCI0

...and on this article:
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/band-of-horses-ben-bridwell-things-are-great

I realize the last thing this site needs is another version of this song. But
I read the interview with Ben Bridwell in Guitar World magazine above and got some
critical insights on how he does it (and he even has the correct tuning
tattooed on his arm, in case there's any doubt).

Admittedly, I think this song sounds just as good in standard tuning like it
is shown in other tabs on this site, but I figured a "correct" version was worth
posting.

Capo: III

Tuning: FAD#G#A#C (or G#CF#BC#D# with the capo on)

F xx(14)(13)(14)x
 xx989x
 xx434x
 xx646x
II 2x434x
II 7x989x
II 00212x

intro
e|------------
B|--------14--
G|-----13----1
D|--14--------
A|------------
E|------------

--------------
-------9------
3\---8---8\---
---9--------4-
--------------
--------------

--------------
--4-------6---
3---3---4---4-
------6-------
--------------
--------------

---------|
----6----|
--4---4--|
6--------|
---------|
---------|

intro x6
I'm coming up only to hold you under
And coming up only to show you're wrong
And to know you is hard; we wonder...
To know you all wrong; we warn.
Ooooooooh Oooooooooh
Ooooooooh Oooooooooh

            
Really too lat

             
e to call, so 

    
we wait for
             
Morning to wak

            
e you is all w

       
e got
            
to know me as 

           
hardly golden
            
Is to know me 

             
all wrong, the

        
y warn.

riff 1
e|------------
B|------6-----
G|----4---4---
D|--6-------6-
A|------------
E|------------

-------|
--6----|
4---4--|
-------|
-------|
-------|

           
At every occas

             
ion I'll be re

           
ady for the fu


neral
           
At every occas

           
ion, once more

              
, it's called 

     
the funeral
           
At every occas

              
ion, oh, I'm r

           
eady for the f


uneral
           
Every occasion

           
, oh, one bill

         
ion day funera

l

intro x2
I'm coming up only to show you're down for
And coming up only to show you're wrong.

            
To the outside

             
, the dead lea

     
ves lay on the

 lawn
            
For they don't

             
 have trees to

  
 hang upon.
           
Ooooooooh Oooo

 
oooooh
           
Ooooooooh Oooo

  
oooooh

           
At every occas

             
ion I'll be re

           
ady for the fu


neral
           
At every occas

           
ion, once more

              
, it's called 

     
the funeral
           
At every occas

              
ion, oh, I'm r

           
eady for the f


uneral
           
Every occasion

           
, oh, one bill

         
ion day funera

l


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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