Promise - Ben Howard
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Tuning: Open G, D G D G B D
Promise by Ben Howard
DGDAGD Tuning
No capo
The tuning and tab have been worked out from live and recorded versions of the song.
The last section (section 3) of the tab, which Ben Howard plays in a percussive style,
sounds mostly right but is not exactly how he plays it.
[Intro]
Same as section 1, but in the 4th bar play fret 9 on the 5th string rather than fret 11
as played in the first 3 bars. In some live recordings, section 2 below is used as part
of the intro.
[Section 1]
D|------------
G|------------
A|------------
D|----------0-
G|------11----
D|---0--------
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----14--------
--------------
--------------
-----------11-
-0------0-----
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
-0--|---------
----|------11-
----|---0-----
--------------
-------14-----
--------------
-0------------
--------------
----0------0--
-------|
-------|
-------|
----0--|
11-----|
-------|
D|------------
G|------------
A|------------
D|----------0-
G|------11----
D|---0--------
--------------
----14--------
--------------
--------------
-----------11-
-0------0-----
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
-0--|---------
----|------11-
----|---0-----
--------------
-------14-----
--------------
-0------------
--------------
----0------0--
-------|
-------|
-------|
----0--|
11-----|
-------|
D|------------
G|------------
A|------------
D|----------0-
G|------11----
D|---9--------
--------------
----14--------
--------------
--------------
-----------11-
-9------9-----
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
-0--|---------
----|------11-
----|---9-----
--------------
-------14-----
--------------
-0------------
--------------
----9------9--
-------|
-------|
-------|
----0--|
11-----|
-------|
D|------------
G|------------
A|------------
D|----------0-
G|------11----
D|---9--------
--------------
----14--------
--------------
--------------
-----------11-
-9------9-----
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
-0--|---------
----|------11-
----|---9-----
--------------
-------14-----
--------------
-0------------
--------------
----9------9--
-------|
-------|
-------|
----0--|
11-----|
-------|
[Bridge]
D|------------
G|------------
A|------------
D|---------0--
G|------9-----
D|--11--------
"and maybe
------------------|------------------------------|
----14------------|----------------14------------|
------------------|------------------------------|
---------------0--|---------0-----------------0--|
------------9-----|------9-----------------9-----|
11------11--------|--11--------11------11--------|
..."
[Section 2]
D|------------
G|------------
A|------------
D|----------0-
G|------11----
D|---0--------
-----0--------
--------------
--------------
--------------
-----------11-
-0------0-----
----|---------
-0--|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|------11-
----|---0-----
--------0-----
--------------
--------------
-0------------
--------------
----0------0--
-------|
----0--|
-------|
-------| (x2)
11-----|
-------|
D|------------
G|------------
A|------------
D|----------0-
G|------11----
D|---9--------
-----0--------
--------------
--------------
--------------
-----------11-
-9------9-----
----|---------
-0--|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|------11-
----|---9-----
--------0-----
--------------
--------------
-0------------
--------------
----9------9--
-------|
----0--|
-------|
-------| (x2)
11-----|
-------|
[Section 3]
D|------------
G|---------14-
A|------------
D|------------
G|-----11-----
D|--0---------
--------------
--------12----
--------------
--------------
----11--------
-0----------0-
----|---------
----|--11-----
----|---------
----|---------
-11-|---------
----|------0--
--------------
-------12-p11-
--------------
--------------
11------------
----0---------
-------|
-------|
-0-----|
----0--| (x2)
-------|
-------|
"who
D|------------
G|---------14-
A|------------
D|------------
G|-----11-----
D|--9---------
am
--------------
--------12----
--------------
--------------
----11--------
-9----------9-
I
----|---------
----|--11-----
----|---------
----|---------
-11-|---------
----|------9--
darlin'
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-------12-p11-
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--------------
11------------
----9---------
"
-------|
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-0-----|
----0--| (x2)
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