First tab, so go easy...
Standard EADGBe tuning.
Play the following once for the Intro:
G
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-----------3-------3-------3-------3--|
-------0-------0-------0-------0------|
---------0-------0-------0-------0----|
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-----3-------3-------3-------3--------|
D/A
----------(2)------2------(2)---------|
-----------3------(3)------3-------0--|
-------2-------2-------2-------2------|
---------0-------0-------0-------0----|
-----0-------0-------0-------0--------|
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Am
----------(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-|
-----------1-------1-------1-------1--|
-------2-------2-------2-------2------|
---------2-------2-------2-------2----|
-----0-------0-------0-------0--------|
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D7
-----------2-------2-------2-----------|
-------1--(1)--1--(1)--1--(1)--1---0---|
---------2-------2-------2-------2-----|
-----0-------0-------0-------0---------|
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For the Em chord that appears at the end of verses 2 and 4 and the Chorus/Outro, pluck
the same pattern as for the G chord.
Verse 1
G D/A
Girlfriend for you I have fallen
Am D7
Just a little way in, I'm just a little bit sore
Verse 2
G D/A
Girlfriend for you I have spoken out
Am D7 G* Em
Taken a hefty clout, to the jawbone for my sins
Am D7
For my sins (* note - play G with the 'B' string open)
Verse 3
G D/A
Girlfriend you may not like me much
Am D7
When I mention such and such, to this old so and so
But you know how
Verse 4
G D/A
Girlfriend you've carved a hairline scratch
Am D7 Am Em G Am D7
Into this granite heart, and its here I falter
Verse 5
G D/A
Girlfriend it's you I'd scuttle the fleet for
Am
Make my first mate walk the plank for
D7
Admire the all or nothing
Chorus/Outro
G Em Am
Im admiral of nothing at all
D7
Nothing at all
G Em Am
Im admirmal of nothing at all
D7
Admire the all or nothing