Beardfish - Without You
From Sleeping in Traffic: Part One (2007)
Standard tuning
This song is relatively simple, the picking follows a set pattern up until the end when
are just strummed chords.
Enjoy!
Intro:
Gm
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3---------------3---------|
G|-----3-------3---3---3------3---3--|
D|-------5-------5-------5------5----| x2
A|-----------------------------------|
E|---3---------------3---------------|
Verse 1:
Gm
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3---------------3---------|
G|-----3-------3---3---3------3---3--|
D|-------5-------5-------5------5----| x2
A|-----------------------------------|
E|---3---------------3---------------|
"Lately..."
G#M7
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------4---------------4---------|
G|-----5-------5---5---5------5---5--|
D|-------5-------5-------5------5----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|---4---------------4---------------|
"Foggy..."
Cm
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------4---------------4---------|
G|-----5-------5---5---5------5---5--|
D|-------5-------5-------5------5----|
A|---3---------------3---------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Eb
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------4---------------4---------|
G|-----3-------3---3---3------3---3--|
D|-------5-------5-------5------5----| x2
A|---6---------------6---------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
"And I know..."
Chorus 1:
G5 F6 Am Am
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------------3--------------1--------------1-----------|
G|-----0------0---0----2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2----|
D|-------0------0--------3------3-------2------2-------2------2------|
A|----------------------------------0--------------0-----------------|
E|---3---------------1-----------------------------------------------|
"Sorry..."
And some slight variations the 2nd time it's played:
G5 F6 Am7 Am7
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------------3--------------1--------------1-----------|
G|-----0------0---0----2------2---2---0------0---0---0------0---0----|
D|-------0------0--------3------3-------2------2-------2------2------|
A|-------------------0--------------0--------------0-----------------|
E|---3---------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2: Repeat verse 1
Chorus 2: Repeat the first part of chorus 1 again, and then (again) a slight variation
different from the first chorus) the 2nd time it's played.
Variation:
G5 F6 Am7 Am7
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------------3--------------1--------------1-----------|
G|-----0------0---0----2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2----|
D|-------0------0----3---3------3-------2------2-------2------2------|
A|----------------------------------0--------------0-----------------|
E|---3---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
C
e|----------------------------------|
B|-----------1--------------1-------|
G|-------0------0---0---0------0----|
D|---------2------2-------2------5~-|
A|-0-2-3--------------3-------------|
E|----------------------------------|
EbM7
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------3--------------3------------|
G|---3------3---3---3------3---3-----|
D|-----5------5-------5------5-------|
A|-6--------------6------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
"Please..."
Bb
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------3--------------3--------------3--------------3----------|
G|------3------3---3---3------3---3---3------3---3---3------3-------|
D|--------3------3-------3------3-------3------3-------3------5~----|
A|---(1)-----------(1)------------(1)------------(1)----------------|
E|-- (6)-----------(6)------------(6)------------(6)----------------|
"Just say..."
For the (6) and (1), whichever is more comfortable, both are Bb.
Play that part twice, and on the 2nd repeat, play this instead of the 2nd part as the
to verse 3:
e|------------------------------------|
B|----------3--------------1----------|
G|------3------3---3---2------2---2---|
D|--------3------3-------2------2-----|
A|---(1)------------0-----------------|
E|---(6)------------------------------|
Verse 3:
Gm
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3--------------3----------|
G|-----3------3---3---3------3---3---| x2
D|-------5------5-------5------5-----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|---3--------------3----------------|
G#M7
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------4---------------4---------|
G|-----5-------5---5---5------5---5--|
D|-------5-------5-------5------5----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|---4---------------4---------------|
"I am fading away"
Cm
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------4---------------4---------|
G|-----5-------5---5---5------5---5--|
D|-------5-------5-------5------5----|
A|---3---------------3---------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
"Without you"
At this point start strumming the chords. Listen to the song for strumming rhythm.
Repeat the Gm-G#M7-CM part once, and then play the G5-F-Am chorus part once, and end
this:
G5 F Am (ad lib, slow tempo) G5
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3--------------1--------------1------------1--------3----|
G|-----0------0---0---2------2---2---2------2-----2-------2~---0----|
D|-------0------0-------3------3-------2-------2-----2---------0----|
A|---------------------------------0--------------------------------|
E|---3--------------1------------------------------------------3----|