Left Handed
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Capo: no capo
Tuning: E A D G B E
"Holding On" by The War on Drugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-oHBkikDBg
Slide guitar part (use a lot of reverb and vibrato when played without slide)
[Intro]
e|----------|-------|--------|--------|----------------9-9-|
B|-7-/9-/11-|-9-/11-|--11-9-|-11-/12-|-1211976-6/7-7--|
G|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
D|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
A|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
E|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
[Verse 1] *use pinky for e string*
e|---------------|-----------------9-9--|------|------|-----------------------9-9--|
B|-12119--/7---|-1211976--6/7-7-9-|--11--|--14--|-1411/1211976--6/7-7-9-|
G|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
D|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
A|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
E|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
[Chorus 1]
e|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
B|-/11/12/14/16-|-16/1918-1814-|-1916-16/19/2118-1814-1611-|
G|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
e|--------|--------|-------------------------9-9-----------|------|--------------------------9-9--|
B|-12-/11-|-12-11-|-119-/11/1211976-6/7-7/9/11/12/14-|--14--|-1614-/11/12/11976-6/7-7/9-|
G|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
D|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
A|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
E|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
[Chorus 2]
e|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
B|-/11/12/14/16-|-16/1918-1814-|-1916-16/19/2118-1814---|
G|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
A|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
[Pre-chorus/bridge/] From 4:30 the slide part is hard to hear.
e|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-6/7/9/11/12/14/16/1916-|-16/1918-1814-|-1916141211---1916141211--1916141211-----|
G|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Don't use slide from here till end of song.
e|----------------------|----------|------------------------------|
B|-18-19-21-19-18-19-21-|-16-14-11-|-21br---21br-19-18-19-16------|
G|----------------------|----------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------|----------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------|----------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------|----------|------------------------------|
[Outro] Repeat parts of riff 1 and 2
Riff 1:
e|---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-14p11h12-14/16-14p11------|-14-14-14-14p11-----|-14-14-14-14p11-----|
G|----------------------13---|---------------13---|---------------13---|
D|------------------------13-|-----------------13-|-----------------13-|
A|---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Riff 2: Use 1/4 note bend and release
e|-18br16br14br11br9br6br4br(2)|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
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Tab legend
| / Slide up
| Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| br Bend release
|( ) Optional
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