Song: Absolutely (Story of a girl)
Band: Nine days
Album: The madding crowd
Tuning: eBGDAE (Standard)
Tabbed by Tom Allison
chords used:
If the chord name has a '*' next to it, it means that its a barre chord.
EADGBe
G: 320033
G*: 355433
D: xx0232
Dsus4: xx0233
Cadd9: 032033
Bm: 224432
Em: 022000
A*: 577655
F#: 244322
G G* D Dsus4 Cadd9 Bm Em A* F#
e|--3--3--2---2-----3---2---0--5--2--|e
B|--3--3--3---3-----3---3---0--5--2--|B
G|--0--4--2---3-----0---4---0--6--3--|G
D|--0--5--0---0-----2---4---2--7--4--|D
A|--2--5--x---x-----3---2---2--7--4--|A
E|--3--3--x---x-----0---2---0--5--2--|E
I've tried to tab out the correct strumming patterns but there might be
some slight variations throughout the song. Listen carefully to the song
and you'll be able to pick up the patterns.
Chorus:
Part 1
Cadd9 G Dsus4 D
Part 2
Bm Cadd9 Dsus4
Part 3
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
Heres the strumming pattern for the chorus:
Part 1
Cadd9 G Dsus4 D
-3---3---3-3--3-3-3----x---x---x-x--x-x-x-
-3---3---3-3--3-3-3----x---x---x-x--x-x-x-
-0---0---0-0--0-0-0----0---0---0-0--0-0-0-
-2---2---2-2--0-0-0----2---2---2-2--2-2-2-
-3---3---3-3--2-2-2----3---3---3-3--3-3-3-
-0---0---0-0--3-3-3----3---3---3-3--2-2-2-
Part 2
Bm Cadd9 Dsus4
-2---2---3---3--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
-3---3---3---3--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
-4---4---0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-4---4---2---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
-2---2---3---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
-2---2---0---0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
Part 3
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
-x----3--3--x----3--3-
-x----3--3--x----3--3-
-0----0--0--0----0--0-
-2----2--0--2----2--0-
-3----3--2--3----3--2-
-2----0--3--2----0--3-
Then straight into the verse!
Verse:
Bm Cadd9 G D
Bm Cadd9 G D
Bm Cadd9 G D
Bm Cadd9 G D
Heres the strumming pattern for the verse:
Bm Cadd9 G D
-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3--x-x-x-
-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3--x-x-x-
-4-4-4-4-4--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0- repeat
-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2- 4 times
-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-
-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-
Then theres an interlude then back to the chorus again.
Interlude:
Em F# G* A*
Em F# A*
Heres the interlude strumming pattern:
You can see that its a lot easier to use barre chords for
G and A instead of the usualy chord patterns.
Em F# G* A*
-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-
-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-
-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-
-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
Em F# A*
-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
Heres the order of all the parts of the song:
Chorus
Verse
Interlude
Chorus
Verse
Interlude
Chorus
Interlude
Verse (with solo)**
Interlude
Chorus part 1 & 2 (quietly)
Chorus part 1 & 2
Chorus
**There is also a solo over this verse which I havent tabbed out, I'm
working on it at the moment!
Thats about it really, enjoy the tab and email me with your
comments or suggestions (switchtizzer@hotmail.com)!
