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)!