Artist - Ash
Track - Sometimes
Album - Free All Angels
Tabbed by - Stephen Scully
Contact - geodude_6000@hotmail.com
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Standard Tuning - (E A D G B e)
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CHORDS: x = string not played, 0 = open string
STRINGS FROM LOW TO HIGH (Lowest = 6th, Highest = 1st)
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A* = x0(11)9(10)9 |
Dmaj7 = x57675 |
E6 = x79999 | E6 is quite tough but to play it you will have to bare strings 1-4 with your ring finger. You
A = 577655 | also need to do this in order to play the verse riff where you have to move between 9th and 10th
E = 022100 | frets on the first string
C#m = x46654 |
F#m = 244222 |
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INTRO:
A* Dmaj7 E6 A A* Dmaj7 E6 A
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|-----14-----14--------14-----14-14h15p14--|-----14-----14---------14-----|
|--14-----14--------14-----14--------------|--14-----14---------14----14--|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7 A Dmaj7 E Dmaj7 A
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----9-7-6-6-6-6-6-----|---9-7-6-6-6-6-6b7r6-6-6-|---9-7-6-6-6-6-6-----|-6b7r6---------------|
|--7---------------6-6-|-6-----------------------|-9---------------6-6-|-------7~~--7-9-7~~--|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
VERSE: Play the chords like this
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
|---------9-------5----------9----5----5--|
|--------10-------7----------9----5----5--|
|--9--9---9----6--6----------9----6----6--|
|-11-11--11----7--7----9--9--9----7--7----| x2
|--0-----------5--5----7--7-------7--7----|
|---------------------------------5--5----|
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
|--9--9-------------5----9-10-9----5------|
|-10-10--12----7----7----9--9-9----5------|
|--9--9---9----6--6-6----9--9-9----6------|
|-11-11--11----7--7-7----9--9-9----7------| x2
|--0--0---0----5--5-5----7---------7------|
|----------------------------------5------|
Play that through once (repeating each twice) and then play them again (repeating each twice) but with the 1st intro riff
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Can sleep in the city, you're far away
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Cigarettes keep you skinny, and your mind off the rain
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Feelings are distant, and I know guilt by name
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
It was the hardest thing, watching you slip away
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
CHORUS:
E Dmaj7 E
Sometimes it happens, feelings die,
Dmaj7 A
Whole years are lost in the blink of an eye,
E Dmaj7 E
We once had it all but events conspired
Dmaj7 A
Oh Some - times,
VERSE 2:
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Good morning sweet thing, you're safe in my hands,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
I am no saint, but I understand,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
CHORUS 2:
E Dmaj7 E
Sometimes it happens, feelings die,
Dmaj7 A
Whole years are lost in the blink of an eye,
E Dmaj7 E
We once had it all but events conspired
Dmaj7 A
Oh Some - times,
E Dmaj7 E
And now that it is over, it is through,
C#m F#m
It gets me every time I think of you,
Dmaj7 E
Sometimes it happens feelings die,
Dmaj7
Oh some - times,
VERSE 3:
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
I miss your warm skin beside me at night,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
And I miss your flesh, in the dawn light,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
A* Dmaj7 E6 A
Oh some - times, some - times,
SOLO:
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7 A Dmaj7 E Dmaj7 A
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|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----9-7-6-6-6-6-6-----|---9-7-6-6-6-6-6b7r6-6-6-|---9-7-6-6-6-6-6-----|-6b7r6---------------|
|--9---------------6-6-|-6-----------------------|-9---------------6-6-|-------7~~--7-9-7~~--|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
CHORUS 3:
E Dmaj7 E
Sometimes it happens, feelings die,
Dmaj7 A
Whole years are lost in the blink of an eye,
E Dmaj7 E
We once had it all but events conspired
Dmaj7 A
Oh Some - times,
E Dmaj7 E
Saturns decline in my star sign,
Dmaj7 A
Seasonal adjustments, stars re-align,
E Dmaj7 E
Sometimes it happens feelings die,
Dmaj7 A
Oh some - times,
E Dmaj7
Some - times
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