• Song:

    You Make Me Smile Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Blue October

"You Make Me Smile (Acoustic)" by Blue October
(Transcription by AggiePhil--phil@phildorsett.com)
http://www.phildorsett.com/sounds.html


Intro, Verses, & Chorus ("There's some kind of light, at the end...")
(Strum)

e|-------x--------x--------x--------x--------|
b|-------x--------x--------x--------x--------|
g|-------x--------x--------x--------x--------|
D|-------12-------9--------4--------7--------|
A|-------12-------9--------4--------7--------|
E|-------10-------7--------2--------5--------|
---------D5-------B5------F#5-------A5-------|

Bridge ("It's the feeling I'd get...")
(Strum)

e|-------x--------x--------x--------x--------x----------|
b|-------x--------x--------x--------x--------x----------|
g|-------x--------x--------x--------x--------x----------|
D|-------9--------11-------12-------4--------5----------|
A|-------9--------11-------12-------4--------5----------|
E|-------7--------9--------10-------2--------3----------|
---------B5------C#5-------D5------F#5-------G5---------|

Outro
Same progression as Intro/Verses/Chorus, except play G5 at the end of every other 
instead of A5.

*Optional*
If you want to use chords with a little more upper end on some of the 
parts, you can use these fingerings:

e|-------x--------x--------x--------x--------|
b|-------3--------3--------3--------x--------|
g|-------2--------4--------x--------x--------|
D|-------0--------4--------4--------7--------|
A|-------0--------2--------4--------7--------|
E|-------x--------2--------2--------5--------|
---------D------Bm/F#-----F#5-------A5-------|


Click here to hear a little clip of me playing the three main ideas in the song 
the optional chords listed above):  http://www.phildorsett.com/media/smile.mp3
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