"Clinging On For Life"- The Hoosiers CAPO 2 You want the pick pattern to be the the following whilst holding each chord shape: C= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4 Am= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4 Em= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4 A= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4 D= 4th string, 1st and 2nd strings together x4 G= 6th string, 1st and 2nd strings together x4 When coming back to the C each time on the verse try and hammer on the whole chord as you start playing it again to get more of an accurate sound ALSO NOTE: When you play the Am parts each time before you change up to Em you to play the 5th string twice quickly and then hammer-on the 2nd string and then play it open again as in: E|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|--0---0---0-0------|-------------|-------------|-------------| D|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| G|---2---2-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------| B|---1---1-----0h1-0-|-------------|-------------|-------------| e|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| You really need to play this in the verses INTRO- C(x4),Am(x4),Em(x4),G(x4) VERSE 1 C Am I need you to reach me Em G Teach me how to love C Am I need you to reach me Em G Teach me how to love PRE-CHORUS 1 Em A 'Cos I must have got it wrong D If I had love then it's gone G Em I've been living without it for oh so long G And that's the way it goes I suppose CHORUS--->(Same pattern as the verse) C Made enough mistakes Am Em Between two of us to sing this thing G We're still clinging on for life C Made enough mistakes Am Em Between two of us to sing this thing G (Sustain the G chord at the end of each chorus) We're still clinging on for life VERSE 2 C Am I need you to reach me Em G Teach me how to love C Am I need you to reach me Em G Teach me how to love C Am I need you to reach me Em G Teach me how to love C Am I need you to reach me Em G Teach me how to love PRE-CHORUS 2 Em A 'Cos I must have got it wrong D If I had love then it's gone G Em I've been living without it for oh so long G And that's the way it goes I suppose CHORUS--->(Same pattern as the verse) C Made enough mistakes Am Em Between two of us to sing this thing G We're still clinging on for life C Made enough mistakes Am Em Between two of us to sing this thing G We're still clinging on for life BRIDGE (Same pattern as Pre-Chorus) Em A 'Cos I must have got it wrong D If I had love then it's gone G Em I've been living without it for oh so long G And that's the way it goes A When your head but can suppose D And instead of answers Em It's full of 'I don't know's G And that's the way it goes I suppose For the outro whistling ooo-ee-ooo-ee-ooo bit, it's the same pattern as the verse and chorus of C,Am,Em,G This is my first tab so it may not be 100% but got annoyed looking at all of the other wrong versions. Hope it helps people!! :)
