I BELONG TO YOU - LAUREN O'CONNELL & Ryan Lerman
Standard Tuning
Tabbed June 2012 tom@tomnichols.com
To make the tab more concise I've written out the major themes as labelled blocks
which are repeated in different orders throughout the verse/choruses. I've also
spread the lyrics out to make it easier to line up the tabs and make it easier
when first learning the song.
Ryan does not use full alternate thumb picking on the baseline, but it holds
together better with solo in my opinion as it reproduces the rhythm of the
percussion to an extent.
INTRO
Hold down a C shape and percuss the strings with the side of your finger
VERSE1
[ Em (022000@1) ][ F*4 ]
E[----------------][----------------][-------------]
B[---1----1--1----][---0----0--0----][----1------1-]
G[------0-------0-][------0-------0-][-----0/2-----]
D[---2---2---2---2][---2---2---2---2][----3----3---]
A[-3---3---3---3--][----------------][-------------]
E[----------------][-0---0---0--0---][-1-----------]
If it were up to
me to build this place, well I'd have made the miles it takes a little shorter and I think I would
tell the hills to lay to waste and soak up all the Finger Lakes so I could
[ F*2 ]
E[------------------------][-------------]
B[----1-------------------][----1------1-]
G[---------0-----0--------][-----0/2-----]
D[----2-----2----0---0----][----3----3---]
A[-3-----3-------------2--][-------------]
E[------------3----0------][-1-----------]
straighten the lines, yeah so I could
[ C*2 ]
E[------------------------][---0-------------][---------]
B[----1-------------------][------1----1----0][--1----1-]
G[---------0-----0--------][-------0------0--][-----0---]
D[----2-----2----0---0----][---2---2---2---2-][--2---2--]
A[-3-----3-------------2--][-3---3---3---3---][3---3----]
E[------------3----0------][-----------------][---------]
straighten the lines to anywhere
VERSE2
If I was
told to know my place, well I think I would choose a space closer to
Yours and I would use those
lines I drew to get real close a finger on my pulse because I
think that it's strongest there, yeah I
think that it's strongest there near you
[ C*2 ]
CHORUS
[F] [C]
'Cos I do not belong to the night, mystery or
[ G*2 ]
E[-----------------][----------]
B[---1----1--1----1][---0----0-]
G[------2-------2--][------0---]
D[---3---3---4---4-][---0---0--]
A[-----------------][----------]
E[-1---1---2---2---][-3---3----]
song or moonlight to be a far-begotten
[ A*2 ]
E[---------]
B[---1----1]
G[------2--]
D[---2---2-]
D[---------]
E[-0---0---]
[C]
soul, I don't know what they do, don't know where such souls
[G] [C]
go, but I belong to you.
VERSE3
If the
ground should start to break well I think I would allocate more of my
Bones to keep our legs up and the
tiny ones inside our hands would plant themselves in door frames and each other or
at least I hope with each
other, or at least I hope they would
CHORUS
[C*4][Em*2][F*2][C][G][F*2][C][G]
Oooooh
[C*8]
VERSE4 (single chord strokes)
If any
part of us should start to die I would dig a well and bleed it dry and wait there
For something to breathe cos
I believe or at least I try that nothing is just born to die
cos I think that we'd
E[---0--1-------0-------]
B[-----------3-----1----]
G[-----------------0/2--]
D[---2---2---0---0-3----] repeat and end on [C]
A[-0---0-----------3----]
E[---------3---3---1----]
all just wait
Yeah, I think that we'd all just wait if that were true.
CHORUS
[Em]
I belong to you
[F] [G] [C]
I belong to you so long as this world allows me to