Ben Howard Esmerelda Tuning: C G C G F C Capo on 7th (not low E) (play the base notes with your thumb and keep repeating the same picking pattern with the rest of your fingers for the high notes) Intro/Verse C|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------| F|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------| G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------| C|----2----2-----2--0-----3-3-3-3-2-2-0---------------| x2 G|-0----0-----0--------3-----------------3------------| C|----------------------------------------------------| Then C|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0--0------| F|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--4--4------| G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------| C|----2----2----2--0----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------| G|-0----0----0-------3-----------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------| Oh Blinding, Now I see that I could not hold you. My orange tree lived in the darkened room From three words to share. Maybe you were free before my blackened wing covered you I took the sing from your song I made a bed where you don't belong. Chorus C|----------------------------------------------------------| F|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|----0---0---0---0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------| C|----3---3---3---3--2--2--2----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------| x2 G|---0---0---0---0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------| C|-10--10--10--10--9--9--9-0-2--2--2--2--4--4--5--5---------| then C|-----------------------------| F|------------------------------| G|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----| C|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----| G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2------| C|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------| Oh pull me, she fell beneath the wheels to help me up. Black Sea, I failed to be the light you found in love. Oh pull me, she fell beneath the wheels to help me up. Black Sea, the monster killed the melody you loved. Post-Chorus C|---------------------------------| F|----------------------------------| G|-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| C|-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| G|----5--3--2--3--5--3--2--3--0-----| C|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------| And now I'm going places on my own Verse II Blinded, now I see the death, moves amongst us And with such ease surround us These silent beasts so hard to bare. Lonely, oh no not me I have a grave to dig Fast moving feet You gave me light where it once was gone I made a bed, where we don't belong. Repeat Chorus + Post-Chorus Outro C|---------------------------------------------------| F|----------------------------------------------------| G|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---| C|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---| G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| C|-2--2--2--2--7--5-10-10-10-10--9--9--7--5--2--2-----| C|---------------------------------------------------| F|----------------------------------------------------| G|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---| C|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---| G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| C|-2--2--2--2--7--5-10-10-10-10--9--912--9--12-------|