Ben Howard - Nica Libres At Dusk - табы

Ben Howard - Nica Libres at Dusk
Tab by willkt6

Tuning: either BFBGAD capo 2 or FBFFCB (drop D or drop C capo 2)

I have amended this to match what I saw / heard on the Jools Holland performance. 
Very little has changed musically other than the chorus where I picked up the root
notes as being a third too high. I have changed positions to match what Ben seems
to be doing, although open positions are more comfortable for me.

Fingerings are relative to capo or nut depending on which tuning you choose. The B-
based tuning gives a bit more twang which you can hear in the song.

I'm pretty confident Ben isn't doing pick and Go now, just digging in very hard.


Intro/Verse (I haven't put exact repeats in):
E||-------0-------0-||-------0--------0-||-------0-------0-||
B||-----------------||------------------||-----------------||
G||-----7-------7---||-----7--------7---||-----7-------7---||
D||---7-------7-----||---7--------7-----||---7-------7-----||
A||-0-------0-------||-8--------8-------||-10------10------||
D||-----------------||------------------||-----------------||


Final repeats of second verse (before chorus section):
E||-------0-------0-||
B||-----------------||
G||-----6-------6---||
D||---7-------7-----||
A||-0-------0-------||
D||-----------------||


Chorus bit:
E||---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------||
B||---------0---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------||
G||-----2-----2---2-----1-----1---1-|-----2-----2---2-----1-----1---1-|-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-||
D||---4---------------2-------------|---4---------------2-------------|---4---------------4-------------||
A||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D||-4-----4-----4---2-----2-----2---|-4-----4-----4---2-----2-----2---|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---||


And the bridge bit (mainly setting out the chords, the picking pattern varies throughout):
E||-----0---0-----------0-------|---------0-----------0-------|
B||-----0---0-----------0-------|---------2-----------2-------|
G||-----2---2---------2---2-----|-----1---1---------1-1-1-----|
D||---4---------4---4---------4-|---2---------2---2---------2-|
A||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-4---------4---4---------4---|-2---------2---2---------2---|

E|---------0-----------0-------|---------0-----------0-------||
B|---------0-----------0-------|---------0-----------0-------||
G|-----2---2---------2-2-2-----|-----2---2---------2-2-------||
D|---4---------4---4---------4-|---4---------4---4---------2-||
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------2---||
D|-0---------0---0---------0---|-0---------0---0-------2-----||


Outro:
E||---------x-------x-------------------|-----x--------x-------x-------||
B||-2-------x---3---x---0---0---0---0---|-----x-3h2----x---3---x---0---||
G||-2-------x---2---x---0---0---0---0---|-----x-2------x---2---x---0---||
D||---------x-------x-------------------|-----x--------x-------x-------||
A||---------x-------x-------------------|-----x--------x-------x-------||
D||-4---4---x---4---x---5-----5---5---5-|-4---x----4---x---4---x---5---||


Many repeats:
E||-----------------||
B||-------6-------6-||
G||-----7-------7---||
D||---10------10----||
A||-8-------8-------||
D||-----------------||

************************************
| x Dead note
| / Slide up

************************************

Door is locked
My gums are bleeding
Outside she reads
Outside she's reading
The evacuation procedure out loud
Clothes are off
My health receding
Somewhere she dreams
Somewhere she's dreaming
The Caribbean
Nica Libres at dusk
While the faithful dispose of a generation
And all of the mountains whisper knowingly
I order a Colada
And sit, count my dollars
And watch eagles soar in circles
Perpetually
Door is locked
My gums are bleeding
Outside she reads
Outside she's reading
The evacuation procedure out loud
Clothes are off
My health receding
Somewhere she dreams
Somewhere she's dreaming
The Caribbean
Nica Libres at dusk
While the faithful dispose of a generation
And all of the mountains rumble knowingly
I order a Colada
And sit, count my dollars
And watch eagles soar in circles
Perpetually
Forever, forever such a beautiful thing
Now I'm older
I don't look over my shoulder
I know what is there in front of me
Ten Marlboro cigarettes
The rolled butts into the bottles
Today I will stare at the sea
Till my eyes have had enough