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Adele - Turning Tables
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Tabbed by: EilidhPower12
Standard Tuning
CAPO 3RD FRET
Chords Used
Am* = 002213
F* = 003213
Am = 002210
F = 133211
Dm = 000231
Dm7 = 003231
C = 332010/032010
G = 320033/355433
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Intro/Verses are finger-picked as shown below, along with the last lines of each chorus.
You should understand when you listen :)
Intro: Am*, F*, Am, F
Am* F*
e|--------3---------------3--------|--------3---------------3--------|
B|----------1---1-----------1---1--|----------1---1-----------1---1--|
G|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|
D|2---2-----------2---2------------|3---3-----------3---3------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Am F
e|--------0---------------0--------|--------1---------------1-0------|
B|----------1---1-----------1---1--|----------1---1--------------1---|
G|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2-----2---2----------|
D|2---2-----------2---2------------|3---3-----------3---3------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
VERSE 1
Am* F*
e|--------3---------------3--------|--------3---------------3--------|
B|----------1---1-----------1---1--|----------1---1-----------1---1--|
G|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|
D|2---2-----------2---2------------|3---3-----------3---3------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Close enough to start a war....
Am F
e|--------0---------------0--------|--------1---------------1-0------|
B|----------1---1-----------1---1--|----------1---1--------------1---|
G|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2-----2---2----------|
D|2---2-----------2---2------------|3---3-----------3---3------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
All that I have is on the floor... X2
Am* F*
God only knows what we're fighting for
Am F
All that I say, you always say more.
PRE-CHORUS:
F Dm Dm7
I can't keep up with your turning tables
F G
Under your thumb, I can't breathe
CHORUS: (Finger-picked like verse from Am* on second last line)
Am F C Dm
So I won't let you close enough to hurt me
Am F C Dm
No, I won't ask you, you to just desert me
Am F C G
I can't give you, what you think you gave me
Dm C F Am* F*
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
Am F
To turning tables
VERSE 2
Am* F*
e|--------3---------------3--------|--------3---------------3--------|
B|----------1---1-----------1---1--|----------1---1-----------1---1--|
G|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|
D|2---2-----------2---2------------|3---3-----------3---3------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Under haunted skies... I see...
Am F
e|--------0---------------0--------|--------1---------------1-0------|
B|----------1---1-----------1---1--|----------1---1--------------1---|
G|--2---2-----2-----2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2-----2---2----------|
D|2---2-----------2---2------------|3---3-----------3---3------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Where love is lost your ghost is Found..... X2
Am* F*
I braved a hundred storms to leave you
Am F
As hard as you try, no I will never be knocked down.
PRE-CHORUS:
F Dm Dm7
I can't keep up with your turning tables
F G
Under your thumb, I can't breathe
CHORUS: (Finger-picked like verse from Am* on second last line)
Am F C Dm
So I won't let you close enough to hurt me
Am F C Dm
No, I won't ask you, you to just desert me
Am F C G
I can't give you, what you think you gave me
Dm C F Am* F*
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
Am F
To turning tables
BRIDGE:
Am F
Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own saviour
C Dm
When the thunder calls for me
Am F
Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own saviour
C G
Standing on my own two feet
CHORUS: (Finger-picked like verse from Am* on second last line)
Am F C Dm
So I won't let you close enough to hurt me
Am F C Dm
No, I won't ask you, you to just desert me
Am F C G
I can't give you, what you think you gave me
Dm C F Am* F*
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
Am F
To turning tables
Am* F
Turning tables, yeah
Am F (Am*)
Turning, ooh.
Play intro/verse until fade out.
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