This Is How It Went Tab by Beabadoobee

This Is How It Went tab by Beabadoobee

Guitar Tab

Capo on 3rd
Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:


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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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Verse 1:

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     Scared to speak, finding words for an email to you

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    Tried to see through the hurt, to find it stuck on my shoe

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    Hanging on, piece of gum, it's time to let it go

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        loose                 We'll just

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    move      on                        Just


Chorus:

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    let me write a song like all the songs I love to listen to

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    Writing 'cause I'm healing, never writing songs to hurt you

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    Using what I'm best at and I hope you do the

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     same                    I'd sure make a

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    movie                         before

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                      Planning on somethin' to

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    say

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Verse 2:

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    I turned off the TV, and I laid in my bed

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    Sat and thought blissfully listening to Elliot

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    Writing songs, he did the same about situations

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    Would've been just the same, you had to make it

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    obvious                    Oh come

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    on, man                             Just


Chorus:

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    let me write a song like all the songs I love to listen to

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    Writing 'cause I'm healing, never writing songs to hurt you

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    Using what I'm best at and I hope you do the

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     same                    I'd sure make a

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    movie                         before

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                      Planning on somethin' to

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    say

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Bridge - strum on *word*:

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    And you messed *up*, all by your*self*

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    And I sat right *here*, secretly tried to *help*

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   And I did my *best,* and you'd never *know*

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  'Cause your satis*faction*'s for you just to *gloat*

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  And it was my *song*
oh just a *song*

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    And you made it *worse* just by singing a*long*           Just keep

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    busy                       Or make a

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    movie            And I'll stick to writing my songs


Outro - 4 times; on final repetition, repeat last chord and fade out:

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       Getting tired, don't wanna speak, oh please let me go to sleep

Published: August 12, 2024

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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