Tabs
James Blunt - 2005
Tuning: Standard
Main Fingerpicking Riff:
C majorC Gsus/B
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
FF C majorC
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
"I woke up this..."
Verse Lyrics (play Main riff 2x more):
"I woke up this morning, and realized
All I do is apologize
For a song I wrote in 2005
Didn't come with a warning
But fame is unkind
Put me on top of the world
Couple of girls and then left me behind"
Prechorus:
D MajorD 
C/EC/E
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----0--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A minorAm 
GsusGsus
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1--------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-3-----------3-----------------------------------|
Lyrics:
"Sure, let's take a photograph
You can show it to your friends and laugh
I'll tell you what I'm doing now
But you don't really wanna know"
Chorus:
C majorC Gsus/B
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A minorAm FF
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----0-----|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
play Chorus riff 2x
Lyrics:
"I wrote you a love song
Now it's something that you hate on
And I'm sad the record's broken
But I don't think I can write a
Better love song
Without it I'd be no one
And now that you've forgotten me
Tell me how to write one better"
Verse 2:
C majorC Gsus/B
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
FF C majorC
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
** Play Verse throughout lyrics like before
Lyrics:
"I'm not gonna lie
Saying I didn't work out
'Cause I live in a big house, made a few pounds
Nice car on the drive
And I went round the world once or twice
Saw the sun set and sun rise
But for big highs, there's a big price
When all you do is criticize"
Prechorus 2:
D MajorD C/EC/E
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----0--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
D MajorD|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A minorAm GsusGsus
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1--------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-3-----------3-----------------------------------|
"Sure, let's take a photograph
You can show it to your friends and laugh
I'll tell you what I'm doing now
But you don't really wanna know"
Chorus 2:
C majorC Gsus/B
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A minorAm FF
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
play Chorus 4x
"I wrote you a love song
Now it's something that you hate on
And I'm sad the record's broken
But I don't think I can write a
Better love song
Without it I'd be no one
And now that you've forgotten me
Tell me how to write one better"
"I don't think I can write one better"
Quiet Bridge:
** Sing Lyrics acapella but start playing on last line
Lyrics:
"I wrote you a love song
Now it's something that you hate on
And I'm sad the record's broken"
quiet less quiet louder full volume
e|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|
D MajorD|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|
"But I don't think I can write one better"
Final Chorus:
C majorC Gsus/B
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A minorAm FF
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
play Chorus 4x
"Love song
Now it's something that you hate on
And I'm sad the record's broken
But I don't think I can write a
Better love song
Without it I'd be no one
Now that you've forgotten me
Just tell me how to write one better"
Ending:
C majorC Gsus/B
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
"I woke up this morning And realized All I do is"
FF C majorC
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|-3-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
"apologize For a song I wrote in 2005"
Other versions of 2005
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for 2005 by James Blunt
