Tabs
Here are the tabs for The Fray's Heartbeat: (including 3 guitar parts)
There were no real tabs yet, so I learned this by ear, so I'm really sorry
if there are mistakes or if it's not 100%
the way how The Fray play it!
Check out my cover on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHpK3OcZu4A
(I don't own good recording gear, hope you still enjoy!!!)
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Guitar1:
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Tuning: Standard
Capo 2nd
Clean or slighty distorted
Chorus:
Chord structure:
E minor 7Em7 
C majorC add9 
G+G G+G sus2
e|------3---------3-------3--------3--------------------|
BB|------3---------3-------3--------3--------------------|
G+G|------0---------0-------0--------2--------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------2-------0--------0--------------------|
A augmentedA|------2---------3-------2--------0--------------------|
E MajorE|------0-----------------3--------3--------------------|
Recommended strumming pattern:
D MajorD D DU U UD DUDU
The chords change at the beginning/end of the pattern AND at the 2nd Up stroke!!!
For example: Em7: D MajorD D DU
C majorC add9: U UD DUDU
G: D MajorD D DU
G: sus2: U UD DUDU
To get the feeling of the rhythm right you have to lift up your fingers a
lil at the 2nd up stroke of the pattern. That catches the tune pretty good in my opinion!
(hard to explain.. check out my cover to make sure!)
Verse:
Chords of the chorus palmmuted, downstrums only
(I let the very last 3 strokes of the G+G sus2 ring out.. only the D MajorD G+G BB and high E MajorE string)
....
2nd Chorus ending, right before the bridge:
play a...
C majorC add9
G+G
E minor 7Em7
...and let it ring out... (1 Downstrum each)
Bridge:
E5E5 G+G sus 2
e|-------------------------3------|
BB|-------------------------3------|
G+G|-------------------------2------|
D MajorD|------2------------------0------|
A augmentedA|------2-------------------------|
E MajorE|------0-------------------------|
PM
stay a while on the E MajorE powerchord with palmmuted downstrums only, at the end play the G+G sus2
like above kinda open...
After that another chorus..
End the song with 1 Downstrum each on:
C majorC add9
G+G
E minor 7Em7
... that's it! :)
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Guitar2:
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Tuning: Standard
distorted
Not 100% sure what's going on there during the chorus,
but I play an A augmentedA powerchord (as an octave higher) which sounds pretty nice:
Chorus:
A5A5
e|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|------14---------|
D MajorD|------14---------|
A augmentedA|------12---------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
strum that chord open, lift up your fingers at certain points to catch the tune
correctly... (same pattern like guitar 1)
Verse:
e|----------------5-----------------|
BB|----------------------------------|
G+G|----6---6-7---6----6---6-7---6----| Play this 9 times until you go
D MajorD|----------------------------------| into the next chorus
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|
(at the 2nd verse this is played 11 times, if I counted correctly..)
2nd Chorus ending, right before the bridge:
1 Downstrum each on:
A5A5 A5A5 (no idea how that last chord is called, but it sounds nice played clean..)
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|------14---14------13---|
D MajorD|------14---14------14---|
A augmentedA|------12---12------12---|
E MajorE|------------------------|
Bridge:
E5E5
e|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------|
D MajorD|------2-------------------|
A augmentedA|------2-------------------|
E MajorE|------0-------------------|
PM
stay a while on the E MajorE powerchord with palmmuted downstrums only, at the end play
the E MajorE powerchord kinda open, right before you go into the last chorus...
Ending:
1 Downstrum each on:
A5A5 A augmentedA maj Triad (sounds nice with an open D MajorD in the base!!)
e|----------------------9------|
BB|----------------------10-----|
G+G|------14-----13-------9------|
D MajorD|------14-----14-------0------|
A augmentedA|------12-----12--------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
... that's it! :)
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Guitar3:
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Tuning: Standard
distorted
The fun part in the very beginning of the song:
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|----9b10--9--7~~~--9b10--9--7--5~~~----|
G+G|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
b = bend to..
~~ = let ring
Verse (this could be part of the piano, but I clearly hear this on the recording, and it
kicks in a bit after guitar 2...) sounds sweet...
1st time: around 0:30
2nd time: around 1:34
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|------------10-------------------------|
G+G|----9h11--9----9h11--9-----------------| Repeat it 5x
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
h = hammer on..
In the end this is played again, including the ending of the song:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----9b10--9--7~~~--9b10--9--7--5~~~--9b10--9--7--5-------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------6-6b7--6--4--2~~~-|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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This is how I play the song. This was learned by ear! so I'm aware that it's probably
not 100%
the way how The Fray play it.
Check out my cover on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHpK3OcZu4A
Hope you enjoy it!
Other versions of Heartbeat
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Heartbeat by The Fray
| Version | Type |
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| Heartbeat | Chords |
