Chords with lyrics
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OPEN BOOK - José González
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Tabbed by: Bas
E-mail: bas5432 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Tuning: standard
Last song from José's latest album, Vestiges & Claws. Unlike most of his songs, this one is in standard
tuning. The picking pattern is pretty constant throughout the song and commonly employed, for example in
Eddie Vedder's Guaranteed and Tuolomne. However, José adds a lot of little variations and often changes
them around when playing live. Therefore, I've decided to just show the basic picking pattern and chords,
and leave the rest to you guys.
Basic picking pattern:
Use four fingers: thumb on 
A augmentedA (and 
E MajorE), index on D, middle on 
G+G and ring on 
BB (and e) strings.
C majorC 
G/BG/B 
A minorAm
e|-(0)-----------------------------(0)-------------(0)-----------------|
BB|--1---------1-----3---------3-----1---------1-----1-----------1------|
G+G|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2---------2--|
D MajorD|------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0--------0(h2)-----|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Denoted in parentheses are (some of the) notes that José sometimes plays as well or instead, listen to the
song for exact moments.
Chords:
C majorC x3201x, sometimes x320x0, in bridge x320x3
G/BG/B x2003x
A minorAm x0221x, sometimes x022x0
G+G 3x000x
D/F#D/F# 2x023x
FF 1x332x, sometimes 1x33x1
A#Maj7A#maj7 x1323x, sometimes x13231
Fmaj7Fmaj7 xx3210
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Intro:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm Am
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm Am (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Verse 1:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
Feel just like an open book
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Exposing myself in this neighbourhood
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
Talking to people as if I knew them well
G+G D/F#D/F#
Thinking that everyone has gone
(E MajorE|--0h2--|) G+G (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Through different kinds of hell
Verse 2:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Lately I've found myself in doubt
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Asking myself what it's all about
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
What am I doing here What's this leading to
D/F#D/F# (E MajorE|--0h2--|) G+G
What's the point of all without you
Chorus:
FF G+G
Well I've got promises to keep
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G D/F#D/F#
Like a cat I know I'll land upon my feet
(E MajorE|--0h2--|) G+G (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Each time I fall
Interlude:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm Am
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm Am (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
D/F#D/F# D/F# (E MajorE|--0h2--|) G+G 
G MajorG (A augmentedA|---0--|)
(E MajorE|-3----|)
Bridge:
A#Maj7A#maj7 C majorC
Every now and then in dreams
A#Maj7A#maj7 C majorC
By the river 'neath our tree
A#Maj7A#maj7 C majorC
Leaves in yellow, red and brown
A#Maj7A#maj7 G/BG/B
I hear you whisper in my ear
G+G (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Your love belongs to everyone
Verse 3:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
Feel just like an open book
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm (A augmentedA|--0h2--|)
A augmentedA couple of words was all it took
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
In front of a bright white canvas
G+G D/F#D/F#
Staring vacantly now free,
(E MajorE|--0h2--|) G+G
Against my will
Outro:
FF C majorC
A augmentedA drifting vessel in the storm
FF C majorC
Pushed around from shore to shore
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
I know there's so much left to see
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
I know I have so much left to give
G/BG/B A minorAm
But the memories remain
G+G D/F#D/F#
Yet the scars don't feel the same
FF C majorC
Filling pages one by one
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC (strum)
In the warmth of other suns
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| h hammer-on
| x Mute note
