As It Was tab by Hozier

Tabs

Tuning: Open C majorC (C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------0-----------------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----5----5-----|
G+G|--5-----------------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0---|

e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------0------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|
G+G|--5------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------0---------------------0---------------|
C majorC|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0----0----0------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G+G|---------------------------------------------3----0---3h5--------------------------------------|
C majorC|----0-0--0--0--0---0-0------0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-0------0--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

Verse_1:
There is a roadway, muddy and foxgloved
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------0------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G+G|--5------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

Never I'd had life enough / My heart is screaming out
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0----0----0------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G+G|---------------------------------------------3----0---3h5--------------------------------------|
C majorC|----0-0--0--0--0---0-0------0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-0------0--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

And in a few days I would be there, love
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------0------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G+G|--5------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

Ever here that's lived in me is yours just as it was
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----|
G+G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5--------|
C majorC|----0-0--0--0--0---0-0------0-----0--0-0---0--0--0---0--0---0---0--|

Chorus:
Just as it was, baby / Before the otherness came
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0---0---0--5-5-5--3/5-5/8-8\5-5\3-3-3-3-3-3h5-5/8\5-3h5p3p0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C majorC|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

And I knew its name / The love, the dark, the light, the flame
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0---0---0--5-5-5--3/5-5/8-8\5-5\3-3-3-3-3-3h5-5/8\5-3h5p3p0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C majorC|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The eyes at the heights of my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM

Let's hope at the fight of my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM

The lights were as bright as my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM

But your love was unmoved
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM


e|---------------------------|
BB|---------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------|
C majorC|--0----5----5----5----5----|
G+G|---------------------------|
C majorC|----0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------0------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G+G|--5------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G+G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5---------------------------------------|
C majorC|----0-0--0--0--0---0-0------0-----0--0-0---0--0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|


Verse_2:
And tell me if somehow some of it remained
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------0------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G+G|--5------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

How long you would wait for me? / How long I've been away?
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------------|
C majorC|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0----0----0------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G+G|---------------------------------------------3----0---3h5--------------------------------------|
C majorC|----0-0--0--0--0---0-0------0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0-0------0--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

The shape that I'm in now is shaping the doorway
e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------0------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G+G|--5------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

Make your good love known to me / Just tell me about your day
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----|
G+G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5--------|
C majorC|----0-0--0--0--0---0-0------0-----0--0-0---0--0--0---0--0---0---0--|


Chorus:
Just as it was, baby / Before the otherness came
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0---0---0--5-5-5--3/5-5/8-8\5-5\3-3-3-3-3-3h5-5/8\5-3h5p3p0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C majorC|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

And I knew its name / The love, the dark, the light, the flame
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0---0---0--5-5-5--3/5-5/8-8\5-5\3-3-3-3-3-3h5-5/8\5-3h5p3p0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C majorC|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


The eyes at the heights of my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM

Let's hope at the fight of my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM

The lights were as bright as my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM

But your love was unmoved
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM


And the sights were as stark as my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM
And the cold was as sharp as my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM
And the nights were as dark as my baby
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|(x2)
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM
Half as beautiful too
e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
C majorC|--x-xxx-x-x-x--|
G+G|---------------|
C majorC|---------------|
 PM


Outro:
e|-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|
G+G|------0------------------------|
C majorC|-----------5----5----5----5----|
G+G|--5----------------------------|
C majorC|--0-0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------0------------------------|
C majorC|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|
G+G|--5------------------------------|
C majorC|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G+G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5---------------------------------------|
C majorC|----0-0--0--0--0---0-0------0-----0--0-0---0--0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| x  Dead note
| PM Palm mute


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