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As It Was Tab by Hozier

As It Was tab by Hozier

Guitar Tab 

Tuning: Open C (C G C G C E)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----5----5-----|
G|--5-----------------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0---|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|
G|--5------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------0---------------------0---------------|
C|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0----0----0------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G|---------------------------------------------3----0---3h5--------------------------------------|
C|----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|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G|--5------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

Never I'd had life enough / My heart is screaming out
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0----0----0------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G|---------------------------------------------3----0---3h5--------------------------------------|
C|----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|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G|--5------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

Ever here that's lived in me is yours just as it was
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----|
G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5--------|
C|----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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

And I knew its name / The love, the dark, the light, the flame
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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


e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
C|--0----5----5----5----5----|
G|---------------------------|
C|----0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G|--5------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5---------------------------------------|
C|----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|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G|--5------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

How long you would wait for me? / How long I've been away?
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------------|
C|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0----0----0------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G|---------------------------------------------3----0---3h5--------------------------------------|
C|----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|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|(x2)
G|--5------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

Make your good love known to me / Just tell me about your day
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----|
G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5--------|
C|----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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

And I knew its name / The love, the dark, the light, the flame
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0h1-1/4--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--0---0------0-0-0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-------0-0-0-5-0--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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

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

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

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


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


Outro:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|------0------------------------|
C|-----------5----5----5----5----|
G|--5----------------------------|
C|--0-0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------|
C|----3h5------5----5----5----5----|
G|--5------------------------------|
C|--0-------0--0--0---0--0--0---0--|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5/8---7\5-5\3--3---3h5p3p0--0h3p0--0---0--------------------0----3h5---5----5----5----5----5----|
G|----------------------------------------------3----0----3h5---------------------------------------|
C|----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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