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De Selby Part 1 Tab by Hozier

De Selby Part 1 tab by Hozier

Guitar Tab

  • Capo on 1st
  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: G#m

Tuning: not exactly Open G, mind the B-string tuned down to A.

Intro:


D|--0--4h5--5-----------|-----5--5p3p0---------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------------------|----0------------|
G|----------------------|----------------5p3--5/7------5---|----5------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------------5/3-----|----3------------|
G|-----0-------0--0--0--|--0-----0-------0---------0-------|--0----0--0--0---|
D|----------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|

D|-----0--0h1p0---------------------|------------------|
A|---------------3--1--3-5----------|-----0------------|
G|-------------------------------0--|-----0------------|
D|--------------------------3/5-----|-----5------------|
G|--0-----0---------0-------0-------|--0-----0--0--0---|
D|----------------------------------|------------------|

D|----------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-----0--0h1p0--3--1-0--------0h1--|-----1h3-----------|
G|----------------------0------0----|-----0-------------|
D|-----------------------------0----|-----0-------------|
G|--0-----0---------0---------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------------3-------|--3-------3--3--3--|

D|-----0--0h1p0---------------------|---------------------------|---------------|
A|---------------3--1--3-5----------|-----0----------0h1----1---|-----0---------|
G|-------------------------------0--|-----0-----0---------------|---------------|
D|--------------------------3/5-----|-----5---------------------|---------------|
G|----------------------------------|--0-----0-----0-----0------|--0----0--0--0-|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|


Verse 1:

At last                                    when all of the world is
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|
G|-------0-------0------0------0--|-------0-------0------0------0--|
D|-------1-------1------1------1--|-------1-------1------1------1--|  (A)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----1-------1------1------1-----|----1-------1------1------1-----|

   asleep                                  You take in the blackness of
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1-----0---|------0h1----1------1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (B)
D|------3------3------3-----3---|------3------3------3-----3---|
G|---3------3------3-----3------|---3------3------3-----3------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|

    air                                     The likes of a darkness
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1-----0---|------0h1----1------1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (C)
D|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---|
G|---0------0------0-----0------|---0------0------0-----0------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|

      so deep                               That God at the start
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|
G|-------0-------0------0------0--|-------0-------0------0------0--|
D|-------1-------1------1------1--|-------1-------1------1------1--|  (A)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----1-------1------1------1-----|----1-------1------1------1-----|

     couldn't bear
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1-----1---|-----1/3-----3-----3/1----1---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (C*)
D|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---|
G|---0------0------0-----0------|---0------0------0-----0------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|


Verse 2:

And sit unseen
with only the inner
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|
G|-------0-------0------0------0--|-------0-------0------0------0--|
D|-------1-------1------1------1--|-------1-------1------1------1--|  (A)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----1-------1------1------1-----|----1-------1------1------1-----|

    upheld                                    Your reflection can't offer
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1-----0---|------0h1----1------1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (B)
D|------3------3------3-----3---|------3------3------3-----3---|
G|---3------3------3-----3------|---3------3------3-----3------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|

   a word                                     To the bliss of not knowin'
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1----1h3--|------3-----3p1-----1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (C*)
D|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---|
G|---0------0------0-----0------|---0------0------0-----0------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|

     yourself                                 With all mirrorin' gone
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|
G|-------0-------0------0------0--|-------0-------0------0------0--|
D|-------1-------1------1------1--|-------1-------1------1------1--|  (A)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----1-------1------1------1-----|----1-------1------1------1-----|

     from the world
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1----1h3--|------3-----3p1-----1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (C*)
D|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---|
G|---0------0------0-----0------|---0------0------0-----0------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|


Verse 3:

But still the mind                             rejectin' this new
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|
G|-------0-------0------0------0--|-------0-------0------0------0--|
D|-------1-------1------1------1--|-------1-------1------1------1--|  (A)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----1-------1------1------1-----|----1-------1------1------1-----|

    empty space                               Fills it with somethin'
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1-----0---|------0h1----1------1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (B)
D|------3------3------3-----3---|------3------3------3-----3---|
G|---3------3------3-----3------|---3------3------3-----3------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|

     or someone                               No closer could I be
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1----1h3--|------3-----3p1-----1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (C*)
D|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---|
G|---0------0------0-----0------|---0------0------0-----0------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|

     to God                                 Or why he would do
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|-------0h1-----1------1------0--|
G|-------0-------0------0------0--|-------0-------0------0------0--|
D|-------1-------1------1------1--|-------1-------1------1------1--|  (A)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----1-------1------1------1-----|----1-------1------1------1-----|

     What he's done
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------0h1----1------1----1h3--|------3-----3p1-----1-----0---|
G|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---| (C*)
D|------0------0------0-----0---|------0------0------0-----0---|
G|---0------0------0-----0------|---0------0------0-----0------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|

Outro: x2
Bhfuilis soranna sorcha
Ach tagais 'nós na hoíche
Trína chéile; le chéile claochlaithe

Bhfuilis soranna sorcha
Ach tagais 'nós na hoíche
Is claochlú an ealaín
Is ealaín dubh í


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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| >   Accented note
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down

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