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Betlehem Acoustic Tab by Declan Mckenna

Betlehem Acoustic tab by Declan Mckenna

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I heard this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea43VkCiyFo) acoustic short concert
by this young talented guy.
So I tried to write down his acoustic version which is a mix of picking and strumming.

acoustic version chords:
  0   0    0     0    0
  0   0    0     0    0
  0   0    0     0    0
  7   2    6     4    1
  6   4    8     6    3
  7   5    9     7    4
 [B7][A*][C#m*][E/B*][G#m*]

Standard Chords:

  0   4    7   5
  0   5    7   5
  1   6    8   6
  2   6    9   7
  2   4    9   7
  0   4    7   5
[E] [C#m] [B] [A]

[Verse 1]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7----2---2---2---2------------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------|
E|-7---7---7---7----5---5---0---0--------------------------------------------|

B7                     A*      E
So, you've left it all behind you

e|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------1-2-1--------------------------------------|
D|-------6---4---2----------------2-2-2--------------------------------------|
A|------8-8-6-6-4-4------0h4h0----2-2-2--------------------------------------|
E|-----9---7---5-----2-4-------0--0-0-0--------------------------------------|

      C#m* E/B*    A*           E
For a love is only as you see it

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7----2---2---2---2------------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------|
E|-7---7---7---7----5---5---0---0--------------------------------------------|

B7                A*      E
Though so many do confide in you

e|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------1-2-1--------------------------------------|
D|-------6---4---2----------------2-2-2--------------------------------------|
A|------8-8-6-6-4-4------0h4h0----2-2-2--------------------------------------|
E|-----9---7---5-----2-4-------0--0-0-0--------------------------------------|

   C#m*  E/B*    A*                    E
It seems you are the one that confides most

[Pre-Chorus]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---2---6---4---2---2-------7----------------------------------|
A|--6-6-4-4-8-8-6-6-4-4-4-4----6------------------------------------|
E|-7---5---9---7---5---5-----7--------------------------------------|

B7      A*  C#m* E/B*  A* B7
But you sin as you wish

[Chorus]
B7             E        C#m
Because I'm in Bethlehem
B        A         E     C#m B
I've got a seat in heaven
A              E      C#m B
And though I'm heaven sent

e|---------------------------------------0-0-0----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------0-0-0----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------1-2-1----------------------------|
D|---------------7---2---1---------------2-2-2----------------------------|
A|--------------6-6-4-4-3-3-----0h4h0----2-2-2----------------------------|
E|-------------7---5---4----2-4-------0--0-0-0----------------------------|

A             B7       A*        G#m*      F#m      E
I can do as I want and you don't have the right to choose

[Interlude]
E C#m B A x2
B7

[Verse 2]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7----2---2---2---2------------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------|
E|-7---7---7---7----5---5---0---0--------------------------------------------|

B7                          A*      E
Codes, you follow codes and break them

e|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------1-2-1--------------------------------------|
D|-------6---4---2----------------2-2-2--------------------------------------|
A|------8-8-6-6-4-4------0h4h0----2-2-2--------------------------------------|
E|-----9---7---5-----2-4-------0--0-0-0--------------------------------------|

      C#m* E/B*    A*                 E
For a love is only what does suit you most

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7----2---2---2---2------------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------|
E|-7---7---7---7----5---5---0---0--------------------------------------------|

B7                        A*      E
Hope, I hope and pray for love to reign

e|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------1-2-1--------------------------------------|
D|-------6---4---2----------------2-2-2--------------------------------------|
A|------8-8-6-6-4-4------0h4h0----2-2-2--------------------------------------|
E|-----9---7---5-----2-4-------0--0-0-0--------------------------------------|

    C#m*  E/B*    A*                    E
For love is what I give through my own codes

[Pre-Chorus]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---2---6---4---2---2-------7----------------------------------|
A|--6-6-4-4-8-8-6-6-4-4-4-4----6------------------------------------|
E|-7---5---9---7---5---5-----7--------------------------------------|

B7      A*  C#m* E/B*  A* B7
But you sin as you wish

[Chorus]
B7             E        C#m
Because I'm in Bethlehem
B        A         E     C#m B
I've got a seat in heaven
A              E      C#m B
And though I'm heaven sent
A             B7       A*        G#m*      F#m      E
I can do as I want and you don't have the right to choose

E C#m B A x2

[Outro]
B7             E        C#m
Because I'm in Bethlehem
B        A         E     C#m B
I've got a seat in heaven
A              E      C#m B
And though I'm heaven sent
A             B7 A
I can do as I want

E               C#m
I'm in Bethlehem
                   B    A
I've got a seat in heaven
               E
And though I'm heaven sent
C#m           B  A
I can do as I want


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