Ada Tab by The National

Ada tab by The National

Guitar Tab

artist  : the national
tabbed by : oneshotnothing


standard tuning

not sure this is quite right, i get the feeling they're
playing more notes


INTRO/VERSE

e-|------------------------------------------------|
b-|------------------------------------------------|
g-|------------------------------------------------|
d-|---------------7-----------------------7--------|
a-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--|
E-|8-----------------------8-----------------------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |
  1      2      3      4

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e-|------------------------------------------------|
b-|------------------------------------------------|
g-|------------------------------------------------|
d-|---------------7-----------------------7--------|
a-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--|
E-|10----------------------10----------------------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |
  1      2      3      4

e-|------------------------------------------------|
b-|------------------------------------------------|
g-|------------------------------------------------|
d-|---------------10----------------------10-------|
a-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--|
E-|12----------------------12----------------------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |
  1      2      3      4

e-|------------------------------------------------|
b-|------------------------------------------------|
g-|------------------------------------------------|
d-|---------------9-----------------------9--------|
a-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--|
E-|10----------------------10----------------------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |
  1      2      3      4


CHORUS

play twice
guitar 1                       guitar 2 -strum once

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|------------------------------------------------| |3------|
g-|---------------7-----------------------7--------| |2------|
d-|------7--------------7--------7--------------7--| |0------|
a-|5-----------------------5-----------------------| |0------|
E-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^|
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|------------------------------------------------| |3------|
g-|---------------7-----------------------7--------| |0------|
d-|------5--------------5--------5--------------5--| |0------|
a-|5-----------------------5-----------------------| |x------|
E-|------------------------------------------------| |3------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^|
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|---------------0-----------------------0--------| |0------|
g-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--| |0------|
d-|------------------------------------------------| |0------|
a-|5-----------------------5-----------------------| |2------|
E-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^|
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
g-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--| |2------|
d-|---------------7-----------------------7--------| |0------|
a-|5-----------------------5-----------------------| |0------|
E-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^|
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4


play twice
guitar 1                       guitar 2 - strum once

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|------------------------------------------------| |3------|
g-|------------------------------------------------| |2------|
d-|---------------7-----------------------7--------| |0------|
a-|------9--------------9--------9--------------9--| |0------|
E-|10----------------------10----------------------| |-------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^|
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|------------------------------------------------| |1------|
g-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--| |0------|
d-|---------------7-----------------------7--------| |2------|
a-|------------------------------------------------| |3------|
E-|8-----------------------8-----------------------| |-------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^|
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|---------------0-----------------------0--------| |0------|
g-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--| |0------|
d-|------------------------------------------------| |0------|
a-|------------------------------------------------| |2------|
E-|7-----------------------7-----------------------| |-------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4

e-|------------------------------------------------| |-------|
b-|------------------------------------------------| |1------|
g-|------0--------------0--------0--------------0--| |0------|
d-|---------------7-----------------------7--------| |2------|
a-|------------------------------------------------| |3------|
E-|8-----------------------8-----------------------| |-------|
  ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' ^ ' * ' |  ^ ^ ^ ^|
  1      2      3      4        1 2 3 4


PIANO INTERLUDE

some variation on the chords Am G C D
if you want to play it on guitar, maybe something like this:


faster part:

e-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
b-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
g-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
d-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
a-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |
  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4


slower part:

e-|0---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3-------2-------|
b-|1---------------|3---------------|1---------------|3-------3-------|
g-|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|2-------2-------|
d-|2---------------|0---------------|2---------------|0-------0-------|
a-|0---------------|2---------------|3---------------|0-------0-------|
E-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * |
  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4

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