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Dark Horse  Tab by Katy Perry

Dark Horse tab by Katy Perry (Ver. 3)

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There is a weird transition from capo1 to capo5 after the intro but it's not
too hard. Just a practice strumming the final cord in the opening and sliding
the capo somewhat opened to the 5th fret to start the rest of the song. May
even work if you palm mute the final strum.

Chords:

   Cmaj   Csus2     Em7    Dadd11
e|--3---|---3----|---3---|---5---|
B|--1---|---1----|---3---|---3---|
G|--2---|---0----|---0---|---0---|
D|--0---|---0----|---2---|---4---|
A|--3---|---2----|---2---|---5---|
E|--0---|---3----|---0---|---0---|
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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Tuning: Standard Capo 1st fret (to start) / Slide Capo to 5th fret after intro

Intro: Capo 1st Fret

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----1p0-----|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|  play this x2
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------|

Verse 1: Capo 5th Fret (Rest of song)

e|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|

e|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|


  I knew you were... You were gonna come to me.
  And here you are... But you better choose carefully
  Cause I... I'm capable of anything
  Of anything and everything

e|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|

e|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|

  Make me your Aphrodite
  Make me your one and only
  But don't... make me your enemy
  your enemy, your enemy

Chorus:  Strum D D U D U D

  C            Csus2            Em7           Dadd11                    C
  So you wanna play with magic, Boy, you should know what you're falling for

  C           Csus2            Em7             Dadd11             C
  Baby do you dare to do this? Cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse

        Csus2              Em7  Dadd11                     C
  Are you ready for, ready for. A perfect storm, perfect storm.

     Csus2                                Em7  Dadd11           C
  Cause once you're mine, once you're mine... There's no going back

Verse 2:

e|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|

e|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|


 Mark my words...This love will make you levitate
 Like a bird...Like a bird without a cage
 But down to earth...If you choose to walk away,
 don't walk away, don't walk away

e|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|

e|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|-------3\1-------|
G|-------4-|-----0---------4-|
D|-----2---|---4-------------|
A|---2-----|-5---------3-----|
E|-0-------|-----------------|


 It's in the palm of your hand now baby
 It's a yes or no, no maybe
 So just be sure before you give it all to me
 All to me, give it all to me

Chorus:  Strum D D U D U D

  C            Csus2            Em7           Dadd11                    C
  So you wanna play with magic, Boy, you should know what you're falling for

  C           Csus2            Em7             Dadd11             C
  Baby do you dare to do this? Cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse

        Csus2              Em7  Dadd11                     C
  Are you ready for, ready for. A perfect storm, perfect storm.

     Csus2                                Em7  Dadd11           C
  Cause once you're mine, once you're mine... There's no going back

Bridge: So the bridge is tricky for timing it takes listening to the song a
few times for queues on where to start but for the most part it's the same
chords as the chorus just finger picked.

e|-3-------3-------3-------3--------3-------3-------5-------5--------|
B|---1-------1-------1-------1--------3-------3-------3-------3------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0-------0-------0----|
D|-------2-------2-------0-------0--------2-------2-------4-------4--| Play this x6
A|-3-------3------------------------2-------2-------5-------5--------|
E|-----------------3-------3-----------------------------------------|

Chorus:  Strum D D U D U D

   C            Csus2            Em7           Dadd11                    C
  So you wanna play with magic, Boy, you should know what you're falling for

  C           Csus2            Em7             Dadd11             C
  Baby do you dare to do this? Cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse

        Csus2              Em7  Dadd11                     C
  Are you ready for, ready for. A perfect storm, perfect storm.

     Csus2                                Em7  Dadd11           C
  Cause once you're mine, once you're mine... There's no going back



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