Tabs
"Holding On" by The War on Drugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-oHBkikDBg
Slide guitar part (use a lot of reverb and vibrato when played without slide)
Intro:
e|----------|-------|--------|--------|----------------9-9-|
BB|-7-/9-/11-|-9-/11-|--11-\9-|-11-/12-|-12\11\9\7\6-6/7-7--|
G+G|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
D MajorD|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
E MajorE|----------|-------|--------|--------|--------------------|
Verse 1: *use pinky for e string*
e|---------------|-----------------9-9--|------|------|-----------------------9-9--|
BB|-12\11\9--/7---|-12\11\9\7\6--6/7-7-9-|--11--|--14--|-14\11/12\11\9\7\6--6/7-7-9-|
G+G|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------|----------------------|------|------|----------------------------|
Chorus 1:
e|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
BB|-/11/12/14/16-|-16/19\18-18\14-|-19\16-16/19/21\18-18\14-16\11-|
G+G|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
Verse 2:
e|--------|--------|-------------------------9-9-----------|------|--------------------------9-9--|
BB|-12-/11-|-12-\11-|-11\9-/11/12\11\9\7\6-6/7-7/9/11/12/14-|--14--|-16\14-/11/12/11\9\7\6-6/7-7/9-|
G+G|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|------|-------------------------------|
Chorus 2:
e|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
BB|-/11/12/14/16-|-16/19\18-18\14-|-19\16-16/19/21\18-18\14---|
G+G|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------|----------------|---------------------------|
Pre-chorus/bridge/: From 4:30 the slide part is hard to hear.
e|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-6/7/9/11/12/14/16/19\16-|-16/19\18-18\14-|-19\16\14\12\11---19\16\14\12\11--19\16\14\12\11-----|
G+G|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Don't use slide from here till end of song.
e|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
BB|-18-19-21-19-18-19-21-|-16-14-11-|-21br---21br-19-18-19-16-----|
G+G|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
Outro: Repeat parts of riff 1 and 2
Riff 1:
e|---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
BB|-14p11h12-14/16-14p11------|-14-14-14-14p11-----|-14-14-14-14p11-----|
G+G|----------------------13---|---------------13---|---------------13---|
D MajorD|------------------------13-|-----------------13-|-----------------13-|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Riff 2: Use 1/4 note bend and release
e|-18br16br14br11br9br6br4br(\2)|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
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Tab 🏷Legend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| br Bend release
|() Optional
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