Learn how to play Old Pine by Ben Howard

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Difficulty: Novice
Tuning: Standard Tune Your Guitar
Capo: 5th
Tabbed by: Callum Arnold
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Tuning: CGCGGC with capo on 5th.

Intro

c|------7-------5-------4-------2-|(/7)-------7-------5-------4-------2-|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------0-------0-------0-------0---|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0-----|-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
C|0-------0-------0-------0-------|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

c|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|--------5----------------5-------|---------5----------------5-------|
G|----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-|
C|--0---0-----0------0---0-----0---|---2---2-----2------2---2-----2---|
G|2----------------2---------------|0-----------------0---------------|
C|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Verse

c|x-------------------|------------------|
G|x-------------------|------------------|
G|x-----------0-------|------------------|
C|x---4p2p0-----0---0-|--4p2p0---2p0-2p0-|
G|x---------0-----0---|--------0---------|
C|x-0-----------------|0-----------------|

c|-------------------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
G|-------------------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
G|-----------0-------|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0---0-|
C|---4p2p0-----0---0-|--0---0-----0---|--2---2-----2---|
G|---------0-----0---|2---------------|4---------------|
C|-0-----------------|----------------|----------------|


Ben alternates between the two (above and below). X stands for thumb slap here, and only 
occurs on version 1 once, at the beginning of verse 1.

c|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|------------------|
G|-----------0-------|------------------|
C|---4p2p0-----0---0-|--4p2p0---2p0-2p0-|
G|---------0-----0---|--------0---------|
C|-0-----------------|0-----------------|

c|-------------------|--------0---0-|--------0---0-|
G|-------------------|--------0---0-|--------0---0-|
G|-----------0-------|----0-----0-0-|----0-----0-0-|
C|---4p2p0-----0---0-|--0---0-----0-|--2---2-----2-|
G|---------0-----0---|2-----------2-|4-----------4-|
C|-0-----------------|------------x-|------------x-|

Chorus

c|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
C|4-------------|2-------------|4--------------|
G|5-------------|4-------------|5--------------|
C|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|

c|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
G|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|
C|2-------------|4-------------|2------------|
G|4-------------|2-------------|0------------|
C|0-------------|0-------------|0------------|


Bridge

c|0----0---0----0---0----0---0---0--|0----0---0----0---0---------0-|
G|0----0---0----0---0----0---0---0--|0----0---0----0---0---------0-|
G|4/5--5---4/5--5---4/5--5---7---5--|4/5--5---4/5--5---0---------0-|
C|0----0---0----0---0----0---0---0--|0----0---0----0---4---------2-|
G|4/5--5---4/5--5---4/5--5---5---5--|4/5--5---4/5--5---5---------4-|
C|0----0---0----0---0----0---0---5--|0----0---0----0---0---------0-|

NB. I have only shown the notes played, not the strum pattern.

Order

Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Verse; here Ben just strum the notes.

Play around with the patterns until it fits the song and enjoy!

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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

Sing along

Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags,
I've come to know that memories
Were the best things you ever had
The summer shone beat down on bony backs
So far from home where the ocean stood
Down dust and pine cone tracks

We slept like dogs down by the fire side
Awoke to the fog all around us
The boom of summer time

[Chorus]
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
Just to bless the morning.

Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags,
I've come to know the friends around you
Are all you'll always have
Smoke in my lungs, or the echoed stone
Careless and young, free as the birds that fly
With weightless souls now.

[Chorus x2]
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
Just to bless the morning.

We grow, grow, steady as the morning
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, happy as a new dawn
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, steady as the flowers
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, happy as a new dawn
We grow, grow, older still

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