A while ago I had uploaded a video of me playing the basic finger-picking acoustic guitar part to The Shins' "Black Wave." Not sure why I never provided a tab for it but here it is 4 years later.
First the video:
Now the tab. Please note that, as I mentioned in the video description, in order to play it this way the tuning of the guitar needs to be changed from standard EADGBE to EBbDGCE:
E :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C :------2-------2-|------2-------2-|------2-------2-|------2-------2-| G :--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----| D :----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---| Bb :4-------4-------|0-------0-------|----------------|0-------0-------| E :----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| E :----------------| C :------2---------| G :--0-------------| D :----3-----------| Bb :4---------------| E :----------------|
One of my most difficult tabs is for a Darren Clarke song titled "My Lord, My God." I combined the chords of the song along with the main melody and turned it into a solo guitar piece. So it's fingerstyle-type play and sounds great on either steel string or nylon string acoustic.
We'll start with my video in order to hear how it actually sounds:
And now the tab of what I played. Note that this is played with a capo on the 3rd fret.
E :----2-2-h3-----2-0-|-----------------0-------- 1|---------------2-2-h3| B :----3----------3-3-|----2-----2-h3-----p2----- ||----3-3-/5-----3-3---| G :--2------------0-0-|----2---2-------------2---*||--2-2-2-/4-----2-2---| D :0------------0-----|--2---2--------2--------2-*||0------------0-------| A :-------------------|0------------------------- ||---------------------| E :-----------3-------|-------------------------- ||-----------0---------| E :----2-0--------------|----2-2-h3-----2-0-|------2---0-----| B :----3-3-------3-p2---|----3----------3-3-|------2---2-2---| G :----0-0-----2------2-|--2------------0-0-|----2---------2-| D :--0-------2----------|0------------0-----|--2-------------| A :--------0------------|-------------------|0---------------| E :3--------------------|-----------3-------|----------------| E :----3---3---2-0-|----2-3---5-----|----5-3-----3-2-|0-2-3-0-2---2-0-| B :----0---0---0-0-|----2-2---2-2---|----3-3-----3-3-|2-------3---3---| G :----0---0---0-0-|----2-2---2---2-|--2-------------|2-------4---4---| D :--0-------------|--2-------------|0---------0-----|--------4-------| A :----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|0-------2-------| E :3-----3---3-----|----------------|--------3-------|----------------| E :--0-2-0---------|----5-3-----3-2-|0-2-3-0-2---2-0-|--0-2-0---------| B :3---------3-2---|----3-3-----3-3-|2-------3---3---|3---------3-2---| G :0---------2-2---|--2-------------|2-------4---4---|0---------2-2---| D :----------------|0---------0-----|--------4-------|----------------| A :--------0-------|----------------|0-------2-------|--------0-------| E :3---------------|--------3-------|----------------|3---------------| E :----2-2-h3-----2-0-|-----------------0--------|----2-2-h3-----2-0-| B :----3----------3-3-|----2-----2-h3-----p2-----|----3----------3-3-| G :--2------------0-0-|----2---2-------------2---|--2------------0-0-| D :0------------0-----|--2---2--------2--------2-|0------------0-----| A :-------------------|0-------------------------|-------------------| E :-----------3-------|--------------------------|-----------3-------| E :-----------------0--------|0---------------| B :----2-----2-h3-----p2-----|3---------------| G :----2---2-------------2---|2---------------| D :--2---2--------2--------2-|0---------------| A :0-------------------------|----------------| E :--------------------------|----------------|
It's a rather long tab and I know that reading tab for finger picking can be quite difficult. But the tab along with the video make it all a lot easier.
I did a cover of the acoustic guitar part to Simon & Garfunkel's version of "Scarborough Fair" from 1966. It's a fun song to play and like "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles features some upper register playing with a capo set on the 7th fret. First, here is the video of me playing:
I don't play through the whole song because the part is pretty much just repeated over and over. So I included the intro, the main body of the song one time through and the ending.
Here is the tab:
Capo 7 E :--0---------|--0---------|------------|--0---------|--0---------| B :--------3---|--------3---|--0---------|--------3---|--------0---| G :----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-------|----0-----0-|----2-----2-| D :------4-----|------4-----|------------|------4-----|------2-----| A :0-----------|5-----------|3-------2---|0-----------|0-----------| E :------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| E :--0---------|--0---------|--0---------|--0---------|------------| B :--------3---|--------0---|--------3---|--------0---|0-----1-0---| G :----0-----0-|----2-----2-|----0-----0-|----2-----2-|--0---------| D :------4-----|------2-----|------4-----|------2-----|----0-2-0---| A :0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|------------| E :------------|------------|------------|------------|3-----------| E :--0---------|--0---------|--0---------|--0---------|0---2-------| B :--------3---|--------0---|--------1---|--------0---|--------3---| G :----0-----0-|----2-----2-|----0-----0-|----2-----2-|--0---2---2-| D :------4-----|------2-----|------2-----|------2-----|----0---0---| A :0-----------|0-----------|3-----------|0-----------|3-----------| E :------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| E :--0---------|--0---------|--0---------|--0---------|--0---------| B :--------3---|--------0---|--------3---|--------0---|------------| G :----0-----0-|----2-----2-|----0-----0-|----2-----2-|----2-------| D :------4-----|------2-----|------4-----|------2-----|------2-----| A :0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|0-------0-2-| E :------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| E :--0---------|0-----------|-------------|------------|--0-----0---| B :--------1---|----3---1---|0-------1-p0-|1---0-------|----------1-| G :----0-------|--0---0---0-|--0---0------|--------0---|----2-------| D :------2---0-|------------|----0---2-p0-|2---0-------|------2-----| A :3-----------|3---2---0---|-------------|------------|0-----------| E :------------|------------|3------------|--------3---|------------| E :------------|----------------|--0---------|--0---------|--0---------| B :0-------1---|0---0-h1-p0-----|--------3---|--------0---|--------3---| G :--0---0-----|------------0---|----0-----0-|----2-----2-|----0-----0-| D :----0---2---|0---0-h2-p0-----|------4-----|------2-----|------4-----| A :------------|----------------|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------| E :3-----------|------------3---|------------|------------|------------| E :--0---------|--0---------|--0---------|------------|----------0-----| B :--------0---|--------3---|--------3---|--0---------|--------0-------| G :----2-----2-|----0-----0-|----0-----0-|----0-------|------2---------| D :------2-----|------4-----|------4-----|------------|----2-----------| A :0-----------|0-----------|5-----------|3--------2--|--0-------------| E :------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
I love playing fingerstyle guitar and this is a great song of that kind to play. There will be more guitar and bass tabs to come. Stay tuned!
