Artist Bon Iver
Album for Emma, forever ago
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Intro: Am C G Am

xA|--0-0--0-0-0-----3-3--3-3-3-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
xE|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
xC|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----2-4-2-0-2-4-2-0--|
xG|--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

xA|--0-0--0-0-0-----3-3--3-3-3-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
xE|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----3-5-3-0-0-0-0-0--|
xC|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-2-4-2-0--|
xG|--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

xA|--0-0--0-0-0-----3-3--3-3-3-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--|
xE|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--|
xC|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-5-5-4--|
xG|--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--|

xA|--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-3-3--|
xE|--3-3--3-3-3-----3-3--3-3-3-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--|
xC|--2-2--2-2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--|
xG|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2-2--|

xA|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0---|
xE|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0---|
xC|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0---|
xG|--0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0---|


Verse:
Am                                C
Come on skinny love just last the year
Am                               C
Pour a little salt we were never here
            Am             C
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
                       G                    Am
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

Verse:
Am         C
I tell my love to wreck it all
Am                          C
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
Am             C
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
                           G           Am
Right in this moment this order's tall

Chorus:
  C
I told you to be patient
  G              F
I told you to be fine
  C
I told you to be balanced
  G              F
I told you to be kind
       C 
In the morning I'll be with you
            G              F
But it will be a different kind
        C
I'll be holding all the tickets
              G              F
And you'll be owning all the fines

Verse:
Am                        C
Come on skinny love what happened here
Am                     C
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
Am             C
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
               G                    Am
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split

Chorus:
  C
I told you to be patient
  G              F
I told you to be fine
  C
I told you to be balanced
  G              F
I told you to be kind
    C
Now all your love is wasted?
    G                 F
Then who the hell was I?
       C
Now I'm breaking at the britches
           G               F
And at the end of all your lines

Outro:
C
Who will love you?
G        F
Who will fight?
C        G        F
Who will fall far behind?

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just.brielle

For a smoother transitioning sound, do Am, F, C for the verses insteada of doing Am into C

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Mack

If you put a capo on the 3rd fret, you can play the version by Birdy

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andi wiltbank

DD UDU for the strumming pattern… sounds perfect!

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Sarah

This is my favorite website ever… plus thanks to this website I can play all my favorite songs and I learned how to play!!

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Viv.rh

-5 for lower voices <3

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Robyn

The strumming pattern is d-d–udu

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Ryan

tune down 1/4 step to match album version. It sounds PERFECT after doing that

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John

I cant find any info on how to tune it down a 1/4 step, only a 1/2 step. how do you do this?

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Estela

You need a chromatic tuner that shows you the full scale of frequencies

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Estela

Holy shit it’s perfect

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Bethy

I like DD, UDU for the strumming pattern <3

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ky

strumming pattern?

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Anthony Kiedis

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