Ben Howard – Old Pine (Guitar Intro Tab)

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This is my version containing tabs for standard tuning. It is not perfect, and probably not entirely like Ben Howard plays it, but it is quite close and you dont have to change tuning. Tabs are for G key, that is +2 compared to the original

[Intro] 
                                           Em             Em                D
e|-------10-----8-----7-----5--|   |---------0---------------0-----------------2---------------2------|
B|-----12-----10-----8-----7---|   |-----0-----0---------0-----0----------3------3---------3-----3----|
G|----0------0------0-----0----|2x |---0---0-----0-----0---0-----0------2---2------2-----2---2----2---|
D|---0------0------0-----0-----|   |-2-------------2-2-------------2--0--------------0-0------------0-|
A|-----------------------------|   |------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|   |------------------------------------------------------------------|

repeat as many times as you feel like [Verse 1] (this riff plays through all verses, alternatively you can play chords below)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3-------------------------------------------3------------------|
G|-----4/2p0-------4/2/4------4/2p0--2p0h2p0-------4/2p0-------4/2/4--------------------------------|
D|-----------0---------------------0---------------------0---------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--------------------3----------------------3------------------------------|

     Em                 D
e|-----------0--------------------3--------|                e|-----------0----0---------------3----3---|
e|------0--------0------------2--------2---|                e|------0---------0-----------2--------2---|
G|----0---0----0------------3---3---3------| alternate with G|----0---0----0--0---------3---3---3--3---|
D|--2---------------------0----------------| strumming the  D|--2-------------2-------0------------0---|
A|-----------------------------------------| last part ->   A|----------------2--------------------2---|
E|-----------------------------------------|                A|----------------0------------------------| 

* Bridge: generally you can play this two ways to get a good result, either on lower strings, 
or on the higher ones. I recommend lower, that would make

[Bridge]
  Gmaj7 G  Gmaj7  G   Gsus    G     Gmaj7 G  Gmaj7  G   Em      D 
e|--x---xx--x---xxxx--xxx---xxxx---|--x---xx--x---xxxx--000---2222---|
B|--x---xx--x---xxxx--xxx---xxxx---|--x---xx--x---xxxx--000---3333---|
G|--------------------222----------|--------------------000---2222---|
D|--------------------000----------|--------------------222---0000---|
A|--2---22--2---2222--000---2222---|--2---22--2---2222--222----------|
E|--2---33--2---3333--333---3333---|--2---33--2---3333--000----------|
x = dont play. You can play empty strings, those that dont have x, like regular G and so on.

or using TOP 4 (its hard to hold and switch these chords, but quite simple with only top 4)

[Bridge]
  Gmaj7 G  Gmaj7  G  ?Gsus?   G     Gmaj7 G  Gmaj7  G   Em      D 
e|--2---33--2---3333--555---3333---|--2---33--x---3333--000---2222---|
B|--3---33--3---3333--333---3333---|--3---33--x---3333--000---3333---|
G|--0---00------0000--222---0000---|--0-----------0000--000---2222---|
D|--0---00------0000--000---0000---|--0-----------0000--222---0000---|
A|--x---22--x---2222--000---2222---|--x---22--2---2222--222----------|
E|--3---33--3---3333--333---3333---|--3---33--2---3333--000----------|

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