Ben Howard – Time Is Dancing (Guitar Tab)

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----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed By : Aeonoptic e-mail: [email protected] Tuning: C F Bb F F C Note: The recorded version uses 3 separate guitars: - What is tabbed here - A 2nd guitar that play high arpeggios, essentially what the main guitar does in the final chorus - A 3rd that makes fuzzy ambience so don't be surprised if it doesn't sound exactly like the album

  F                                 Gm  Am  Bb Gm  F Ab Eb
E|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
B|4h5p4----4h5p4----4h5p4---4h5p4--|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
G|4--------4--------4-------4------|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
D|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------| x4 
A|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
E|5-----5--5-----5--5-----5-------5|7---9-|-10\7---5/8-|3--3--3--3|

[Verse 1] F Wrapped up in dissonance Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb I'm sor-ry that I just walked a- way F Gm Am Lost in the insignificance of mine Bb Gm F Am Eb I had no words to say F Now I am better Gm Am Bb Gm F Ab Em I implore you to say it is-n't right F But somewhere deep in history Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb Your father pulled the teeth out of your fight The chorus is just held chords in the shapes shown above [Chorus] Gm Hold it in, oh let's go dancing Bb F I do believe we're only passing through Gm Wired again now look who's laughing Bb F You again, all you, all you, all you Gm Hold it in, oh let's go dancing Bb F I do believe we're only passing through Gm Wired again now look who's laughing Bb F Me again, all fired up on you [Bridge 1] Eb F Gm Am Eb* *octave up And now she's caught between Dm Am Bb Eb What to say and what she really means

  Eb  F  Gm  Am Eb*  Dm   Am Bb  Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---|
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|

  F                                 Gm  Am  Bb Gm  F Ab Eb
E|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
B|4h5p4----4h5p4----4h5p4---4h5p4--|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
G|4--------4--------4-------4------|5---7-|-9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
D|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------| x2 
A|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
E|5-----5--5-----5--5-----5-------5|7---9-|-10\7---5/8-|3--3--3--3|

[Verse 2] F Wrapped up in empathy Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb The chemicals are pushing past my blood F Hold all my cliches Gm Am Bb Gm F Am Eb They are tipping my tongue to tell you that it's love [Chorus] Gm Hold it in, oh let's go dancing Bb F I do believe we're only passing through Gm Wired again now look who's laughing Bb F You again, all you, all you, all you Gm Hold it in, oh let's go dancing Bb F I do believe we're only passing through Gm Wired again now look who's laughing Bb F Me again, all fired up on you [Bridge 2] Eb F Gm Am Eb* *octave up And now she's caught between Dm Am Bb Eb What to say and what she really means Eb F Gm Am Eb And I am finally coloring Dm Am Bb Eb Inside the lines that I live be-tween

  Eb  F  Gm  Am Eb*  Dm   Am Bb  Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---| x2
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|

After that there is a section where he just vamps the Eb, with the occasional bend:

  Eb
E|-----------------------------|
B|------2br3------2br3------7b9|
G|----2------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|3----------------------------|

[Chorus 3] Gm Hold it in, oh let's go dancing Bb F I do believe we're only passing through Gm Wired again now look who's laughing Bb F You again, all you, all you, all you Gm Hold it in, oh let's go dancing Bb F I do believe we're only passing through Gm Wired again now look who's laughing Bb F Me again, all fired up on you The pattern played changes to a percussive pattern (x = percussive slap)

  Gm                          Bb                               F
E|----------5--|----------5--|----------------|---------------|-----------5--|-----------5--|
B|--5-----5----|--5-----5----|------------12--|-----------12--|--4------4----|--4------4----|
G|-------------|-------------|---9------9-----|--9------9-----|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|----x----------x|----x---------x|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
E|7---x-7-----x|7---x-7-----x|10-----10-------|10-----10------|5---x--5-----x|5---x--5-----x|

  Eb  F  Gm  Am Eb*  Dm   Am Bb  Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---| 
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|

Closes on:
  Eb
E|-----|
B|0h2--|
G|0h2--|
D|-----|
A|-----| x3
E|3----|