Black Country, New Road – I Wont Always Love You (Guitar Tab)

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[Luke's part] 1:55 (fingerpicked)
with increasing speed...
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3------3------3------3------3------3------3------3----------------------|
G|-----0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0--------x3----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------1------1------1------1------3------3------3------3------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:08 (x3) (fingerpicked) Note- Luke has changed this pattern over time, when I saw him (September 2022) it was a different pattern, this is what I believe he plays on the record (December 2022). It's kind of a tricky pattern if you haven't done fingerpicking before, essentially Luke is performing a 2:3 polyrhythm, where the B string is in 2, and the A and G strings play in triplets (this section of the song is in 12/8)
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B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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e|----------------------------------------------3----------------------------|
B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3-----3-----3-3---------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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2:31 (x2) (fingerpicked) A tiny bit different, you play the first phrase a second time
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B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      |___|___|   |___|___|   |___|___|   |___|___|  

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e|----------------------------------------------3----------------------------|
B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3-----3-----3-3--------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      |___|___|   |___|___|   |___|___|   |___|___|  

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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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3:04 (x2) (fingerpicked) Another small variation, on the the second half of the progression the B string has the first and third dotted eighth missing, makes it feel like it's on off beats
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----------3-----------3----------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      |___|___|   |___|___|   |___|___|   |___|___|  

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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4-----4-----4-----4-----------3-----------3----------------------------|
G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-------3---1-------1---1-------1---2-------2--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Breakdown (fingerpicked)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8------------8------------8--------9---------11----------------------|
G|--9-----9------9-----9------9-----9------9-------9--------(x2)-------------|
D|--10------10---10------10---10------10---10---10---------------------------|
A|--7------------8------------10-----------11--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(plectrum)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------9--8--9----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----10--------------9----------------7--5/8--------------------------------|
D|----10--------------10-----8--8--9\5---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----9----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------8--------8--------8------9------11---------------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9------9------9---------(x2)---------------------|
D|--------10-------10-------10-----10-----10---------------------------------|
A|----7--------8--------10---------11-----11---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------9--8--9----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----10--------------9----------------7-------------------------------------|
D|----10--------------10-----8--8--9\5---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----9----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------6*----|
B|--------8--------8--------8------9------11---------------------------6-----|
G|--------9--------9--------9------9------9-----(x2)-------------10-or-0-----|
D|--------10-------10-------10-----10-----10---------------------10----6-----|
A|----7--------8--------10---------11-----11---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------9-----------|
*this is just a voicing I thought works well ************************************ | x Dead note | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************