Christina Perri – Distance (Guitar Tab)

Capo 2 • Video Lesson
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Acoustic Unplugged Version I made this tab watching the unplugged version of the song, check it out read off his actual chord shapes shown in the video. I definitely recommend at least a couple listens before giving this a go. Have fun! :) Listed below are the different fingerpicking patterns found in the song
Fingerpick 1
  C                                   Am7
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------1--------1--------1--------1-----1----|
G|------0--------0--------0--------0-----0----|
D|---2--------2--------2--------2-------------|
A|3--------3--------3--------3--------0-------|
E|--------------------------------------------| (x2)

  C                            Am7
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------1--------1--------1--------1----------|
G|------0--------0--------0--------0----------|
D|---2--------2--------2----------------------|
A|3--------3--------3----------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

  Em                        G
e|-------------0--------------------3---------|
B|----------------------------------1---------|
G|----------0-----0-----------------0---------|
D|-------2-----------2------0-------0---------|
A|----2-----------------2---0h2-----2---------|
E|-0------------------------3-------3---------|
                        (strum) (strum)

Fingerpick 2
  C
e|------0-----0-------------------------------|
B|------1--------1----------------------------|
G|------0------------0------0-----------------|
D|---2--2----------------2--------------------|
A|3-----3-------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------| (x3)

       (strum)
  Em                        G
e|-------------0--------------------3---------|
B|----------------------------------1---------|
G|----------0-----0-----------------0---------|
D|-------2-----------2------0-------0---------|
A|----2-----------------2---0h2-----2---------|
E|-0------------------------3-------3---------|
                        (strum) (strum)

Fingerpick 3
  Fmaj7           G
e|0--------0---------------3-----------------|
B|------3----0--1-------------0---0--1~--3~--|
G|---0-------------------0------0------------|
D|-----------------0--0----------------------|
A|-----------------2--2----------------------|
E|-----------------3--3----------------------|
                  (strum) *The ~ means a simple vibrato

Chords for strumming
   Em       G     Fmaj7    Am       C       E      F*     G(barred)
e|--0--| |--3--| |--0--| |--0--| |--3--| |--0--| |--3--| |--3--|
B|--0--| |--0--| |--1--| |--1--| |--1--| |--0--| |--1--| |--3--|
G|--0--| |--0--| |--2--| |--2--| |--0--| |--1--| |--0--| |--4--|
D|--2--| |--0--| |--3--| |--2--| |--2--| |--2--| |--3--| |--5--|
A|--2--| |--2--| |--3--| |--0--| |--3--| |--2--| |--3--| |--5--|
E|--0--| |--3--| |--0--| |--0--| |--x--| |--0--| |--0--| |--3--|
[Intro] (First half of fingerpick 1) C Am7 (x2) [Verse] (Fingerpick 1) C Am7 Sun is filling up the room C Am7 And I can hear you dreaming C Am7 Em Do you feel the way I do? G Right now? C Am7 I wish we would just give up C Am7 'Cause the best part is falling C Am7 Em Call it anything but love G And I will [Chorus] (strum) Fmaj7 Make sure to keep my distance G Say I love you when you're not listening Fmaj7 And how long can we keep this G Up, up, up? [Instrumental] (Fingerpick 1) C Am7 (x2) [Verse] (Fingerpick 2) C Please don't stand so close to me C I'm having trouble breathing C Em I'm afraid of what you'll see G Right now C I'll give you everything I am C All my broken heartbeats C Em Until I know you'll understand G (strum) And I will [Chorus] (strum) Fmaj7 Make sure to keep my distance G Say I love you when you're not listening Fmaj7 And how long can we keep this G G (barred) Up, up, up? [Bridge] (strum)(Pattern: D D D D D D D DU) Am And I keep waiting Fmaj7 For you to take me C You keep waiting E To save what we have [Chorus] F* So I'll make sure to keep my distance (strum once) (Fingerpick 3) G Say I love you when you're not listening (silence) Fmaj7 How long can we keep this (Strum) G Up, up, up? (Knock on guitar body and mute strings for silence) [Chorus] Fmaj7 Make sure to keep my distance G Say I love you when you're not listening Fmaj7 How long til we call this G (barred) Love, love, love? (strum once) [Outro] (Fingerpick 1) C Am7 C Am7
[End]
    C
e|--0---|
B|--1---|
G|--0---|
D|--0h2-|
A|--3---|
E|------|
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