Eric Hutchinson – Dear Me (Guitar)

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If you want to play along with the studio recording, you'll need the capo on 2. However, you can just as easily take the capo off and play using the same chord shapes as Hutchinson does in this vid: There are some minor changes to this tab compared to the studio recording to provide some mood for an acoustic performance. Strumming pattern varies so I've provided some basic strumming pattern for the verse/chorus. [Verse 1]
C      G             D         G
  Dear me, you’ll be older one day

     C               G                  D    G
I’m writing from the future and you’re doing ok

          C     G        D                 Em
I said now dear me, hold on to what you’ve got

C                 G                    D                G
Things are gonna change, but change is better than you thought
[Verse 2]
     C  G              D             G                 C    G
Dear me, I know you’re scared as hell of everything right now

               D                 G
But don’t get lost in where you’re going

       C G               D          G                        C           G
Dear me, you’re gonna fall in love with the girl that you live next door to

             D              G
And you have no real way of knowing
[Chorus]
C                     Bm                        Am                      G
Don’t know who you are, don’t know who you are, don’t know who you are, but I know you’re trying

C                     Bm                        Am                      D
Don’t know who you are, don’t know who you are, don’t know who you are, but you’re multiplying
[Verse 3]
C      G           D         G
Dear me, you’ll be older one day

      C                G                D    G
I’m writing from the future and you’re doing ok

C       G      D                 Em
Dear me, hold on to what you’ve got

C                 G                    D               G
Things are gonna change but change is better than you thought
[Chorus]
                     C           G               D            G
I said, you’re gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together

             C           G               D            G
You’re gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together
[Verse 4]
      C G D               G                                  C   G
Dear me, don’t keep people in your life that treat you like crap

                  D          G
And don’t lose sleep over 'em either

     C G  D                     G                          C    G
Dear me, never give up on the good that rests inside of you

               D                G
And don’t believe the non believers
[Chorus]
C                         Bm                     Am                   G
You’re gonna make mistakes, gonna make mistakes, gonna make mistakes, let 'em fall behind you

C                         Bm                     Am                   D
You're gonna make mistakes, gonna make mistakes, gonna make mistakes, but they won’t define you
[Verse 5]
C      G           D         G
Dear me, you’ll be older one day

      C                G                D    G
I’m writing from the future and you’re doing ok

C       G      D                 Em
Dear me, hold on to what you’ve got

C                 G                    D               G
Things are gonna change but change is better than you thought
[Chorus]
                     C           G               D            G
I said, you’re gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together

             C           G               D            G
You’re gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together
[Bridge]
C                             Bm
Take care of family and the ones you love

Am                       Em     G
Put all your energy into human touch

C                Bm      Am
Staying young is hard to do

   Am          Asus2   A7
So when life’s getting serious

D
Don’t take it so serious
[Interlude] C G D G C G D G [Verse 6]
           C      G        D                G
I said now, dear me, hold on to what you’ve got

C                 G                     D                 G
Things are gonna change, but change is better than you thought
[Chorus]
                    C           G               D            G
I said you’re gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together

             C           G               D            G
You're gonna get yourself, get yourself, get yourself together
[Verse 7]
     C          G
Keep growing up, but don’t get old

D                G
Take care of what you can control

C                 G
Respect the hearts that you will break

D                    G
Forgive mistakes that you will make

C            G
If I were you I would not care

     D            G
When some old man says to beware
[Outro]
       C              G
So you probably won’t listen to a word I say

D                    G
Probably won’t listen to a word I say

     C                   G
You probably won’t listen to a word I say

           D      G
But we’re doing ok
N.C. Dear me