Foy Vance – Guiding Light (Guitar Tab)

Capo 4 • Video Lesson

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit for working out this tab goes entirely to Steven McBride: I just wanted to write up what he's figured out as it sounds far closer than the other versions on here. Asus4 Tuning: E-A-D-E-A-e (low to high - so, start of in standard tuning, then drop the G down to E and the B down to A). Capo: 4th fret (all tabs below relative) Here's a list of the main chords – they all have very similar names, so try just to play the tab below in time with the song, and you should figure it out pretty quickly! Don't forget to add in a bit of improvisation for good measure! :)

CHORDS:
    E11sus2  E11      E7sus4   E4       E9sus4   Esus4    E13sus4
e|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
A|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
E|--2--------4--------5--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
D|--0--------0--------0--------2--------4--------2--------4--------|
A|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------2--------4--------|
E|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|

VERSE:
         E11sus2      E11      E7sus4
e|-------0------------0--------0--|
A|-------0------------0--------0--|
E|-------2-----------/4-------/5--|
D|-------0------------0--------0--|
A|-------0------------0--------0--|
E|-------0------------0--------0--|
Well the road is wide,

    E11      E11sus2  E4             E9sus4   E4  
e|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
A|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
E|-\4-------\2--------0--------------0--------0--|
D|--0--------0--------2-------------/4-------\2--|
A|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
E|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
And waters   run on   either side, 

                        Esus4         E13sus4   Esus4 
e|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
A|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
E|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
D|----------------------2-------------/4-------\2--|
A|----------------------2-------------/4-------\2--|
E|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
And my shadow went with fading light, 

                 E4             E9sus4   E4  
e|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
A|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
E|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
D|---------------2-------------/4-------\2--|
A|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
E|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
Stretching out towards the night.

'Cause the Sun is low, And I yet have still so far to go, My lonely heart is beating so, Tired of the wonder. But there's a sign ahead, Though I think it's the same one again, And I'm thinking 'bout my only friend, And so I find my way home. **Before it goes into the chorus play the following**

    E4       E9sus4   E3add4   E4*
e|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
A|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
E|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
D|--2--------4--------6--------7--------|
A|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
E|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|

**The same chord progression repeats in the chorus, just at a faster pace** CHORUS:

    E11sus2     E11      E7sus4   E4  
e|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
A|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
E|--2-----------4--------5--------0--|
D|--0-----------0--------0--------2--|
A|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
E|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
    When I need to       get      home 

          E9sus4   E4       Esus4
e|--------0--------0--------0--|
A|--------0--------0--------0--|
E|--------0--------0--------0--|
D|-------/4-------\2--------2--|
A|--------0--------0--------2--|
E|--------0--------0--------0--|
You're my gui  --  ding     light, 

          E13sus4   Esus4  E4 
e|--------0--------0--------0--|
A|--------0--------0--------0--|
E|--------0--------0--------0--|
D|-------/4-------\2--------2--|
A|-------/4-------\2--------0--|
E|--------0--------0--------0--|
You're my gui  --  ding     light.

When I need to get home, You're my guiding light, You're my guiding light. Well the air is cold, And yonder lies my sleeping soul, By the branches broke like bones, This weakened tree no longer holds. But the night is still, And I have not yet lost my will, Oh and I will keep on moving 'till, 'Till I find my way home. When I need to get home, You're my guiding light, You're my guiding light. When I need to get home, You're my guiding light, You're my guiding light. When I need to get home, You're my guiding light, You're my guiding light. So leave me whole, leave me strong Like the road I walk on When I need to get home, You're my guiding light, You're my guiding light. ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down ************************************