Jacob Collier – The Sun Is In Your Eyes (Guitar Live)

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open tuning: DAEGAd! based on the video "Jacob Collier - The Sun Is In Your Eyes (live from TED)" from April 2020 ! if you want to play along to the voice memo version published in Jan 2021, put your capo on 3, as it is a semi-tone lower. The chord structure is a bit simpler there too though, so it will not quite sound the same. the entire song consists of always evolving, glistening arpeggios based on the following 13 chord shapes - sometimes plucked, sometimes hammered-on or pulled-off, sometimes all strings are used, sometimes not.
chord shapes in open tuning (but relative to capo):
1.  D             0-0/2-2-2-0-0

2.  Em11          223000
3.  Em11add6      240000
4.  Em11add6(2)   243000
5.  F#m#5addb9    455000
6.  Gadd9         557000
7.  G6add9        577000
8.  Bm7           9-9-10-x-0-0

9.  A7sus4add6    790000
10. A11           709000
11. A#6add#9      8-10-9-0-x-0
12. E7            2x4xx0
13. Gm6           5760x0

 there they are once again as tab:
   D    Em11  Em11add6  Em11add6(2)  F#m#5addb9  Gadd9  G6add9   Bm7   A7sus4add6  A11  A#6add#9   E7   Gm6
d|--0-----0-------0---------0-----------0----------0-------0--------0-------0--------0------0-------0-----0--|
A|--0-----0-------0---------0-----------0----------0-------0--------0-------0--------0------x-------x-----x--|
G|--2-----0-------0---------0-----------0----------0-------0--------x-------0--------0------0-------x-----0--|
E|--2-----3-------0---------3-----------5----------7-------7--------10------0--------9------9-------4-----6--|
A|--0/2---2-------4---------4-----------5----------5-------7--------9-------9--------0------10------x-----7--|
D|--0-----2-------2---------2-----------4----------5-------5--------9-------7--------7------8-------2-----5--|

 e.g. the first two lines, both on the D chord, are arpeggiated like so (h= hammer on, p= pull off):
d|----------0-----------------0-------------0---|--------------0--------------------------0--------|
A|----------0----------------(0)------------0---|--------------0-------------0---------------------|
G|---------(2)----------------------------------|----------------------------0---------------------|
E|------2------2--p0h2h3------------0h2---------|------0h2-----------0--h3------h3---h2-----2------|
A|----------------------h2-(2)--2---------------|--------------------0h2------h2-------------------|
D|---0------------0---------0------------0------|---0-------------0--------0-------0----0------0---|
[Verse]
                   D
The sun is in your eyes

                   D
The sun is in your eyes

             Bm7
Throw me the cold

            A7sus4add6     A11         D
Throw me the cold, cold water of your smile again

                 D
To take me by surprise

                   D
You take me by surprise

             Bm7
Throw me the bold

            A7sus4add6     A11           D
Throw me the bold, bold treasure of your lips again
[Chorus]
    Bm7   A7sus4add6 D
And where I -----  go

                          Em11 Em11add6(2) Em11
You lead me in the right direction

                        Gadd9   G6add9  Gadd9
With your love as my protection

                           D
I'll be a world of your projection

    Bm7   A7sus4add6 D
And where I ----- go

                          Em11  Em11add6  Em11
Singing songs of your affection

     F#m#5addb9        Gadd9   G6add9   Gadd9
With rhymes to your perfection

                   A#6add#9
In my eyes see a reflection

   D
Of you
[Outro]
          E7
I see you clearly now

           Gm6
I hold you dearly now

                  D
The sun is in my eyes
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