José González – Open Book (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

Based on Jose's live KEXP and Tiny Desk performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag-OIlEN00M And some help from Bas' chords. Most of the song follows the same picking pattern shown below:
e|------------------|
B|--1-------1-------|
G|--------0------0--|
D|------2------2----|
A|--3---------------|
E|------------------|
Two lowest strings (A and D) are played with the thumb. The first D note and last G note is played softly or as a ghost note. Follow this pattern throughout the song. Props to Jose's amazing songwriting. Leave a comment if you liked it.
[Intro]
    C               G/B              Am              Am
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|
G|--0-----0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------2--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------2----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

    C               G/B              Am             
e|--0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[Chorus 1]
  I feel just like an open book
    C               G/B              Am             
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  Exposing myself in this neighborhood
    C               G/B              Am             
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  Talking to people as if I'd knew them well
    C               G/B              Am              Am7/G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------0------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------2----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|

  Thinking that everyone has come through different kinds of hell
    D/F#                             G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3----------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|-------0------0--------0------0--|
D|------0------0--------0------0---|-----0------0--------0------0----|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------0(h2)---|
E|--2---------------2-------0(h2)--|-3---------------3---------------|

[Verse 1]
  Lately I found myself in doubt,
    C               G/B              Am             
e|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Ask myself what it's all about
    C               G/B              Am             
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  What am I doing here? What's this leading to?
    C               G/B              Am              Am7/G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------0------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------2----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|

  What's the point of all? Without you
    D/F#                             G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3----------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|-------0------0--------0------0--|
D|------0------0--------0------0---|-----0------0--------0------0----|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------0(h2)---|
E|--2---------------2-------0(h2)--|-3---------------3---------------|

[Verse 2]
  Well, I've got promises to keep   Like a cat I know I'll land upon my feet
    F               G                C       G/B     Am      Am7/G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------0-------0------|-1-------3-------1-------1-------|
G|--------2------2--------0------0-|------0-------0-------2-------0--|
D|------3------3--------0------0---|----2-------0-------2-------2----|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------2-------0---------------|
E|--1---------------3--------------|-------------------------3-------|

  Each time I fall
    D/F#                             G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3----------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|-------0------0--------0------0--|
D|------0------0--------0------0---|-----0------0--------0------0----|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------0(h2)---|
E|--2---------------2-------0(h2)--|-3---------------3---------------|

[Chorus 2]
  *Humming / Whistling*
    C               G/B              Am              Am
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------2--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------2----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  *Humming / Whistling*
    C               G/B              Am             
e|--0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  *Humming / Whistling*
    C               G/B              Am              Am7/G  
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------0------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------2----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|

  *Humming / Whistling*
    D/F#                             G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3----------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|-------0------0--------0---------|
D|------0------0--------0------0---|-----0------0--------0-----------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------0---|
E|--2---------------2-------0(h2)--|-3---------------3-------3-------|

[Bridge]
  Every now and then in dreams
    Bbmaj7          Bbmaj7            Cmaj7           Cmaj7
e|--1------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3-------3-------3------|--5-------5-------5-------5------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|--------4------4--------4------4-|
D|------3------3--------3------3---|------5------5--------5------5---|
A|--1---------------1--------------|--3---------------3--------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  By the river 'neath our tree
    Bbmaj7          Bbmaj7            Cmaj7           Cmaj7
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3-------3-------3------|--5-------5-------5-------5------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|--------4------4--------4------4-|
D|------3------3--------3------3---|------5------5--------5------5---|
A|--1---------------1--------------|--3---------------3--------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  Leaves in yellow, red and brown
    Bbmaj7          Bbmaj7            Cmaj7           Cmaj7
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3-------3-------3------|--5-------5-------5-------5------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|--------4------4--------4------4-|
D|------3------3--------3------3---|------5------5--------5------5---|
A|--1---------------1--------------|--3---------------3--------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  I hear you whisper in my ear                    Your love belongs to everyone
    Bbmaj7          Bbmaj7            G/B             G/B
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3-------3-------3------|--3-------3-------3-------3------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|--------0------0--------0------0-|
D|------3------3--------3------3---|------0------0--------0------0---|
A|--1---------------1--------------|--2---------------2--------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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

[Chorus 3]
  I feel just like an open book
    C               G/B              Am             
e|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  A couple of words was all it took
    C               G/B              Am             
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-----------------------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------2------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------0----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0---------------0-------0(h2)---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  In front of a bright white canvas
    C               G/B              Am              Am7/G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1-------|
G|--------0------0--------0------0-|-------2------2--------0------0--|
D|------2------2--------0------0---|-----2------2--------2------2----|
A|--3---------------2--------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|

  Staring vacantly now free, against my will
    D/F#                             G
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--3-------3----------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|
G|--------2------2--------2------2-|-------0------0--------0------0--|
D|------0------0--------0------0---|-----0------0--------0------0----|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------0(h2)---|
E|--2---------------2-------0(h2)--|-3---------------3---------------|

[Verse 3]
  A drifting vessel in the storm    Pushed around from shore to shore
    F               C                 F               C
e|------------------0--------------|------------------0--------------|
B|--1-------1-------1-------1------|--1-------1-------1-------1------|
G|--------2------2--------0------0-|--------2------2--------0------0-|
D|------3------3--------2------2---|------3------3--------2------2---|
A|------------------3--------------|------------------3--------------|
E|--1------------------------------|--1------------------------------|

I know there's so much left to see  I know I have so much left to give
    Fmaj7           C                 Fmaj7           C
e|--0-------0-------0--------------|--0-------0-------0--------------|
B|--------1------1--1-------1------|--------1------1--1-------1------|
G|------2------2----------0------0-|------2------2----------0------0-|
D|--3-------------------2------2---|--3-------------------2------2---|
A|------------------3--------------|------------------3--------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  But the memories remain           Yet the scars don't feel the same
   G/B             Am                Am7/G           D/F#
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3-------3-------1-------1-------|-1-------1-------3-------3-------|
G|-------0------0--------2------2--|-------0------0--------2------2--|
D|-----0------0--------2------2----|-----2------2--------0------0----|
A|-2---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3---------------2---------------|

  Filling pages one by one          In the warmth of other suns
    F               C                 Fmaj7           C
e|------------------0--------------|--0-------0-------0--------------|
B|--1-------1-------1-------1------|--------1------1--1--------------|
G|--------2------2--------0------0-|------2------2----0--------------|
D|------3------3--------2------2---|--3---------------2--------------|
A|------------------3--------------|------------------3--------------|
E|--1------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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