Katie Melua – Nine Million Bicycles (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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acoustic fingerstyle version with melody and harmony in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt
Title: Nine Million Bicycles
Artist: Katie Melua
Author: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
4/4 time.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes.
The chords above the tab lines indicat the left-hand position.
To add more effect and dynamic syncopize some melody notes and draw them a bit ahead.
Example: Play the high e of "bicycles" in the last eighth of the precedent measure.
[Chorus] D G E|---------------------|-0---------0---------|-0-------------------|---------------------| B|-----------0----3----|----------------3----|------3----0---------|-0-------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|----------------2----|---------------------| D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| A|-0---------0---------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------2---------| E|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3-------------------| There are nine million bicycles in beijing. We are twelve million light years from the edge. There are six billion people in the world. Em Am Em Am E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------0--------------| G|----------------0----|-2-------------------|----------------0----|-2---------2----0----| D|------0----2----2----|------2---------2----|------2----2----2----|------2---------2----| A|-----------2---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------2---------|-0---------0---------| E|-3-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| That's a fact. It's a thing we can't deny, That's a guess No one can ever say it's More or less, And it makes me feel quite C Am C G E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B|---------------------|----------------0----|---------------------|---------------------| G|------0---------0----|-2---------2---------|-2----0---------0----|-0-------------------| D|-2---------2---------|------2---------0----|-----------2---------|------0---------0----| A|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-----------2---------| E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------| Like the fact that I will love you till I die. true, but I know that I will always be with you. small, but you're the one I love the most of all. [Bridge] Cm G Am E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B|---------------------|-4---------3----1----|-3-------------------|-1---------0---------| G|----------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|----------------2----| D|------0---------0----|-----------0---------|------0---------0----|------2---------2----| A|-----------2---------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------| E|-3-------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|---------------------| I'm warmed by the fire of your love every- We're high on a wire with the world in our Em Cm G Am E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B|-0-------------------|-4---------3----1----|-3-------------------|-1---------0---------| G|----------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|----------------2----| D|------2---------2----|-----------0---------|------0---------0----|------2---------2----| A|-----------2---------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------| E|-0-------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|---------------------| day. So don't call me a liar, Just be- lieve every- sight, And I'll never tire, Of the love that you D E|---------------------|---------------------| B|-1---------0---------|-3-------------------| G|----------------2----|---------------------| D|------2---------2----|------0---------0----| A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------| E|---------------------|---------------------| thing that I say. give me every night.