Mumford & Sons – Lover Of The Light (Guitar Tab)

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Tabbed by Tom van den Bergh This is a great song, and it's a shame that its not tabbed correctly anywhere. The key to that Mumford & Sons sound, is an open tuning that allows you to play "drone" notes . They use a bunch of Listen closely for the rhythm cause it can be a bit tricky, and the finger placement may need a little practice, but it's not that hard. Artist: Mumford & Sons Song: Lover of the Light Intro verse:

|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0----------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0----------------------------------|
|-7---0---7---0---5---8---8-7-5----------------------------------|
|-7---0---7---0---5---7---9-7-5----------------------------------|
|-x---0---x---0---x---x---x-x-x----------------------------------|
|-7---0---7---0---5---7---9-7-5---(5)---2-4--2-0-----------------|

Verse 1:
(Piano)
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------|
|-0---5---0---0---5---7---8---5---0--x-x--x-0-----------------------------|
|-0---5---0---0---5---7---9---5---0--2-4--2-0-----------------------------|
|-0---x---0---0---x---x---x---x---0--x-x--x-0-----------------------------|
|-0---5---0---0---5---7---9---5---0--2-4--2-0-----------------------------|

Tip: The last couple of chords ( over "I'll be yours, if you'll be mine") Are played with just your middle and ring finger, so press down on the frets and dampen the strings below it with those two fingers. Verse 2 Same chords as verse 1, except now the guitar plays a rhythm. listen carefully to how he plays it. Pre-Chorus 1: Build up each chord

|-----------------------------------------0-------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-Etc.-7-7-7-7-Etc.-8-8-8-8-Etc.--0-------------|
|-5-5-5-5------7-7-7-7------9-9-9-9-------0-------------|
|-x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x-------0-------------|
|-5-5-5-5------7-7-7-7------9-9-9-9-------0-------------|

Verse 3&4: same as Verse 2(& 1) Pre-Chorus 2: same as Pre-Chorus 1 Instrumental bit: Just the Chords, listen to the rhythm.

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|-0---0---0---0------------------------|
|-8---0---8---0------------------------|
|-9---0---9---0------------------------|
|-x---0---x---0------------------------|
|-9---0---9---0------------------------|

Bridge:

|-0---0---0---0---0--0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-------0-0--0-0-----|
|-0---0---0---0---0--0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-------0-0--0-0-----|
|-7---0---7---0---5--3--8-7-5---5--3--8-7-5-------x-x--x-0-----|
|-7---0---7---0---5--4--9-7-5---5--4--9-7-5-------2-4--2-0-----|
|-x---0---x---0---x--x--x-x-x---x--x--x-x-x-------x-x--x-0-----|
|-7---0---7---0---5--4--9-7-5---5--4--9-7-5---(5)-2-4--2-0-----|

Banjo Solo:

banjo:
|--0------------0--7---------0-0-0h7p0-------------------|
|----9-7-10-9-7-------10-9-7-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8---8--8-8-8-8--------------------------|  Repeat
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar:

|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-8---0---5---7---8---0---5---7---8---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-9---0---5---7---9---0---5---7---9---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-x---0---x---x---x---0---x---x---x---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-9---0---5---7---9---0---5---7---9---0------------|

Then another Pre-Chorus that is like the other ones. Outro

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|-0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------|
|-0---5---7---8---0---------------------------------|
|-0---5---7---9---0---------------------------------|
|-0---x---x---x---0---------------------------------|
|-0---5---7---9---0---------------------------------|