Mumford & Sons – Monochrome (Guitar)

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[Chords] The chords are in Standard tuning: EADGBe C : x32010 Am/F# : 202210 Cmaj7 : x32000 Am/F : 102210 Fmaj7 : x33210 Gsus : 3x001x Am : x02210 E7/D : xx0130 Amadd11 : x0021x G : 320003 Am/C : x32210 NOTES: + I suggest to reduce the Youtube playback speed to 0.75x or under when practicing this song! + You can check out the guitar tutorial video of this song by All of Acoustic (April 27, 2025). Very similar to this tab, but another way of playing the chorus part. + Keep your finger on the B string, 1st fret as an "anchor" throughout the song EXCEPT for the Cmaj7, E7/D and G chords + Use your thumb to reach the Am/F# and Am/F bass notes on the low E string + Throughout the song, the finger picking pattern mostly repeats in order G-D-B strings + In the CHORUS, the pattern may play like below by picking a bass note (↓) first:

   Am                 Amadd11            Am/C               Am/F#
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---------1------1-|---------1------1-|---------1------1-|---------1------1-|
G|-----2------2-----|-----2------2-----|-----2------2-----|-----2------2-----|
D|-2&darr;----2------2---|-0&darr;----0------0---|-------2------2---|-------2------2---|
A|------------------|------------------|-3&darr;---------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-2&darr;---------------|

   Am/F              C                 Gsus
e|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|---------1-----1-|---------1-----1-|---------1------1-|
G|-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0------0-----|
D|-------2-----2---|-------2-----2---|-------0------0---|
A|-----------------|-3&darr;--------------|------------------|
E|-1&darr;--------------|-----------------|-3&darr;---------------|

+ In the INSTRUMENTAL and the BRIDGE sections the acoustic lead guitar pattern plays C as shown below (x32013). (Both guitars play the E7/D note with the G-D-B pattern):

e|--------3-------3---0-1h3---------3-------3-------3-|
B|--------1-------1---------1-------1-------1-------1-|
G|----0-------0-----------------0-------0-------0-----|
D|------2-------2-----------------2-------2-------2---|
A|-3&darr;-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

   E7/D
e|-----------------------|
B|-------3------3------3-|
G|-1&darr;-------1------1-----|
D|-----0------0------0---|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

+ At the end of the OUTRO, the acoustic lead guitar pattern plays C as shown below. (The acoustic rhythm guitar plays the C with the G-D-B pattern and ends by strumming once):

e|--------3-------3---0-1h3-----|      e|--------3-------3---0-1-1----|
B|--------1-------1---------1---|      B|--------1-------1---------1--|
G|----0-------0---------------o-| (x2) G|----0-------0-------------0--|
D|------2-------2-------------o-|      D|------2-------2-----------2--|
A|-3&darr;---------------------------|      A|-3&darr;-----------------------3--|
E|------------------------------|      E|-----------------------------|

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[Intro]
  C
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------1--------1-------1-------1------1------1------1------1-|
G|----0------0-------0-------0------0------0------0------0-----|
D|-------------2-------2-------2------2------2------2------2---|
A|-3&darr;----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

C
Though you and I are getting so much clearer

                 Cmaj7         Fmaj7
And it's getting clearer every day

C
The stillness yet has an ache in its silence

            Cmaj7          Fmaj7
It's better than the other way

[Chorus]

Am  Amadd11  Am/C Am/F#
Hya_cinth    girl

        Am/F
You are peace

C     Amadd11 Am   Amadd11  Am/C Am/F#              Am/F
There is      life in the   ground____ beneath your feet

C  Amadd11 C   Amadd11
Be_yond    rea_son

Am  Gsus          C
Monochrome out of sight

[Interlude] C [Verse 2]

C
The kind of love I am always chasing

               Cmaj7              Fmaj7
Is the kind of love that won't be chased

C
I had no fear at the bottom of my cup

             Cmaj7     Fmaj7
But now it's dry, I am afraid

[Chorus]

Am  Amadd11  Am/C Am/F#
Hya_cinth    girl

        Am/F
You are peace

C     Amadd11 Am   Amadd11  Am/C Am/F#              Am/F
There is      life in the   ground____ beneath your feet

C  Amadd11 C Amadd11
Resto______ration

Am  Gsus          C
Monochrome out of sight

[Instrumental] (C) E7/D C E7/D [Bridge]

                         C
I didn't come to win you over

[Chorus]

Am  Amadd11  Am/C Am/F#
Hya_cinth    girl

        Am/F
You are peace

C     Amadd11 Am     Amadd11   Am/C Am/F#              Am/F
There is      Christ in the    ground____ beneath your feet

C  Amadd11 C Amadd11 Am/C
Resto______ration

        Am/F#     Am/F
And the rewritten code

C  Amadd11 C   Amadd11
Be_yond    rea_son

Am  G*            C
Monochrome out of sight

[Outro]

| C | C | C* |
                   * = strum once

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