Newton Faulkner – Write It On Your Skin (Guitar Tab)

Capo 4 Video Lesson
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Chords

Newton plays this live on a baritone set to this tuning (low to high) : Bb F Bb Eb F Bb, which is just DADGAD on a baritone. Don't try to retune your guitar, the strings will be far too floppy for you to play! the tab as normal! Check out this video of Newton to see how to play it: played on this vid) The * is when he slaps the string with his thumb when he plays to get the slight percussive feel.
Verse & bridge
    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
      *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Bb:-----------------------------------------------|
F :-----------------------------------------------|
Eb:-----------------------------------------------|
Bb:--5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
F :-----------------------------------------------|
Bb:-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------|

    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
      *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
Bb:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F :---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb:--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-|
F :-------0-2-4-2-0-----------------|------0-2-4-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Bb:-0-2-4-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-2-4------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

CHORUS
    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4+1234  1 2 3 4+123412341234
Bb:-0-------0-------0------0----|-0------0----0--------------|
F :-0-------0-------0------0----|-0------0----0--------------|
Eb:-7-------9-------11-----4----|-2------4----7--------------|
Bb:-0-------0-------0------0----|-4------5----0--------------|
F :-5-------7-------9------2----|-x------x----5--------------|
Bb:-0---------------------------|-4------5-------------------|

Ending
Bb:-----------------------------------------------|
F :-----------------------------------------------|
Eb:--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2------------------------------|
Bb:------------------5-5-5-5----------------------|
F :-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
Bb:-----------------5-5-5-5-5---------------------|