Noah Kahan – Halloween (Guitar Tab)

Capo 8

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I submitted a tab for this a while back, but forgot capos existed while transcribing it and made it way harder than it needed to be. Here’s a (hopefully) more accurate version! [Intro]

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------0----------0--------0----------0--------0----------0----------0-----|
D|--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2--2---2---2--|
A|--3---------2---------3---------2---------3---------2---------3----------3----------|
E|------------3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

 (repeat 6x)
 “I’m sailing away…”
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------0----------0--------0----------0--------0----------0----------0-----|
D|--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2--2---2---2--|
A|--3---------2---------3---------2---------3---------2---------3----------3----------|
E|------------3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------------------|

[Chorus]
 (repeat 4x)
 “But the wreckage of you…”
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------0----------0--------0----------0--------0----------0----------0-----|
D|--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2--2---2---2--|
A|--3---------2---------3---------2---------3---------2---------3----------3----------|
E|------------3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
 (repeat 4x)
 “It’s an ode to the…”
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------0----------0--------0----------0--------0----------0----------0-----|
D|--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2--2---2---2--|
A|--3---------2---------3---------2---------3---------2---------3----------3----------|
E|------------3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------------------|

[Chorus 2]
 (repeat 4x) OR Alternare Version
 “But the wreckage of you…”
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------0----------0--------0----------0--------0----------0----------0-----|
D|--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2----0---0--2---2---2--2---2---2--|
A|--3---------2---------3---------2---------3---------2---------3----------3----------|
E|------------3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------------------|

ALTERNATE VERSION (strumming) It’s hard to hear the guitar part here, but these voicings match the chords picked throughout the song and sound really good here. Strumming: D-UDU

 Cadd9:     G:         Dadd4/F#
e|---3---   E---3---   E---3---|
B|---3---   B---3---   B---3---|
G|---0---   G---0---   G---0---|
D|---2---   D---0---   D---0---|
A|---3---   A---2---   A---0---|
E|---0---   E---3---   E---2---|

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G But the wreckage of you, I no longer reside in Cadd9 G Dadd4/F# And the bridges have long since been burned Cadd9 G Cadd9 G And the ash of the home that I started the fire in Cadd9 G Dadd4/F# It starts to return to the Earth Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I'm leavin' this town and I'm changin' my address Cadd9 G Dadd4/F# I know that you'll come if you want Cadd9 G Cadd9 G It's not Halloween, but the ghost you're dressed up as Cadd9 G Dadd4/F# Sure knows how to haunt, yeah, you know how to haunt (repeat chords/picking used for chorus during instrumental bridge section)

[Outro]
 “I know that you fear…”
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2--|
A|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3--|
E|--------3-----------3-----------3--------|

 “But I only tell truth…”
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----N.C-|
A|--3-----------3-----------3-----------N.C-|
E|--------3-----------3-----------3---------|