Sam Fender – Back To Black (Guitar Tab)

C# Tuning (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#) • Capo 1
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You have to tune down all the strings down 2 steps. (I've tuned it down 3 steps, because that's how Sam plays it, with a capo on the first fret: because 3 steps down is his tuning for Hypersonic Missiles and other songs he plays.) This tab may sound weird and wrong at first if you play it slow, but you have to just trust it'll sound good once you'll get used to the fast rhythm of this fingerpicking pattern. Good luck!
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|
F#|--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----|
C#|-----9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9--------|
G#|--------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------|
C#|--0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------|

D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0/-|
F#|--------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5---/-|
C#|-----------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0------/-|
G#|-----7--------7--------------7--------7--------------7--------7--------------7--------7---------/-|
C#|--5-----------------------5-----------------------5-----------------------5-----------------------|

D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------0------------0------------0------------0------------0------------0------------0------------0--|
F#|---------9------------9------------9------------9------------9------------9------------9------------9-----|
C#|-------------------0-------------------------0-------------------------0-------------------------0--------|
G#|-----10--------10--------------10--------10--------------10--------10--------------10--------10-----------|
C#|--8-------------------------8-------------------------8-------------------------8-------------------------|

D#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------0------------0------------0------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|
F#|---------9------------9------------9------------9-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----|
C#|-------------------0-------------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0--------|
G#|-----10--------10--------------10--------10--------------9--------9--------------9--------9-----------|
C#|--7-------------------------7-------------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------|
There's only one slight variation. Before the last two choruses, there's a part where he sings "Black… black…"
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|
F#|--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----| x2
C#|-----9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9--------|
G#|--------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----------|
C#|--0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------|

D#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------0-----------0-----------0------------0----------0------------0------------0------------0--|
F#|---------9-----------9-----------9------------9----------9------------9------------9------------9-----| x2
C#|------------------0------------------------0-----------------------0-------------------------0--------|
G#|-----10-------10-------------10--------10------------10--------10--------------10--------10-----------|
C#|--8-----------------------8-----------------------8-------------------------8-------------------------|

D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
F#|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3----| x2
C#|-----------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0-------|
G#|-----5--------5--------------5--------5--------------5--------5--------------5--------5----------|
C#|--3-----------------------3-----------------------3-----------------------3----------------------|

D#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------0------------0------------0------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|
F#|---------9------------9------------9------------9-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----| x2
C#|-------------------0-------------------------0-----------------------0-----------------------0--------|
G#|-----10--------10--------------10--------10--------------9--------9--------------9--------9-----------|
C#|--7-------------------------7-------------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------|