The Oh Hellos – Like The Dawn (Guitar Tab)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D) • Capo 1 • Video Lesson
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Chords

******************************************************************** Make sure to listen to the performance to get a feel for timing etc. ******************************************************************** the shapes in a standard E tuning, so keep that in mind when playing with others. Chords:
    F#m     A9     E5     C#m    C#mb6     B     F#m11    E    A/E    A     E*  E*sus
D|---0------0------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
A|---0------0------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------0-----2-----0-----0-----0---|
F|---x------9-----(9)-----(6)------x------(4)------2------x-----x-----2-----1-----2---|
C|---11-----11-----9-------6-------7-------4-------2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
G|---9------0------7-------4-------4-------2-------x------2-----0-----0-----2-----2---|
D|--(9)----(0)-----0------(0)-----(0)------x-------2------0-----0-----x-----0-----0---|
Notes in parentheses are optional. I usually leave them out early then use them later for a fuller sound. [Intro]
  F#m                                  A9
D|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|-------0--------0--------0---------0-|
A|-----------0-----------------0------|-----------0-----------------0-------|
F|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C|----11-------11-------11-------11---|----11-------11-------11-------11\(9)|
G|9-----------------9-----------------|0-----------------0------------------|
D|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

  E5
D|------0--------0-------0-------0-|------0--------0-------0-------0-|
A|----------0--------0-------------|----------0----------------0-----|
F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|----9--------9-------9-------9---|----9--------9-------9-------9---| x2
G|7------------------------7p0-----|-----------------7---------------|
D|---------------------------------|0--------------------------------|
[Verse 1] (same as intro for the first three lines) F#m A9 E5 I was sleeping in the garden when i saw you first F#m A9 E5 He'd put me deep, deep under so that he could work F#m A9 E5 And like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook
 (from intro tab)  F#m                                  A9
D|------0-------0-|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
A|----------0-----|-----------0-----------------0------|-----------0-----------------0------|
F|----------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
C|----9-------9---|----11-------11-------11-------11---|----11-------11-------11-------11---|
G|7---------------|9-----------------9-----------------|0-----------------0-----------------|
D|----------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
     Yeah  I  was  slee-     -eeping in-            the garden   when i   saw       you

  C#m                              B
D|------0-------0-0-------0-------|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
A|----------0-----0-------0-------|----------0---------------0-----|
F|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|----6-------6---7-------6-------|4---4-------4-------4-------4---|
G|4---------------4-------4-------|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                           At
[Chorus]
  F#m11
D|------0---------------0---------|------0---------------0---------|
A|----------0---0-----------0---0-|----------0---0-----------0---0-|
F|----2-------2-------2-------2---|----2-------2-------2-------2---|
C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|2---------------2---------------|2---------------2---------------|
    Laa-                                 -aast             At

  E               A
D|------0---------------0---------|------0----------------0---------|
A|----------0---0-----------0---0-|----------0----0-----------0---0-|
F|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|----2-------2-------2-------2---|----2-------2--------2-------2---|
G|----------------0---------------|0----------------0---------------|
D|0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  Laa-            -aaast

  C#m             B                A               E
D|------0---------------0---------|------0---------------0----------|
A|----------0---0-----------0---0-|----------0---0-----------0----0-|
F|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|----6-------6-------4-------4---|----2-------2-------2-------2----|
G|4---------------2---------------|0--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------0----------------|
  Bones   of my   bones    and     flesh  of  my   flesh,   at  last

  F#m11
D|------0---------------0---------|------0-------------------------|
A|----------0---------------0-----|----------0---------------------|
F|----2-------2-------2-------2---|----2-------2-------------------|
C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|2---------------2---------------|2---------------2---------------|
[Interlude] (strumming) F#m \\\ A9 \\\ C#m \ C#mb6 C#m \ B \\\ x2 [Verse 2] F#m A9 E A/E E You were the brightest shade of sun i had ever seen F#m A E A/E E Your skin was gilded with the gold of the richest kings F#m A E A/E E And like the dawn you woke the world inside of me F#m A C#m C#mb6 C#m B You were the brightest shade of sun when i saw you [Interlude 2] F#m \\\ A9 \\\ C#m \\\ B \\\ x4 (build, with "oh"s) F#m \\\ A9 \\\ C#m \ C#mb6 \ C#m \ B \\\ (soft, no vocals) F#m \\\ A9 \\\ C#m \\\ B \\\ [Chorus 2]
         F#m
D|------|-------0-----------------0----------|-------0-----------------0----------|
A|------|-----------0-----------------0------|-----------0-----------------0------|
F|------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
C|------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|------|----11-------11-------11-------11---|----11-------11-------11-------11---|
D|------|9-----------------9-----------------|9-----------------9-----------------|
  At     Laa-                                 -aast             

  E5              A9
D|------0----------------0----------|-------0------------------0----------|
A|----------0----------------0----0-|-----------0-----0------------0----0-|
F|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C|----9-------9------/11-------11---|----11-------11--------11-------11---|
G|7---------------0-----------------|0------------------0-----------------|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
                                                              And you will

  C#m             B                A               E
D|------0---------------0---------|------0--------------------------|
A|----------0---0-----------0---0-|----------0---0------------------|
F|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|----6-------6-------4-------4---|----2-------2--------------------|
G|4---------------2---------------|0--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------2----------------|
  Surely  be  the death   of    me                  But how could I've
[Interlude 3] (strumming) E \\ A/E E \\ A/E E \\ A/E E \\\ Known F#m \\\ A9 \\\ E \\\ B \\\ x2 (soft "oh"s) (Big sound here. Throw in some quick A/E when playing E) F#m A E B I was sleeping in the garden F#m A9 E B And like the dawm you, you broke the dark F#m A E B I was sleeping in the garden F#m A E B Bones of my bones [Outro] (single strum and progressively softer) F#m \\\ A9 \\\ E* \ E*sus(h) E*(p) B ************************************ | x Dead note | (n) Ghost note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************