Capo: 4 Tuning:

Song: The blade Artist: Ashley Monroe Composers: Marc Beeson, Jamie Floyd & Allen Shamblin Album: The blade Tabbed by DJ 12st Oct 2015 This is mostly a piano piece, and Ashley's rhythm guitarist plays along in E with a capo at the 2nd fret, sticking to pretty basic chords. You can find my tab of her live acoustic version at this link: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com /a/ashley_monroe/the_blade_-_live_acoustic_crd.htm For the studio version I've adapted it for a more interesting acoustic guitar accompaniment with a few more extended chords like the sus4's and (#11)'s that are suggested by the melody and keyboards. CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in the key of F#) Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: D = xx0232 A = x02220 Dsus4 = xx0233 Asus4 = x02230 G = 320003 Bm = x24432 Gadd#11 = 3x0023 Dsus2 = xx0230 ************************************************************* [Intro]

||: ^D/ / ^Dsus4 / /^D | ^D/ / / / :|| [x2]

[Verse 1]

^D I let your ^Dsus4love ^Din, ^D I have the ^Dsus4scar, ^D ^D I felt the^Dsus4 ra - z^Dor ^D ...against my ^Dsus4heart, ^D G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D I thought we were ...both in all the way, But you cau^Aght it by the^Asus4 han - d^Ale, ^G And I ca^Aught it by ^D...the blade! ^Dsus4 ^D

[Verse 2]

^D You said, ^Dsus4"Good - b^Dye, ^D ...it's not the ^Dsus4end, ^D ^D And, if you ^Dsus4need m^De, ^D...I'm still your ^Dsus4friend" ^D G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D Well, that's eas - y ...for you to say, 'Cause you ca^Aught it by the ^Asus4han - d^Ale, ^G And I cau^Aght it by the bl^Dade!

[Verse 3]

T^Bmhat's the risk you r^Gun when you l^Aove, when you l^Bmove, A^And you g^Bmive it all you've ^G....got to g^Aive,

e |------------------| B |---7--5--3--2-----| G |------------------| D |---7--5--4--2-----| A |------------------| E |------------------|

Kn^Bmowing all a - lo^Gng there's a ch^Aance, There's a ch^Bmance ^A...you'll re^Bmach, and they w^Gon't, You'll ^Asus4bleed, and they ^A ...don't! ^A

[Verse 4]

^D For you, it's^Dsus4 o - v^Der, .^D..for me, it's ^Dsus4not, ^D ^D I kept ^Dsus4try - i^Dng, ^D ...and you just s^Dsus4topped, ^D G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D Now I know how ...you can sound so brave, 'Cause you ca^Aught it by the ^Asus4handle, b^Aaby, ^G And I ca^Aught it by the bl^Dade!

[Verse 5]

T^Bmhat's the risk you r^Gun when you l^Aove, when you l^Bmove, A^And you g^Bmive it all you've ^G....got to g^Aive,

e |------------------| B |---7--5--3--2-----| G |------------------| D |---7--5--4--2-----| A |------------------| E |------------------|

Kn^Bmowing all a - lo^Gng there's a ch^Aance, There's a ch^Bmance ^A ...you'll r^Bmeach, and they w^Gon't, You'll^Asus4 bleed, and they ^A...don't! ^A

[Coda] G Gadd#11 G G Gadd#11 G D I thought we were ...both in all the way,

But you ca^Aught it by the ^Asus4han - d^Ale, ^G And I ^A...caught it by the bl^Dade, ^Dsus4 ^D ^Dsus4 ^D Humm -umm, you ca^Aught it by the ^Asus4handle, b^Aaby, ^G And I ^A...caught it by ^D...the blade! ^Dsus4 ^D ^Dsus2 ^D

Ashley Monroe - The blade