Ben Howard - Nica libres at dusk

Ben Howard - Nica Libres at Dusk Tab by willkt6 Tuning: either CGCFGC capo 2 or DADGAD I’ve come around to this being in DADGAD – fingerings match what Ben plays live better and there is access to a couple of notes which weren’t achievable in Drop D. Fingerings are relative to capo or nut depending on which tuning you choose. The C- based tuning gives a bit more twang which you can hear in the song, and is what Ben uses. Get ready to stretch your pinky to its limits! Intro/Verse (I haven't put exact repeats in): C||-----------------||------------------||-----------------|| G||-------7-------7-||-------7--------7-||-------7-------7-|| F||-----7-------7---||-----7--------7---||-----7-------7---|| C||---7-------7-----||---7--------7-----||---7-------7-----|| G||-0-------0-------||-8--------8-------||-10------10------|| C||-----------------||------------------||-----------------|| Final repeats of second verse (before chorus section): C||-----------------|| G||-------7-------7-|| F||-----6-------6---|| C||---7-------7-----|| G||-0-------0-------|| C||-----------------|| Chorus bit (“while the faithful…”, “now that I’m older…”): C||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| G||---------2---------------4-------|---------2---------------4-------|---------2---------------2-------|| F||-----2---2-----2-----1---1-----1-|-----2---2-----2-----1---1-----1-|-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-|| C||---4---------4-----2---------2---|---4---------4-----2---------2---|---4---------4-----4---------4---|| G||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| C||-4-----4---4-----2-----2---2-----|-4-----4---4-----2-----2---2-----|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----|| And the bridge bit (mainly setting out the chords, the picking pattern varies throughout): C||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| G||---------0---------2---------|---------4---------4---------| F||-----2---2-------2---------2-|-----1---1-------1---------1-| C||---4-----4-----4---------4---|---2-----2-----2---------2---| G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| C||-4-----------4---------4-----|-2-----------2---------2-----| C|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|| G|---------0---------2---------|---------0---------2---------|| F|-----2---2-------2---------2-|-----2---2-------2-----------|| C|---4-----4-----4---------4---|---4-----4-----4-----------2-|| G|-----------------------------|-------------------------2---|| C|-0-----------0---------0-----|-0-----------0---------2-----|| In the live version he throws this into the final repeat: C||---------------------------|-----------------------------| G||---------0-----0h2h4/2/0---|---------4---------4---------| F||-----2---2-----------------|-----1---1-------1---------1-| C||---4-----4---------------4-|---2-----2-----2---------2---| G||---------------------------|-----------------------------| C||-4-----------4-------------|-2-----------2---------2-----| C|---------------------------|---------------------------|| G|---------0-----0h2h4/2/0---|---------0---------2---2h4-|| F|-----2---2-----------------|-----2---2-------2---4-----|| C|---4-----4---------------4-|---4-----4-----4-----------|| G|---------------------------|---------------------------|| C|-0-----------0-------------|-0-----------0-------------|| Outro: C||-------0-x-------0-----------|-----x---0-x-0-------|| G||-0---x-0-x-0---------0-------|-0---x-0-0-x-0-------|| F||-6---x---x-0-------------0---|-6---x-6---x---------|| C||-----x---x-------------------|-----x-----x---------|| G||-0---x---x-------------------|-0---x-----x---------|| C||-----x-4-x-5-----------------|-----x-4---x-5-------|| Many repeats: C||-------3-------3-|| G||-----3-------3---|| F||---3-------3-----|| C||-3-------3-------|| G||-----------------|| C||-----------------|| ************************************ | x Dead note | / Slide up ************************************