John Newman - Cheating
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Cheating - John Newman
Tabbed by: ND
E-mail: ndermawan@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard
OFFICIAL SITE
http://www.black-butter.co.uk/john-newman/
Tumblr
http://johnnewmanmusic.tumblr.com/
This guy is the singer from Rudimental's song 'Feel the Love'
Really good voice in my opinion and I want to tab this out for myself as much as
I'm also doing it for those of you who know and want to play this song.
Think he's gonna make it big soon!
Referencing this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd0WmZS-5OU
Chords progressions are: Bm, A & E for the Chorus
basically and: Bm, E, D & F#7 for verses
Bm = Barre on 2 or 7
A = Barre on 5 or open strings on 2
E = open strings
D = open strings on chord on x5777x
F7 = chord on x 9 11 9 11 x
Intro - you can also play this using the lower chord positions, but I'm too
lazy to tab that out sorry, should be simple enough - edit. i did it anyway
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7--9--7----9p7---------------7--9--7-----------7---------------------|
G|------7--9--7----9p7---------------7--9--7----9p7h9-----7h9p7--------------|
D|----------------------9--7h-8--9-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Alternate ending goes like: In shape of Bm
e|---------2---------------------|
B|--5p3h5-----3h5p3--------------|
G|--------------------4----------|
Chorus
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I could lBmove you
ABetter,
EBetter than you once Eknew
If you're Bmcheatin'
cheat oAn yeah
Cause cEheating's just a thing you do,
its jusEt a thing you do yeah
- play 2nd half of intro lick on LOW Bm as the filler
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--5--3---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4--2--4---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--4--4----2p0h2--4--0h2p0--------------------------------------------|
A|--2--------------------------------2-- Go straight to verse 2 ------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
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So you're sBmunday monday Eaah
HanDging with your boy agF#7ain
Came a' bacBmk on the tuesEday
I tDold him to come here F#7again
Filler 1st part Bm lick (high)
Well its time to tell you
Filler 2nd part Bm lick (low)
yeah its time to tell you
Chorus
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I could loBmve you
BeAtter
BeEtter than you once knew Ena na na
If you'reBm cheatin'
cAheat on
Cause cheEating's just a thing you do
its just Ea thing you do yeah
Filler 1st part Bm lick (high)
Verse 2
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So you're frBmiday saturday E
GrDoovin' with that boy again F#7
You cBmame home a' cryin E
I tDold you to leave again'F#7 nah na
Bm - lick, same goes.
Time to tell you
BmYeah its time to tell you
Chorus
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I could Bmlove you
ABetter aw na
EBetter than you once knewE no no no
If you're chBmeatin'
cheat Aon yeah
ECause cheating's just a thing yoEu do
aw yeah
Bridge strumming thing
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-------------------|
D|------------------------------2-------------2------------------------------|
A|--2-------------4----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-------------4----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------0-------------0------------------------------| X2
We need to talk now baby
wooo so serious now alright
you done some things so bad to me o oh
you went behind my back
you made me feel sorry
you went behind my back
you made me feel sorry
you went behind my back
you made me feel sorry
you went behind my back
*Start strumming Bm to go into chorus again*
woooo na
Chorus
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I could Bmlove you
ABetter aw na
EBetter than you once knewE nah nah nah
If you're chBmeatin'
cheat Aon yeah
ECause cheating's just a thing yoEu do
mmm mmmm mmm
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------7--9--7-----------7--9--7b-----------------|
G|------7--9--7-----------7--9--7b-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------let ring----------------bend up---------|
E|---7-----------------7---------------------------|
As for the adlibs....figure it out yourself, should be easily audible but a pain to tab, sorry.
Hope it makes sense! enjoy.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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