Katie Melua - Nine million bicycles
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Capo: 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
acoustic fingerstyle version with melody and harmony in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt
Title: Nine Million Bicycles
Artist: Katie Melua
Author: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
See https://youtu.be/TUHYgFlLuZ0
4/4 time.
Capo: 2
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes.
The chords above the tab lines indicat the left-hand position.
To add more effect and dynamic syncopize some melody notes and draw them a bit ahead.
Example: Play the high e of "bicycles" in the last eighth of the precedent measure.
[Chorus]
D G
E|---------------------|-0---------0---------|-0-------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------0----3----|----------------3----|------3----0---------|-0-------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|----------------2----|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0---------0---------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------2---------|
E|---------------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3-------------------|
There are nine million bicycles in beijing.
We are twelve million light years from the edge.
There are six billion people in the world.
Em Am Em Am
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------0--------------|
G|----------------0----|-2-------------------|----------------0----|-2---------2----0----|
D|------0----2----2----|------2---------2----|------2----2----2----|------2---------2----|
A|-----------2---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------2---------|-0---------0---------|
E|-3-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
That's a fact. It's a thing we can't deny,
That's a guess No one can ever say it's
More or less, And it makes me feel quite
C Am C G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------0----|---------------------|---------------------|
G|------0---------0----|-2---------2---------|-2----0---------0----|-0-------------------|
D|-2---------2---------|------2---------0----|-----------2---------|------0---------0----|
A|-3---------3---------|-0---------0---------|-3---------3---------|-----------2---------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.
true, but I know that I will always be with you.
small, but you're the one I love the most of all.
[Bridge]
Cm G Am
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|-4---------3----1----|-3-------------------|-1---------0---------|
G|----------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|----------------2----|
D|------0---------0----|-----------0---------|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A|-----------2---------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------|
E|-3-------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|
I'm warmed by the fire of your love every-
We're high on a wire with the world in our
Em Cm G Am
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-0-------------------|-4---------3----1----|-3-------------------|-1---------0---------|
G|----------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|----------------2----|
D|------2---------2----|-----------0---------|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|
A|-----------2---------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------|
E|-0-------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|
day. So don't call me a liar, Just be- lieve every-
sight, And I'll never tire, Of the love that you
D
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-1---------0---------|-3-------------------|
G|----------------2----|---------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
thing that I say.
give me every night.