The Struts - I always knew hotline bling
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Tuning: E A D G B E
I Always Knew / Hotline Bling (Live Acoustic Cover)
Performed by The Struts
Written by The Vaccines and Drake
Based off of these performances (https://youtu.be/sA7LPE4isxM) (https://youtu.be/CwZ1D70_5SA)
As well as their version on their Live And Unplugged EP (https://youtu.be/b1F6BbvNt0Q)
Song is played in D Standard (DGCFAd), all chord names are relative
This tab is for the rythmn guitar played by Jed
This same pattern is picked 4 times for each chord throughout the whole song
C A F G
d|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|------1------|------1------|------1------|------3------|
F|------0------|------2------|------2------|------4------|
C|----2---2----|----2---2----|----3---3----|----5---5----|
G|--3----------|--0----------|--3----------|--5----------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
x4 x4 x4 x4
A pretty easy song to practice fingerpicking with since theres not too much going on but still sounds great
There is also a lead line played by Adam but im not skilled enough to tab it out
[Intro]
C Am F G
[Verse 1]
CDown, down in my Ambones
Somewhere I'd never have Fknown
Right at the back of my Ghead
CIt hit me like a beam of Amlight
Hit me like a hook of the Fright
And I could have fell to the Gfloor
Cause you Ctalk to me and it comes off the Amwall
You Ftalk to me and it goes over my Ghead
So let's Cgo to bed before you say something Amreal
Let's Fgo to bed before you say how you Gfeel
[Chorus]
Cause it'sC you
Oh, it's Amalways you
Oh, I Falways knew
Oh, it's Gyou
[Verse 2]
CI try my best to Amunwind
Nothing on my Fmind, nothin' at all but Gyou
OCblivious to all that I Amowe
I'm Fhanging on to what I dGon't know
So let's Cgo to bed before you say somethinAmg real
Let's Fgo to bed before you say how youG feel
[Chorus]
Cause it's Cyou
Oh, it's Amalways you
Oh, I Falways knew
Oh, baby Git's you
GYeah,
And I Cknew, yes I Amalways knew
Yes I Falways knew
Oh baby its Gyou
[Hook]
You used to call me on my Ccell phone
Late night when you Amneed my love
Call me on my Fcell phone
Late night when you Gneed my love
And I know when that Chotline bling
That can only mAmean one thing
I know when that Fhotline bling
That can only mean Gone thing
[Verse 3]
Ever since I left the city Cyou
Got a reputation for yourAmself now
Everybody knows and I feel Fleft out
Girl you got me down, you got me Gstressed out
'Cause ever since I left the city Cyou, you, you
Started wearing less and goin' Amout more
Glasses of champagne out on the Fdance floor
Hangin' with some girls I've never Gseen before
[Hook]
You used to call me on my Ccell phone
Late night when you Amneed my love
Call me on my Fcell phone
Late night when you Gneed my love
YeCah