It s played in open D tuning with a slide but even if you don t want to re-tune your
guitar, you can still play in regular tuning without a slide! :)
If you re not going to re-tune play it with power chords (open chords sound bad) and
ignore the slides and tabbed bits:) I ll be tabbing out the whole thing with accuracy later!
If you re going to re-tune and play with a slide:
Okay, so first things first you have to re-tune your guitar to open D which is
E down to D
a same as a
d same as d
g semi-tone down to f#
b down to a
e down to d
When you strum your guitar open you should have a D chord! Note: It s pretty much all
arpeggios but you can strum it!
The high pitched beggining part is tabbed
(6th string) d--13/15--13--13/15- x4
(2nd)a----0/5--5--5/7--|
(3rd)d----0/5--5--5/7--|
(4th)f#---0/5--5--5/7--|
(open)
First time I saw her she was standing in line,
(open)
Holding a book about compatible signs,
(slide up to your 5th fret)
I should have talked to her, I should have tried,
(slide to 7th fret)
But I was breathless by the look in her eyes,
Then gentely slide back open
You repeat the same thing through all the verses AND chorus s
If you see Kate tell her that iâm looking for her,
(slide up to 5th fret)
Sheâs so fine,
(slide up to 7th fret)
That girl s been on my mind,
etc.
The only time it changes is when he does the weird bridge thing at the end, it changes to
finish with an open
She s been on my mindâ¦..
It really is quite simple :)