This is a fairly new song I found on YouTube, its from his new album (The branches - The
Family Tree) I thought because I enjoy the song so much I should upload a tab for it.
This tab will just contain the chords for the song, the finger picking patterns are
quite simple to figure out, so I will leave that for you to interpret in your own way.
Tuning - EADGBe
Intro Am ( with pull offs and hammer ons on the D string)
C Am
I wish I had more nice things to say,
Em Fmaj7 G
but I was raised not to lie.
C Am
I'm either honest or I'm an optimist,
Em Fmaj7
but never both at the same time.
G Am
And everyone knows the deal,
Fmaj7 C
gotta take what you can.
Em Am
'cause anything I don't steal,
Fmaj7 G
just winds up in someone else's hands.
C Am
There's only so much good a man can take,
Em Fmaj7 G
when he ain't so good himself.
C Am
You remind me of what I could have been,
Em Fmaj7
but that reminder ain't much help.
Dm Am C
So it's better if you were on your way
Dm Am E7
if you were somewhere far from me.
Dm Am C
So you can dream I turned out well,
Fmaj7 G
and I, I can just go to sleep.
The woo's C, Am, Em, Fmaj7, Am,
Em, Fmaj7, G x2
C Am
I wish I had more nice things to say,
Em Fmaj7 G
but I was raised not to lie.
C Am
I'm either honest or I'm an optimist,
Em Fmaj7
but never both at the same time.
Hope this helped