{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":809518,"song":"The Wolves","artist":"Bon Iver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/809518-the-wolves-chords-by-bon-iver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/809518?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":28,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------\r\n        The Wolves (Act 1 and II) - Bon Iver\r\n-------------------------------------------------------\r\nTabbed by: Greg Lisi\r\nEmail: Gregory.Albert.Lisi@hotmail.com\r\n\r\nI searched and I searched, listened, then listened again, and I wasn't\r\nentirely convinced of the tunings previously posted for this beautiful\r\nsong.  The chords were no doubt correct, but after finding some relatively\r\nclose-up shots of Justin playing this in concert on YouTube and listening\r\nfurther, I can say with a fair degree of confidence that this is the way he\r\nplays it live (with the exception of the La Blogotheque's Un Concert A\r\nEmporter clip where he is playing it on an acoustic and in standard tuning\r\nit would seem).\r\n\r\nAlso, I shouldn't neglect to mention that the tab posted by\r\nfostertspam@yahoo.com was helpful and it would be an injustice\r\nnot to give him/her credit for the top three strings (FAc).  My ear\r\n(and the rest of me) thanks you for giving me a basis with which to start.\r\n\r\nPlus, I do want give some due to the \"Ver 2\" tab posted with\r\nthe Open F9 tuning (sorry, but I couldn't find your name on the tab\r\nto address you directly).  It too was close and has similar chord shapes\r\nto the tab I am posting, but in the end the Open F9 tuning just didn't\r\nsound right to me.\r\n\r\nThe full lyrics and chord changes have already been provided in other\r\ntabs so I'm gonna skip that here as well as all the little add-ons and\r\nharmonics that Justin puts into the song, all of which I don't have the\r\ntime to tab out properly here.\r\n\r\nTuning: DFCFAc\r\nSong Key: F\r\n\r\n[Intro, Verse]\r\n(\"Someday my pain, someday my pain will mark you\")\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nc|----0------0------0-----|\r\nA|----0------0------0-----|\r\nF|----0------0------0-----|\r\nC|----0------9------7-----|\r\nF|----0------9------7-----|\r\nD|----3------0------X-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\nPick the 5th, 4th, 2nd, and 1st strings on Dm and C chords\r\narpeggio-style (as in a broken chord) making sure to let the\r\nhigh c on the 1st string ring out as you move back down the neck\r\nto the F.  Listen to him play it live to figure out the exact timing.\r\nIt's fairly simple.\r\n\r\n[Bridge/Chorus]\r\n(\"With the wild wolves around you\" and \"What might\r\nhave been lost\")\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nc|----0------0------0-------------|\r\nA|----0------0------0-------------|\r\nF|----0------0------0-------------|\r\nC|----5------9------7-------------|\r\nF|----5------9------7-------------|\r\nD|----0------0------X-(or 0)------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll the chords here are strummed fully and I leave it up to you whether\r\nor not you want to play the open D (6th string) on the C chord (I do).\r\nIt creates a nice pedal tone through the progression, which ever so\r\nsubtly helps that dissonant quality as it crescendoes to that frenetic\r\ndiscordant climax (personally one of my favorite aspects of his music).\r\n\r\nPlease feel free to e-mail me with any corrections, additional info, or\r\njust to let me know how it worked out for you.\r\n\r\nINVERTED PEDAL TONE (FAc)\r\n\r\nP.S. If you're interested, here are the notes, a little theory, and more\r\non those cool pedal tones.\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch] ([ch]F[/ch],[ch]A[/ch],[ch]C[/ch])     [ch]Dm[/ch] ([ch]D[/ch],[ch]F[/ch],[ch]A[/ch])     [ch]C[/ch] ([ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch])      [ch]Bb[/ch] ([ch]Bb[/ch],[ch]D[/ch],[ch]F[/ch])\r\nc|----c-------------c--------------c------------c-------|\r\nA|----A-------------A--------------A------------A-------|\r\nF|----F-------------F--------------F------------F-------|\r\nC|----C-------------A--------------G------------F-------|\r\nF|----F-------------D--------------C------------Bb------|\r\nD|----F-------------D--------------X------------D-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen played in both the verse and chorus the 1st (high c), 2nd (A), and\r\n3rd (F) strings create an inverted pedal tone, thus a dissonance occurs\r\nin the C and Bb major chords which resolves to a consonance in the\r\nF major chord (in the verse) and therefore doesn't change the root or\r\ntonal centers of those chords.\r\n\r\nBecause of this, I hesitate to name the Dm a 7th chord, even though\r\nits flatted 7th (c) is there, nor do I think it's appropriate to name\r\nthe C chord, C6sus4, even though it's missing its 3rd (E) and is\r\nreplaced by a suspended 4th (F) along with its 6th (A).  The same holds\r\ntrue for the Bb chord which although it has its 7th (A) and its 9th (c)\r\nand is technically a Bbmaj9, I think it's safe to call it a Bb.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| X dead note\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------\n        The Wolves (Act 1 and II) - Bon Iver\n-------------------------------------------------------\nTabbed by: Greg Lisi\nEmail: Gregory.Albert.Lisi@hotmail.com\n\nI searched and I searched, listened, then listened again, and I wasn't\nentirely convinced of the tunings previously posted for this beautiful\nsong.  The chords were no doubt correct, but after finding some relatively\nclose-up shots of Justin playing this in concert on YouTube and listening\nfurther, I can say with a fair degree of confidence that this is the way he\nplays it live (with the exception of the La Blogotheque's Un Concert A\nEmporter clip where he is playing it on an acoustic and in standard tuning\nit would seem).\n\nAlso, I shouldn't neglect to mention that the tab posted by\nfostertspam@yahoo.com was helpful and it would be an injustice\nnot to give him/her credit for the top three strings (FAc).  My ear\n(and the rest of me) thanks you for giving me a basis with which to start.\n\nPlus, I do want give some due to the \"Ver 2\" tab posted with\nthe Open F9 tuning (sorry, but I couldn't find your name on the tab\nto address you directly).  It too was close and has similar chord shapes\nto the tab I am posting, but in the end the Open F9 tuning just didn't\nsound right to me.\n\nThe full lyrics and chord changes have already been provided in other\ntabs so I'm gonna skip that here as well as all the little add-ons and\nharmonics that Justin puts into the song, all of which I don't have the\ntime to tab out properly here.\n\nTuning: DFCFAc\nSong Key: F\n\n[Intro, Verse]\n(\"Someday my pain, someday my pain will mark you\")\n\n\n\nPick the 5th, 4th, 2nd, and 1st strings on Dm and C chords\narpeggio-style (as in a broken chord) making sure to let the\nhigh c on the 1st string ring out as you move back down the neck\nto the F.  Listen to him play it live to figure out the exact timing.\nIt's fairly simple.\n\n[Bridge/Chorus]\n(\"With the wild wolves around you\" and \"What might\nhave been lost\")\n\n\n\nAll the chords here are strummed fully and I leave it up to you whether\nor not you want to play the open D (6th string) on the C chord (I do).\nIt creates a nice pedal tone through the progression, which ever so\nsubtly helps that dissonant quality as it crescendoes to that frenetic\ndiscordant climax (personally one of my favorite aspects of his music).\n\nPlease feel free to e-mail me with any corrections, additional info, or\njust to let me know how it worked out for you.\n\nINVERTED PEDAL TONE (FAc)\n\nP.S. If you're interested, here are the notes, a little theory, and more\non those cool pedal tones.\n\n\n\nWhen played in both the verse and chorus the 1st (high c), 2nd (A), and\n3rd (F) strings create an inverted pedal tone, thus a dissonance occurs\nin the C and Bb major chords which resolves to a consonance in the\nF major chord (in the verse) and therefore doesn't change the root or\ntonal centers of those chords.\n\nBecause of this, I hesitate to name the Dm a 7th chord, even though\nits flatted 7th (c) is there, nor do I think it's appropriate to name\nthe C chord, C6sus4, even though it's missing its 3rd (E) and is\nreplaced by a suspended 4th (F) along with its 6th (A).  The same holds\ntrue for the Bb chord which although it has its 7th (A) and its 9th (c)\nand is technically a Bbmaj9, I think it's safe to call it a Bb.\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| X dead note\n\n************************************","chords":["A","F9","F","Dm","C","D","Bb","G","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}