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This is my first tab. Im not sure about the B part. Hope you like it
Band: The Kooks
Song: When she was mine
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Main riff:
|--Em--------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|---------4--4-----------4--4| 4x
|--2---2--2--2----2-2--2-2--2|
|--2---2--2--2----2-2--2-2--2|
|--0---0--0--0----0-0--0-0--0|
|--C0---0--0--0----0-0--0-0--0|
|--1---1--1--1----1-1--1-1--1|
|--0---0--4--4----0-0--0-4--4|
|--2---2--2--2----2-2--2-2--2|
|--3---3--3--3----3-3--3-3--3|
|----------------------------|
|--Am--------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--7---7--9--9----7-7--7-9--9|
|--7---7--7--7----7-7--7-7--7|
|--5---5--5--5----5-5--5-5--5|
Verse
I want you EmbackD  Em  
Cause, I need you EmbackD  Em  
I miss you Emmy lover babeD  Em  
And i need you EmhereD  Em  
 Bpart
I found your Amlove
to be the Amkey
so wont yAmou come and uAmnlock me
Main riff (only the Em part)
Verse
Chorus
CWhen she was Amine
I was a Cdifferent kind Aguy
I would Cspend time with her and her Amother
You might Csay that i Aloved her
when she was mine

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When She Was Mine

by The Kooks

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This is my first tab. Im not sure about the B part. Hope you like it

Band: The Kooks

Song: When she was mine

Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)

Main riff:

|----------------------------|

|---------4--4-----------4--4| 4x

|--2---2--2--2----2-2--2-2--2|

|--0---0--0--0----0-0--0-0--0|

|--1---1--1--1----1-1--1-1--1|

|--0---0--4--4----0-0--0-4--4|

|--2---2--2--2----2-2--2-2--2|

|--3---3--3--3----3-3--3-3--3|

|----------------------------|

|--7---7--9--9----7-7--7-9--9|

|--7---7--7--7----7-7--7-7--7|

|--5---5--5--5----5-5--5-5--5|

Verse

Em D Em

I want you back

Em D Em

Cause, I need you back

Em D Em

I miss you my lover babe

Em D Em

And i need you here

part

I found your love

to be the key

Am Am

so wont you come and unlock me

Main riff (only the Em part)

Verse

Chorus

C A

When she was mine

C A

I was a different kind guy

C A

I would spend time with her and her mother

C A

You might say that i loved her

when she was mine

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