Guiding Light

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Ed Sheeran - Guiding Light (Foy Vance cover)
Tabbed from this recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgUEfpx5k4
Tabbed by: swiz2000
Please check the youtube video for strumming.
Tabs are a bit difficult to read but that's how Ed is playing it (lot of variation).
C
x32013
Csus2
x30033
Cadd9
x32033
D
xx0232
Dsus4
xx0233
Dadd11 x5403x
G5
3x0033
G 320003 (pinkie on the 1st string)
Intro
x2
e|--3--------3-x--x---|-3---------------|-2----------2h3--|-3------3--------|
B|--3--------3-x--x---|-3---------------|-3----------3----|-3------3--------|
G|--0--------0-0--0---|-0---------------|-2----------2----|-0------0--------|
D|--0h2------2/4--4h5-|-0---------------|-----------------|-0------0--------|
A|--3--------3/5--5---|-x---------------|-----------------|-x------xh2------|
E|--x--------x-x--x---|-3---------------|-----------------|-3------3--------|
Csus2 Cadd9Csus2 Cadd9
(hammer on ) (hammer on )
Well the road is wide,
G5
And waters run on either side,
D Dsus4
(hammer on )
And my shadow went with fading light,
G5
Stretching out towards the night.
Csus2 Cadd9Csus2 Cadd9
(hammer on ) (hammer on )
'Cause the Sun is low,
G5
And I yet have so much more to go,
D Dsus4
(hammer on )
My lonely heart is beating so,
G5
Tired of the wonder.
Csus2 Cadd9Csus2 Cadd9
(hammer on ) (hammer on )
But there's a sign ahead,
G5
Though I think it's the same one again,
D Dsus4D Dsus4
(hammer on ) (hammer on )
And I'm thinking 'bout my only friend,
G5
Till I find my way home.
C G
So when I need to get home
Dadd11
You're my guiding light,
G
You're my guiding light.
C G
When I need to get home
Dadd11
You're my guiding light,
G
You're my guiding light.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Here Ed is changing how the C and the G is played:
Csus2
x30013
C
x32013
G5
320003
G
320013
Dadd11 x54035
pm = palm mute
t = only play top (bass) string
------------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar only:
Csus2 C G5 G G
(hammer on ) (hammer on ) Dadd11
Csus2 C Csus2 C
(hammer on ) (hammer on )
Well the air is cold,
G5 G
(hammer on )
And yonder lies my sleeping soul,
Dadd11
By the branches broke like bones,
G5 G
(hammer on )
This weakened tree no longer holds.
Csus2 C Csus2 C
(hammer on ) (hammer on )
Oh but the night is still,
G5 G
(hammer on )
And I have not yet lost my will,
Dadd11
Oh and I will keep on moving 'till,
G5 G
(hammer on )
'Till I find my way home.
x4
C G
(pm) (pm)
So when I need to get home
Dadd11 (pm)
You're my guiding light,
G5 G
(hammer on )
You're my guiding light.
x2
C G
(t) (t)
So when I need to get home
Dadd11 (t)
You're my guiding light,
G
(t)
You're my guiding light.

Guiding Light chords and lyrics

Free chords for Guiding Light by Ed Sheeran. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Ed Sheeran - Guiding Light (Foy Vance cover)
Tabbed from this recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgUEfpx5k4
Tabbed by: swiz2000
Please check the youtube video for strumming.
Tabs are a bit difficult to read but that's how Ed is playing it (lot of variation).
C      x32013
Csus2  x30033
Cadd9  x32033
D      xx0232
Intro
x2
                        Dadd11
You're my guiding light, 
                        Dadd11
You're my guiding light, 
------------------------------------------------------------------
Here Ed is changing how the C and the G is played:
Csus2  x30013
C      x32013
G5     320003
pm = palm mute
t = only play top (bass) string
------------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar only:
Csus2 (hammer on C)   G5 (hammer on G)   Dadd11   G
                Dadd11
By the branches broke like bones, 
                      Dadd11
Oh and I will keep on moving 'till, 
x4
                        Dadd11 (pm)
You're my guiding light, 
x2
                        Dadd11 (t)
You're my guiding light,

Guiding Light Chords by Ed Sheeran

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Guiding Light Chords · Ed Sheeran