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                        Wouldn’t be a lie – Ben Howard
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Tabbed by: Neil Wicker
Email: wicker101@hotmail.co.uk

Tuning: Standard 

Capo 3

such a beautiful song. Quite easy to play once you get your head around the quick 

Intro:

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G|--------0-------------------0--------2-----------2-------|
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A|--0------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3---------------1--------------------1----|

Verse: (the basic pattern is the same but there’s some small differences on each line)

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A|--0----------------------------------------|
E|------------3---------0--------1-----------|
    Maybe     I      could’ve…  mind

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G|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------2-----|
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    Maybe you could of thought about some else

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     Rather than yourself

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    Anybody but yourself 

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   And I know, that you felt lonely

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   I know, people tried to get you down and
   All around those laughing faces


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D|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3--------|
A|--0-----------------------------------|
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Single you out in the crowd 

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D|--------2-----2-----2-----2----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
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Oh single you out in the crowd


Verse 2:

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I tried so hard, to help you understand
To put some hope into your hand
And all the time you cried and said you me
Why can’t everything be right? 

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D|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3--|
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Each time I have to put up a fight

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And the world keeps on winning 

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Oh yeah the world keeps on winning
Chorus: 

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X4

Wouldn’t be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight
Wouldn’t be a lie if I said I was missing you 
Wouldn’t be a lie if I said I was missing you tonight
Wouldn’t be a lie if I said I was missing you, missing you, missing you 

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D|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3--|
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Verse: 
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Never thought that you, that you wouldn’t be here
Never thought that I would see these tears
And these lonely time I’m feeling without 
And I don’t have you through it all
No I don’t have you though it all 

Chorus x2

Ending:

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D|-----2----------|
A|--0-------------|
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend