You Were A House On Fire Tabs & Lyrics by Listener
You Were A House On Fire
guitar tabs lyrics
The whole song is pretty simple. There is just some small riffs during the first verse I
can't get, so If you can understand them, please post a comment or correction. Thanks!
Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--------7--------5-------7-------9---7----------------------|
A|--4--------5--------4-------5-------7---5----------------------|
D|--0--------5--------0-------5-------7---5----------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--------7--------99999999---77777---------------------------|
A|--4--------5--------77777777---55555---------------------------|
D|--0--------5--------77777777---55555---------------------------|
Verse 1 Play as many times as needed.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------0----2/4-2h0------------0-----------0--------------------|
A|----0---0-----------4-5-----2---2-----0h2---2------------------|
D|--0-----------------------5---------5--------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------0----2/4-2h0------------0------/4--5---------------------|
A|----0---0-----------4-5-----2---2------------------------------|
D|--0-----------------------5------------------------------------|
Verse 2 All down strums. During the live performances he loops the power chord part
and plays some octaves, so it's still, technically, a one guitar song.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4------7------4------7777-99-77-----------------------------|
A|---5-x8---5-x8---5-x8---5555-55-55-----------------------------|
D|---0------5------0------5555-55-55-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4------7------9------7--------------------------------------|
A|---5-x8---5-x8---7-x8---5-x8-----------------------------------|
D|---0------5------7------5--------------------------------------|
"Second Guitar" Octaves x2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7------14---------7------14-----11-----9---------------------|
D|--x-x8---x--x8------x-x8---x--x4--x--x2--x-x2------------------|
A|--5------12---------5------12-----9------7---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7------14------444--666--77--999--111111--99-----------------|
D|--x-x8---x--x8---xxx--xxx--xx--xxx--x-x-x---xx-----------------|
A|--5------12------222--444--55--777--9-9-9---77-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro: Again, some riffs towards the end I can't figure out
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------0----2/4-2h0------------0---------0----------------------|
A|----0---0-----------4-5-----2---2-----2---2--------------------|
D|--0-----------------------5---------5--------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------0----2/4-2h0------------0-----------0--------------------|
A|----0---0-----------4-5-----2---2-----0h2---2------------------|
D|--0-----------------------5---------5--------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note