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Ben Howard - Time Is Dancing Tabs

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Time Is Dancing Tabs

(ver. 1)
Ben Howard
[Verse 1]

F
Wrapped up in dissonance
Gm      Am Bb   Gm F             Am  Eb
I'm sor-ry that    I just walked a-  way
F                             Gm   Am
Lost in the insignificance of mine
  Bb  Gm F     Am Eb
I had no words to say
F
Now I am better
  Gm      Am    Bb  Gm F Ab   Em
I implore you to say it is-n't right
F
But somewhere deep in history
     Gm     Am     Bb  Gm    F   Am      Eb
Your father pulled the teeth out of your fight

The chorus is just held chords in the shapes shown above


[Chorus]

Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
  Bb                            F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb                               F
You again, all you, all you, all you
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
  Bb                            F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb                        F
Me again, all fired up on you


[Bridge 1]

    Eb  F     Gm     Am Eb*     *octave up
And now she's caught between
        Dm               Am Bb  Eb
What to say and what she really means

  Eb  F  Gm  Am Eb*  Dm   Am Bb  Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---|
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|

  F                                 Gm  Am  Bb Gm  F Am Eb
E|---------------------------------|-------------------|----------|
B|4h5p4----4h5p4----4h5p4---4h5p4--|5---7---9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
G|4--------4--------4-------4------|5---7---9\-5---4/7-|2--2--2--2|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------|----------| x2
A|---------------------------------|-------------------|----------|
E|5-----5--5-----5--5-----5-------5|7---9---10\7---5/8-|3--3--3--3|


[Verse 2]

F
Wrapped up in empathy
    Gm    Am      Bb  Gm  F    Am Eb 
The chemicals are pushing past my blood
F
Hold all my cliches
         Gm         Am        Bb   Gm  F    Am   Eb
They are tipping my tongue to tell you that it's love


[Chorus]

Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
  Bb                            F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb                               F
You again, all you, all you, all you
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
  Bb                            F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb                        F
Me again, all fired up on you


[Bridge 2]

    Eb  F     Gm     Am Eb*     *octave up
And now she's caught between
        Dm               Am Bb  Eb
What to say and what she really means
    Eb F  Gm      Am   Eb
And I  am finally coloring
           Dm           Am   Bb Eb
Inside the lines that I live be-tween

  Eb  F  Gm  Am Eb*  Dm   Am Bb  Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---| x2
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|

After that there is a section where he just vamps the Eb, with the occasional bend:

  Eb
E|-----------------------------|
B|------2br3------2br3------7b9|
G|----2------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|3----------------------------|


[Chorus 3]

Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
  Bb                            F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb                               F
You again, all you, all you, all you
Gm
Hold it in, oh let's go dancing
  Bb                            F
I do believe we're only passing through
Gm
Wired again now look who's laughing
Bb                        F
Me again, all fired up on you

The pattern played changes to a percussive pattern (x = percussive slap)

  Gm                          Bb                            F
E|----------5--|----------5--|-----------5--|-----------5--|-----------5--|-----------5--|
B|--5-----5----|--5-----5----|--------------|--------------|--4------4----|--4------4----|
G|-------------|-------------|--9------9----|--9------9----|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|0---x--0-----x|0---x--0-----x|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|7---x-7-----x|7---x-7-----x|--------------|--------------|4---x--4-----x|4---x--4-----x|

  Eb  F  Gm  Am Eb*  Dm   Am Bb  Eb
E|-------------|----|----|------|---|
B|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
G|2---4--5---7-|14--|12--|7-/9--|2--|
D|-------------|----|----|------|---|
A|-------------|----|----|------|---| 
E|3---5--7---9-|15--|14--|9-/10-|3--|

Closes on:
  Eb
E|-----|
B|0h2--|
G|0h2--|
D|-----|
A|-----| x3
E|3----|            
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