Heartbeat The Fray
Here are the tabs for The Fray's Heartbeat: (including 3 guitar parts)
There were no real tabs yet, so I learned this by ear, so I'm really sorry
if there are mistakes or if it's not 100%
the way how The Fray play it!
(I don't own good recording gear, hope you still enjoy!!!)
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Guitar1:
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Tuning: Standard
Capo 2nd
Clean or slighty distorted
Chorus:
Chord structure:
[Em7] [C] [add9] [G] [G] [sus2]
e|------3---------3-------3--------3--------------------| B|------3---------3-------3--------3--------------------| G|------0---------0-------0--------2--------------------| D|------2---------2-------0--------0--------------------| A|------2---------3-------2--------0--------------------| E|------0-----------------3--------3--------------------|
Recommended strumming pattern:
D D DU U UD DUDU
The chords change at the beginning/end of the pattern AND at the 2nd Up stroke!!!
For example: Em7: D D DU
C add9: U UD DUDU
G: D D DU
G: sus2: U UD DUDU
To get the feeling of the rhythm right you have to lift up your fingers a
lil at the 2nd up stroke of the pattern. That catches the tune pretty good in my opinion!
(hard to explain.. check out my cover to make sure!)
Verse:
Chords of the chorus palmmuted, downstrums only
(I let the very last 3 strokes of the G sus2 ring out.. only the D G B and high E string)
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2nd Chorus ending, right before the bridge:
play a...
[C] [add9]
[G]
[Em7]
...and let it ring out... (1 Downstrum each)
Bridge:
[E5] [G] [sus] [2]
e|-------------------------3------| B|-------------------------3------| G|-------------------------2------| D|------2------------------0------| A|------2-------------------------| E|------0-------------------------|
PM
stay a while on the E powerchord with palmmuted downstrums only, at the end play the G sus2
like above kinda open...
After that another chorus..
End the song with 1 Downstrum each on:
[C] [add9]
[G]
[Em7]
... that's it! :)
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Guitar2:
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Tuning: Standard
distorted
Not 100% sure what's going on there during the chorus,
but I play an A powerchord (as an octave higher) which sounds pretty nice:
Chorus:
[A5]
e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|------14---------| D|------14---------| A|------12---------| E|-----------------|
strum that chord open, lift up your fingers at certain points to catch the tune
correctly... (same pattern like guitar 1)
Verse:
e|----------------5-----------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----6---6-7---6----6---6-7---6----| Play this 9 times until you go D|----------------------------------| into the next chorus A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|
(at the 2nd verse this is played 11 times, if I counted correctly..)
2nd Chorus ending, right before the bridge:
1 Downstrum each on:
A5 A5 (no idea how that last chord is called, but it sounds nice played clean..)
e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------14---14------13---| D|------14---14------14---| A|------12---12------12---| E|------------------------|
Bridge:
[E5]
e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|------2-------------------| A|------2-------------------| E|------0-------------------|
PM
stay a while on the E powerchord with palmmuted downstrums only, at the end play
the E powerchord kinda open, right before you go into the last chorus...
Ending:
1 Downstrum each on:
A5 A maj Triad (sounds nice with an open D in the base!! )
e|----------------------9------| B|----------------------10-----| G|------14-----13-------9------| D|------14-----14-------0------| A|------12-----12--------------| E|-----------------------------|
... that's it! :)
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Guitar3:
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Tuning: Standard
distorted
The fun part in the very beginning of the song:
e|---------------------------------------| B|----9b10--9--7~~~--9b10--9--7--5~~~----| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|
b = bend to..
~~ = let ring
Verse (this could be part of the piano, but I clearly hear this on the recording, and it
kicks in a bit after guitar 2...) sounds sweet...
1st time: around 0:30
2nd time: around 1:34
e|---------------------------------------| B|------------10-------------------------| G|----9h11--9----9h11--9-----------------| Repeat it 5x D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|
h = hammer on..
In the end this is played again, including the ending of the song:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----9b10--9--7~~~--9b10--9--7--5~~~--9b10--9--7--5-------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------6-6b7--6--4--2~~~-| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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This is how I play the song. This was learned by ear! so I'm aware that it's probably
not 100%
the way how The Fray play it.
Hope you enjoy it!
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