Time Is Dancing Tab

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                Time Is Dancing - Ben Howard
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Tabbed By : Aeonoptic
e-mail: aeonoptic@gmail.com
 
Tuning: C F Bb F F C
 
Note: The recorded version uses 3 separate guitars:
        - What is tabbed here
        - A 2nd guitar that play high arpeggios, essentially what the
          main guitar does in the final chorus
        - A 3rd that makes fuzzy ambience
      so don't be surprised if it doesn't sound exactly like the album
 
  F                                 Gm  Am  Bb Gm  F Ab 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|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------| x4
A|---------------------------------|------|------------|----------|
E|5-----5--5-----5--5-----5-------5|7---9-|-10\7---5/8-|3--3--3--3|
 
 
[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 Ab 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--|
B|--5-----5----|--5-----5----|------------12--|-----------12--|--4------4----|--4------4----|
G|-------------|-------------|---9------9-----|--9------9-----|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|----x----------x|----x---------x|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
E|7---x-7-----x|7---x-7-----x|10-----10-------|10-----10------|5---x--5-----x|5---x--5-----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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| x   Dead note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| +  harmonic
| ~  vibrato
 
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