WHITE BLANK PAGE
Author: Mumford and Sons
Album: Sigh no More
Capo on 2nd fret
Standard tuning
Please note that I only wrote down the major chord names, because the chords are fairly
and I don’t know all of the names. The chord setup is correct, however. If anyone
the chord names, you can always reply them to me.
E: 022000
D: x54035
E’: x75007
C: x32013
G: 320003
h hammer on
E|-----0-0------0-0--||---0-0-0----0-0-0--||-----0-0------0-0--| x4|-------------------||----------2--------||-0-----------------|
C G C G|-----0-0-------0-0-|-----3-3------3-3-|-----3-3-------3-3-|-----3-3------3-3-||---1-1-1-----1-1-1-|---0-0-0----0-0-0-|---1-1-1-----1-1-1-|---0-0-0----0-0-0-||-----0-0-------0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-|-----0-0-------0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-||----------02-------|------------------|----------02-------|------------------||-3-----------------|---------02-------|-3-----------------|------------------||-------------------|-3----------------|-------------------|-3--------2-------| h h h
Play this part 4 times:
1st time: intro
2nd “Can you lie next to her, and give her your heart, your heart, as well as your body?"
3rd And can you lie next to her, and confess your love, your love as well as your folly?"
4th And can you kneel before the king, and say ‘I’m clean, I’m clean"?
D E’ C D|-5---------|-7---------|-3---------|-5---------||-3---------|-0---------|-1---------|-3---------||-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------| x2|-4---------|-5---------|-2---------|-4---------||-5---------|-7---------|-3---------|-5---------||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
“But tell me now, where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?”
D E’ C D|-----5-5------5-5-|-----7-7------7-7-|-----3-3------3-3-|-----5-5------5-5-||---3-3-3----3-3-3-|---0-0-0----0-0-0-|---1-1-1----1-1-1-|---3-3-3----3-3-3-||-----0-0------0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||-5--------5-------|-7--------7-------|-3--------3-------|-5--------5-------||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
“Oh tell me now, where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?”
The rest of the song is played with the same chords. Strumming starts here.
Listen to the song for the right strumming pattern.
E C G
“----------------------------“
E C G C G
“A white blank page, and a swelling rage, rage”
E C G C G
“You did not think, when you sent me to the brink, to the brink”
E C G C G
“You desired my attention, but denied my affections, my affections”
D E’ C D D E’ C D
“But tell me now, where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?”
(strum these chords once)
D E’ C D D E’ C D
“Oh tell me now, where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?”
(soft strumming, only top strings)
E C G x2
“----------------------------“
D E’ C D x2
“aah-a-a-aah-aa-aah-a-aah”
(strum these chords once)
D E’ C D x2
“aah-a-a-aah-aa-aah-a-aah”
D E’ C D D E’ C D x2
“Lead me to the truth, and I will follow you with my whole life”
D E’ C D x2
“----------------------“
D x4
“aah-a-a-aah-aa-aah-a-aah”
(strum this chord once, only the first time)
This is my first tab, don’t go too hard on me. I’ll try to make a powertab
too, to clarify the strumming pattern.
