Holocene Bon Iver

 
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*Bon Iver - Holocene*

 
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Standard Tuning

*CAPO 6TH FRET*

*This is not how he plays it (He uses Nashville tuning), and in

the recording there's more than one guitar, but it sounds good like this

and its easier to play. The tab is not 100% accurate (I couldn't quite

figure out how to get the rhyhtm right), but you can figure it out and go

*With much credit to Katie Boeck (and the other people who have tabbed

similar versions)--I originally learned this from her lesson here:

decided to tab it out.

*Also, check out her cover of the song--its very good--here:

*BTW this is my first tab*

Intro:

[G] [G] [Em] [G/D] [G/D]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---3---3---0-----|---3---3---0-----|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-----0---4-----4-|-----0---4-----4-|-----0-------0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-5---------------|-5---------------|-2-------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[C] [C] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-----|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-| x2
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|---------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|

Verse 1:

[G] [G] [Em] [G/D] [G/D]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---3---3---0-----|---3---3---0-----|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-----0---4-----4-|-----0---4-----4-|-----0-------0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-5---------------|-5---------------|-2-------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Someway baby... Apart from me...

[G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Laying waste to...

[C] [C] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-----|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|---------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|

[G] [G] [Em] [G/D] [G/D]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---3---3---0-----|---3---3---0-----|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-----0---4-----4-|-----0---4-----4-|-----0-------0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-5---------------|-5---------------|-2-------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

You f***ed it... Struck the...

[G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

In Milwaukee...

[C] [C] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Chorus:

[C] [C] [C] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

At once I knew...

[Em] [Em] [G/D] [G/D]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|

[G/D] [G/D] [C] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Strayed above...

[C] [C] [Em] [G/D]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|

[G/D] [G/D] [G/D] [C]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Jagged...

[Em] [G] [G/D] [G/D]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E---------0-------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|

Vacance... Thick with...

[G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C] [G/D]

 
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|

Miles, Miles,

[G] [G]

 
 e-----------------|---^-3-----------|
 B---0---0---0-----|---|-0-----------|
 G-----0---2-----0-|---|-0-----------|
 D-----------------|---|-0-----------|
 A-----------------|---|-2-----------|
 E-3---------------|---|-3-----------|

Miles

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{t:Holocene}
 {st:Bon Iver}
 
 
 {sot}
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {eot}
 *Bon Iver - Holocene*
 
 {sot}
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {eot}
 
 Standard Tuning
 
 *CAPO 6TH FRET*
 
 *This is not how he plays it (He uses Nashville tuning), and in
 the recording there's more than one guitar, but it sounds good like this
 and its easier to play. The tab is not 100% accurate (I couldn't quite
 figure out how to get the rhyhtm right), but you can figure it out and go
 
 *With much credit to Katie Boeck (and the other people who have tabbed
 similar versions)--I originally learned this from her lesson here:
 decided to tab it out.
 
 *Also, check out her cover of the song--its very good--here:
 
 *BTW this is my first tab*
 
 Intro:
 
 [G] [G] [Em] [G/D] [G/D] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---3---3---0-----|---3---3---0-----|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-----0---4-----4-|-----0---4-----4-|-----0-------0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-5---------------|-5---------------|-2-------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 
 
 [G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 
 
 [C] [C] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-----|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-| x2
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|---------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 {eot}
 
 
 Verse 1:
 
 [G] [G] [Em] [G/D] [G/D] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---3---3---0-----|---3---3---0-----|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-----0---4-----4-|-----0---4-----4-|-----0-------0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-5---------------|-5---------------|-2-------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 Someway baby... Apart from me...
 
 [G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 Laying waste to...
 
 [C] [C] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-----|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|---------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 {eot}
 
 
 [G] [G] [Em] [G/D] [G/D] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---3---3---0-----|---3---3---0-----|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-----0---4-----4-|-----0---4-----4-|-----0-------0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-5---------------|-5---------------|-2-------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 You f***ed it... Struck the...
 
 [G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 In Milwaukee...
 
 [C] [C] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 
 
 Chorus:
 
 [C] [C] [C] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 At once I knew...
 
 [Em] [Em] [G/D] [G/D] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 
 
 [G/D] [G/D] [C] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 Strayed above...
 
 [C] [C] [Em] [G/D] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
 A---------3-------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 
 
 [G/D] [G/D] [G/D] [C] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 Jagged...
 
 
 [Em] [G] [G/D] [G/D] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
 G-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|
 D-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E---------0-------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 Vacance... Thick with...
 
 [G/D] [G/D] [Em] [C] [G/D] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
 G-2-----2-----0---|-2-----2-----0---|-2-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---|
 D---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|---------0-------|
 A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
 E-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|
 {eot}
 Miles, Miles,
 
 [G] [G] 
 {sot}
 e-----------------|---^-3-----------|
 B---0---0---0-----|---|-0-----------|
 G-----0---2-----0-|---|-0-----------|
 D-----------------|---|-0-----------|
 A-----------------|---|-2-----------|
 E-3---------------|---|-3-----------|
 {eot}
 Miles
 
 Then you basically repeat the ENTIRE pattern 2 more times for verses 2 and 3.

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