Cheating John Newman
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Cheating - John Newman
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Tabbed by: ND
E-mail: ndermawan@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard
OFFICIAL SITE
http://www.black-butter.co.uk/john-newman/
Tumblr
http://johnnewmanmusic.tumblr.com/
This guy is the singer from Rudimental's song 'Feel the Love'
Really good voice in my opinion and I want to tab this out for myself as much as
I'm also doing it for those of you who know and want to play this song.
Think he's gonna make it big soon!
Referencing this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd0WmZS-5OU
Chords progressions are: Bm, A & E for the Chorus
basically and: Bm, E, D & F7 for verses
Bm = Barre on 2 or 7
A = Barre on 5 or open strings on 2
E = open strings
D = open strings on chord on x5777x
F7 = chord on x 9 11 9 11 x
Intro - you can also play this using the lower chord positions, but I'm too
lazy to tab that out sorry, should be simple enough - edit. i did it anyway
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------7--9--7----9p7---------------7--9--7-----------7---------------------| G|------7--9--7----9p7---------------7--9--7----9p7h9-----7h9p7--------------| D|----------------------9--7h-8--9-------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Alternate ending goes like: In shape of Bm
e|---------2---------------------| B|--5p3h5-----3h5p3--------------| G|--------------------4----------|
Chorus
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I could l[Bm]ove you
[A]Better,
[E]Better than you once [E]knew
If you're [Bm]cheatin'
cheat o[A]n yeah
Cause c[E]heating's just a thing you do,
its jus[E]t a thing you do yeah
- play 2nd half of intro lick on LOW Bm as the filler
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----3--5--3---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----4--2--4---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----4--4--4----2p0h2--4--0h2p0--------------------------------------------| A|--2--------------------------------2-- Go straight to verse 2 ------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
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So you're s[Bm]unday monday [E]aah
Han[D]ging with your boy ag[F7]ain
Came a' bac[Bm]k on the tues[E]day
I t[D]old him to come here [F7]again
Filler 1st part Bm lick (high)
Well its time to tell you
Filler 2nd part Bm lick (low)
yeah its time to tell you
Chorus
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I could lo[Bm]ve you
Be[A]tter
Be[E]tter than you once knew [E]na na na
If you're[Bm] cheatin'
c[A]heat on
Cause che[E]ating's just a thing you do
its just [E]a thing you do yeah
Filler 1st part Bm lick (high)
Verse 2
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So you're fr[Bm]iday saturday[E]
Gr[D]oovin' with that boy again[F7]
You c[Bm]ame home a' cryin[E]
I t[D]old you to leave again'[F7] nah na
Bm - lick, same goes.
Time to tell you
[Bm]
Yeah its time to tell you
Chorus
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I could [Bm]love you
[A]Better aw na
[E]Better than you once knew[E] no no no
If you're ch[Bm]eatin'
cheat [A]on yeah
[E]Cause cheating's just a thing yo[E]u do
aw yeah
Bridge strumming thing
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-------------------| D|------------------------------2-------------2------------------------------| A|--2-------------4----------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-----4-44-44-4-------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--2-------------4----------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------0-------------0------------------------------| X2
We need to talk now baby
wooo so serious now alright
you done some things so bad to me o oh
you went behind my back
you made me feel sorry
you went behind my back
you made me feel sorry
you went behind my back
you made me feel sorry
you went behind my back
*Start strumming Bm to go into chorus again*
woooo na
Chorus
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I could [Bm]love you
[A]Better aw na
[E]Better than you once knew[E] nah nah nah
If you're ch[Bm]eatin'
cheat [A]on yeah
[E]Cause cheating's just a thing yo[E]u do
[mmm] [mmmm] [mmm]
e|-------------------------------------------------| B|------7--9--7-----------7--9--7b-----------------| G|------7--9--7-----------7--9--7b-----------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|---------let ring----------------bend up---------| E|---7-----------------7---------------------------|
As for the adlibs....figure it out yourself, should be easily audible but a pain to tab, sorry.
Hope it makes sense! enjoy.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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