What He Wrote tab

What He Wrote

Well this is my first tab! This is a song my friend Justin taught me, and he
learned it from a studio acoustic session of this song, so it's right for
that... I've just written it all down.
It's super easy to play once you get the hang of it... your two fingers
never leave the lower D and F# strings. There are little changes in the
picking every once in a while that you'll have to listen for. Enjoy!

TUNING:  D A D F# A D
CAPO: 2nd fret

Intro
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Verse
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Forgive        me        Hera                   I         cannot        stay          He

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cut   out    my        tongue there is         nothing    to           save

(while playing verse again)
Love me, Oh Lord
He threw me away
He laughed at my sins
There is nothing to say

Prechorus
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He                            wrote                     I'm     broke
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          Please        send          for           me

(while playing prechorus again)
But I am broken too
And spoken for
Do not tempt me


(Verse)
Her skin is white
And I'm light as the sun
So holy light shines
On the things you have done


Chorus
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So    I    asked       him     how he            became    this          man

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How   did   he        learn   to   hold         fruit in his            hands

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And  where  is   the     lamb   that            gave you your           name

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He had to               leave     though I       begged him         to stay

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Left me alone
When I needed the light
Fell to my knees
And I wept for my life
If he had of stayed
You might understand
If he’d had of stayed
You never would have taken my hand

(Prechorus x2)
He wrote
I’m love
Please send for me
But I am broken too
And spoken for
Do not tempt me

(This is just the second part of the chorus)
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And  where  is   the     lamb   that            gave you your           name

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He had to               leave     though I       begged him         to stay

(Chorus)
Begged him to stay
In my cold wooden grip
Begged him to stay
By the light of this ship
Me fighting him
Fighting light, fighting dawn
And the waves came and stole him
And took him to war

(Prechorus x2)
He wrote
I'm broke
Please send for me
But I am broken too
And spoken for
Do not tempt me

(Verse x2)
Forgive me Hera
I cannot stay
Cut out my tongue
There is nothing to say
Love me, Oh Lord
Her threw me away
He laughed at my sins
In his arms I must stay

(Prechorus x2)
We write
That's alright
I miss his smell
We speak
When spoken to
That suits us well
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         That                 suits               us well
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        That                  suits               me well

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