I Am Understood?
First verse (acoustic part):
Bm Bm/G D A (4X)
First verse (electric part) and all other verses: just use some basic
strum pattern
e--------------------
B--------------------
G--4---------7-------
D--4----5----7----7--
A--2----5----5----7--
E-------3---------5--
B5 G5 D5 A5
At the end of the verse hold out the A5 for another measure
Chorus: the song changes from 4/4 to 6/8 time here so its a tricky
transition so i put how to count it off above the tab to match the
strum pattern
123456123456123456123456123456123456123456123456
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G--7-77777-7777------------4-44444-4444-------------
D--7-77777-77775-55555-55554-44444-44444-44447-7777-
A--5-55555-55555-55555-55552-22222-22224-44447-7777-
E--------------3-33333-3333------------2-22225-5555-
D5 G5 B5 F#5 A5
After the chorus play this:
e-------------------
B-------------------
G--7777xxxx7777xxxx-
D--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
A--5555xxxx5555xxxx-
E------------------- then go into the next verse
At the end of the 2nd verse when you're holding out the A5, guitar 2 plays:
e-----------------
B-----------------
G--14-\\6--7--9---
D--x--\\x--x--x---
A--12-\\4--5--7---
E-----------------
Play chorus again
Bridge: this is played with a mild distortion/delay effect
e-------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------
G------0----0----0----0----0----0-----------
D---0h4--0h4--0h4--0h4--0h4--0h4---0h4-5p4--
A-----------------------------------------5-
E--2--------------0----2----------2--------- play three times
After that play this: (x means palm mute that note)
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G----0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0---------
D-----------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-
A--22-22-2---------55-55-5-00-00-0-22-22-2---------55-55-5--7-7-7-7-
E----------33-33-3-------------------------33-33-3----------5-5-5-5-
xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x
Play 3rd verse
Here's one part in the 3rd verse that drops to clean delay guitar:
e-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G----0-------0-------0-------0--
D---4-------4-------4-------4---
A--5-------5-------5-------5----
E-------------------------------
Finish the 3rd verse, play the chorus
After the last chorus play this: (careful-this is one tricky tab to read!)
e--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
B--3333xxxx3333xxxx3333xxxx3333xxxx-
G--2222xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
D--0000xxxx0000xxxx0000xxxx0000xxxx-
A--xxxxxxxx0000xxxx1111xxxxxxxxxxxx-
E--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx3333xxxx- play it 2 1/2 times
D D/A D/Bb G
Outro: (the noise has broken my defense...)
Bb5 G5 D5 A5 (play a lot of times)
When he starts repeating "let me embrace salvation" hold the D5 for a while
End:
e-----------------
B------------7----
G--3----5----7----
D--3----5----7----
A--1----3----5----
E-----------------
Bb5 C5 D
Chords used:
Bm x2443x
Bm/G 3x443x
D x5777x
A 5776xx
Bb5 x133xx
G5 355xxx
D5 x577xx
A5 577xxx
This song, I Am Understood?, is from TabsForWorship.com
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