Bon Iver - Perth Chords & Tabs

 

Perth Chords & Tabs

Bon Iver Chords & Tabs

Version: 6 Type: Tab

Perth Tab

   
Bon Iver, "Perth"
Tab by bsw111 on ultimate-guitar.com


I know that Justin Vernon tweeted this on June 1, 2011:

blobtower Justin D.E. Vernon
EBD#F#BE im pretty sure "@jackmilas: @blobtower what tuning is Perth in? :)"
1 Jun

And I realize that this is a very authoritative source. However, I personally
cannot figure out how to get Perth's guitar part out of this tuning, no matter
where I put a capo (it can be done though, jameseades posted a tab of Perth
using this tuning - I think that the recording sounds different from this
though, more relaxed).

This tuning and this guitar part sound to me like what's being played on the
recording.

Tuning (open D9):    Capo fifth fret:

d                    g
a                    d
F#                   B
E                    a
a                    d
d                    g


It's possible that Justin Vernon meant to say this in his tweet (he suggests
that he's not totally sure that EBD#F#BE is the right tuning):

Tuning (open E9):    Capo third fret:

E                    g
B                    d
G#                   B
F#                   a
B                    d
E                    g
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bon_iver/perth_tab_ver_6.html ]
But I think open D9 will result in fewer broken strings.


Fingerings are relative to capo. Let almost all notes ring.

Main part:

g  ---------------------------------------------------0------------|
d  -----------------------0---------------0-----------2h4h5p4p2p0--|
B  ---------0-------------0h2h3-2-------2--------------------------|
A  ---------0h2-----------0-------------0--------------------------|
D  --0------0------x--------------------0--------------------------|
G  --0------0------2-------------4------4--------------------------|

     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4

Variation on main part:

g  -------------------------------------------------------------|
d  --0-------------0-------------0--------------------0----0-0--|
B  --0-------------2-------------3--------------------2----2p0--|
A  --0-------------0-------------0--------------------0----0-0--|
D  --0-------------0-------------0--------------------0----0-0--|
G  --0-------------2-------------4--------------------2----2p0--|

     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4      1


Loud part (starting at 2:32, rhythm not shown):

g  ------------------------------------------|
d  --0------0------0------0--0----------0----|
B  --8------3------7------2--0----------0----|
A  --9------4------x------0--0----------0h2--|
D  --9------4------7-------------0------0----|
G  --9------4------7-------------0------0----|