A Thousand Years (with Tab)

Artist: Christina Perri (English)
User: Alex B
Duration: 300 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
Chord names: Default
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Comment:
Watch here a nice tutorial for this song.
The explanations are in Portuguese but you can get a lot from the video :-)
I´ve updated the intro in 2020 to reflect changes made by the site bellow. They just changed the Intro slightly and I think it is better than before.

https://youtu.be/1VK7G-8GSm4

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Updated last time:
Alex B,
December 26, 2020, 3:05 PM
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Text

CAPO III 

Use these chords shapes:
     G5:      3300x3
     Em:      000220
     C:       01023x
     C9(4+):  21003x
     C9:      31003x  (shape 1)
              33023x  (shape 2)
     D4:      3320xx
     D:       2320xx
     G/B:     33002x
     D9/F#:   x320x2
     Em7:     030220
     
Intro:

  G5
E|3--------3--------3---------2p0----------|
B|----3--------3---------3----------3------|
G|------0--------0---------0----------0----|
D|--0--------0---------0----------0--------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|3--------3--------3---------2------------|

  Em
E|0--------0--------0-------0-------------|
B|----0---------0---------------0-----0---|
G|------0-----------------0---------0---0-|
D|--2---------2---2---2/4-----4---5-------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|0--------0------------------------------|

  C                  C9(4+)  C9 (shape 1
E|----------0--------2--------3-----------|
B|1-------------1--------1--------1-------|
G|----0-----------0----0---0----0---0-----|
D|--2---2-----2---------------------------|
A|3---------3--------3--------3-----------|
E|----------------------------------------|

  D4                  D
E|3--------3----------2--------------------|
B|----3--------3------3--------------------|
G|--2---2----2---2----2--------------------|
D|0--------0----------0--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Part 1: Guitar (Fingerpicking) & Voice

  C9 (shape 2)
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----3------------3------------3---------|
G|-0-------0----0-------0----0-------0-----|
D|---2---2--------2---2--------2---2-------|
A|3-----------3------------3---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

  C9 (shape 2)   G/B
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|------3--------------3------------3------|
G|--0-------0------0-------0----0-------0--|
D|----2---2----------0---0--------0---0----|
A|3--------------2------------2------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

  G/B                       Em7
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|------3------------3------------3--------|
G|--0-------0----0-------0----0-------0----|
D|----0---0--------0---0--------2---2------|
A|2------------2---------------------------|
E|--------------------------0--------------|

  Em7         D/F#          G5
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|------3------------3------------3--------|
G|--0-------0----2-------2----0-------0----|
D|----2---2--------0---0--------0---0------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|0------------2------------3--------------|

  C9 (shape 2)
 Heart beats fast
            G/B
 Colors and promises
           Em7
 How to be brave
            D/F#     G5      C9
 How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
                    G/B
 But watching you stand alone
            Em7            D/F#  G5    Am7
 All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow


( Guitar Strumming from this point)

            Em      D9/F#
 One step clo______ser

 G5                            D9/F#
 I have died everyday waiting for you
 Em                             D9/F#
 Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
       C   C9(4+)    C9 (shape 1)
 For a thousand years
                     D4       D
 I'll love you for a thousand more

 C9
 Time stands still
           G/B
 Beauty in all she is
           Em7
 I will be brave
             D9/F#   G5   C9
 I will not let anything take away
                     G/B
 What's standing in front of me
       Em7
 Every breath
       D9/F#    G5      Am7
 Every hour has come to this
          Em       D9/F#
 One step clo______ser


 G5                            D9/F#
 I have died everyday waiting for you
 Em                             D9/F#
 Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
       C   C9(4+)   C9
 For a thousand     years
                     D4       D
 I'll love you for a thousand more
    G5                            D9/F#
 And all along I believed I would find you
 Em
 Time has brought your heart to me
        D9/F#           C   C9(4+)   C9
 I have loved you for a thousand years
                  D4       D
 I love you for a thousand more


  ( G5  Em  C  D4  D )


 Am7      Em       D9/F#
 One step clo______ser

 Am7      Em       D9/F#
 One step clo______ser


 G5                           D9/F#
 I have died everyday waiting for you
 Em                             D9/F#
 Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
       C   C9(4+)    C9
 For a thousand years
                     D4       D
 I'll love you for a thousand more
     G5                           D9/F#
 And all along I believed I would find you
 Em
 Time has brought your heart to me
        D9/F#           C   C9(4+)    C9
 I have loved you for a thousand years
                  D4  D    G5
 I love you for a thousand more

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