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Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift
Tab by Alex Maldonado
Info:
Capo 7th Fret
Chord Chart at the bottom of the page
Chord Chart at the bottom of the page
Right hand fingering shown under tabs
T=Thumb F=First finger/Index M=Middle finger R=Ring finger
Order of the song:
Intro - Verse - Pre Chorus - Chorus- Intro - Verse - Pre Chorus-Chorus(2nd)- Bridge - Chours (3rd)- Outro
Right Hand Resting Position
My basic right hand resting position is with the thumb on the D string my first finger on the G string my middle finger on the B string and my ring finger on the high E string and in most cases those fingers play the strings that they rest on. The thumb also plays the A string and Low E string. There will be many cases where a finger will play a note it normally does not rest on so this is just a rule of thumb! (Ha! No pun intended)
T=Thumb F=First finger/Index M=Middle finger R=Ring finger
Order of the song:
Intro - Verse - Pre Chorus - Chorus- Intro - Verse - Pre Chorus-Chorus(2nd)- Bridge - Chours (3rd)- Outro
Right Hand Resting Position
My basic right hand resting position is with the thumb on the D string my first finger on the G string my middle finger on the B string and my ring finger on the high E string and in most cases those fingers play the strings that they rest on. The thumb also plays the A string and Low E string. There will be many cases where a finger will play a note it normally does not rest on so this is just a rule of thumb! (Ha! No pun intended)
Intro
Part 1
Dmin Amin Fmaj Cmaj C/B
E|--------1p0--------------------------------------------------
B|--------3-------------1-----------------------------------1--
G|-----2----------------2--0h2--2--2--0----------0-------0-----
D|--0----------0-----2-----3-------3-----0h2--2----------------
A|----------------0----------------------3----------0h2--------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
T F R T T T M F F F F F F M T F M
M F T T T
Part - 2
Dmin Amin Fmaj Cmaj
E|--------1p0--------------------------------
B|--------3-------------1--------1--------1--
G|-----2----------------2--2-----------0-----
D|--0----------0-----2-----3--3-----3--------
A|----------------0-----------------------3--
E|-------------------------------------------
T F R T T T M F T M T F M
M F T T
VERSE
PART 1
Dmin Amin Fmaj Cmaj C/B
E|--0h1--------1p0----------------0-----------------------------------------
B|--3----------3----------0h1-----1--------------------------------------1--
G|----------2----------0----------------0h2--2--2--0----------0-------0-----
D|-------0----------0----------2-----2--3-------3-----0h2--2----------------
A|------------------------0---------------------------3----------0h2--------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
R T F R T F M T R T F F F F F F M T F M
M M T M T T T
PART 2
Dmin Amin Fmaj Cmaj
E|--------1p0-----------------------------------0--
B|--------3-------------1--------1--------1-----1--
G|-----2----------------2--2-----------0-----------
D|--0----------0-----2-----3--3-----3--------2-----
A|----------------0-----------------------3--------
E|-------------------------------------------------
T F R T T T M F T M T F M T R
M F T M
* The order of parts for the verse is Part1 - Part2 - Part 1 then it goes to the Pre-Chorus
* The order of parts for the verse is Part1 - Part2 - Part 1 then it goes to the Pre-Chorus
PRE-CHORUS
Gmaj Fmaj
E|--------------------------------------0-----
B|--------0--------1-----3--------1--3--------
G|-----0--0-----0--------------2-----------2--
D|-----------0-----2--2-----2-----------------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|--3-----------------------------------------
T F M T F M T M T F M M R F
F T
CHORUS
Fmaj Cmaj Gmaj
E|-----------------------0--------------3p0--------0--------
B|--1-----1--------3--------------1----------1--3-----3--1--
G|--2-----2-----2--------------0----------------------------
D|-----3-----3--------3-----0--------2----------------------
A|--------------------------------3-------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------3-----------
M T M T F M T R T F M T R M M R M M
F F T T
Fmaj Cmaj Gmaj
E|-------------------------0--------------3p0--------0--------
B|----------1--------3--------------1----------1--3-----3--1--
G|--0h2-----2-----2--------------0----------------------------
D|--3----3-----3--------3-----0--------2----------------------
A|----------------------------------3-------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------3-----------
F T M T F M T R T F M T R M M R M M
T F T T
Fmaj Cmaj Gmaj
E|-------------------------0--------------3p0--------0--------
B|----------1--------3--------------1----------1--3-----3--1--
G|--0h2-----2-----2--------------0----------------------------
D|--3----3-----3--------3-----0--------2----------------------
A|----------------------------------3-------------2-----------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
F T M T F M T R T F M T R M M R M M
T F T T
Amin7 Amin7/G D/F#
E|--------0-----------0--------------0-----
B|-----------1-----------1-----1--3--------
G|--------------------------2-----------2--
D|-----2-----------2-----------------------
A|--0--------------------------------------
E|--------------3--------------------------
T T R M T T R M F M M R F
T T R M T T R M F M M R F
Chours (2nd time)
Fmaj 8x | Cmaj 4x | Gmaj 4x |Repeat 3x
Amin 4x |Gmaj 4x | D/F# 8x
Bridge (oooh oooh ooooh part)
Fmaj 8x| Gmaj 8x| Amin 8x| Gmaj 8x| Repeat 2x
Chorus (3rd time)
Fmaj Cmaj Gmaj
E|-----------------------0--------------3p0-----------
B|--1-----1--------3--------------1----------------3--
G|--2-----2-----2--------------0----------------0-----
D|-----3-----3--------3-----0--------2-------2-------- Repeat 2x
A|--------------------------------3-------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------3--
M T M T F M T R T F M T R T F M
F F T T
Fmaj 8x| Cmaj 4x| Gmaj 4x
Amin 4x |Gmaj 4x | D/F# 8x
Outro
Fmaj 8x| Cmaj 4x| Gmaj 4x| Repeat as many times as needed
Chord Chart/Fingerings
The End
The End
This awesome! I was looking everywhere for these tabs and couldn't find them. Love your youtube tutorials and I'm looking forward to more!
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Thanks!
Alex, this is amazing! I learned to first finger pick on this song! Any possible what to get Kisses & Cake by John Powell from "PS I Love You"? :) I've been looking for that song everywhere!
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to get this out to everyone!
OMG thank you very much for this tab! This is awesome, thanks thanks thanks thanks <3
ReplyDeletewas just wondering where you put your left finger at the gmaj? : )
ReplyDeleteWhat does the 0h2 mean?
ReplyDeleteIt's a hammer on. Basically open string then without plucking, press on the second fret while the string is still producing them tones :D
DeleteGuys another great faster-music guitar tutorial and cover person is akintomeatloaf/kenneth lee. look him up on fb and youtube. :) Alex: you have the best and most informative tutorial on youtube of this song. THX
ReplyDeleteSO HELPFULL THANKS =D
ReplyDeletecould you do the a team by ed sheeran?
ReplyDeleteThanks! This is somewhat my first advanced level finger picking song. I have never had so much trouble learning a song before. Took me 5 days to get it right. Still has some places that I could play better though. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great tab and tutorial of Safe and Sound, seriously. It's very straight forward and well done. Good job. =)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Having the chord charts at the bottom was a nice touch, but the images don't seem to be working anymore.
tnx for this tab.. I really love this song and you really helped me to learn this plucking stuff. I also watched your tutorial in youtube and I can say that you are really good teacher..
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ReplyDeletewhat is the strumming pattern for this song?
ReplyDeleteCould someone please show me where I can find a chord diagram of the chords? The bottom picture's don't show, and it's hard because of all the variations of ways there are. And what does stuff like
ReplyDelete"Chorus (2nd time)
Fmaj 8x | Cmaj 4x | Gmaj 4x |Repeat 3x
Amin 4x |Gmaj 4x | D/F# 8x" mean? Like the | part.
(Sorry, I'm new at finger picking)
love it. iT's just awesome.:x could you do a video of you playing the whole instrumental song and you sing along the song. I succesfully learned to play the song but I still feel it some kind of awkward when I play it from the beginning to end and I don't know how to sing and to play the guitar at the same time. so please help :((
ReplyDeleteHow'd you play the C/B chord and D/F# ? I cant see the chord image :(
ReplyDeleteyou are amazing!! never thought that learn these songs could be so easy, i will recomend you channel and your facebook page to my friends, and thanks for the tutorials :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tab dude! :D
ReplyDeleteFor the people complaining, missing chords are
Amin7/G http://chords.einaregilsson.com/Amin7-G.png?p=302010&f=3-2-1-&s=2
C/B http://chordgenerator.net/C-B.png?p=x20010&f=-2--1-&s=2
D/F# http://chordgenerator.net/D-F%23.png?p=200230&f=1--23-&s=2