Wednesday, January 4, 2012

(7th Fret) Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift Guitar Tutorial


Video Here!


Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift
Tab by Alex Maldonado

Info:

Capo 7th Fret


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)

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

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


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


Amin chordAmin7 chordAmin7/G chordC/B chordCmaj chordDm chord
Fmaj chordD/F# chordGmaj chord




The End

20 comments:

  1. 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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    1. Thank you! =) I just created a facebook page! Please like it!

      http://www.facebook.com/pages/AlexMNet/175560459211867

      Information on tabs and tutorials will be placed there.

      Thanks!

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  2. 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!

    Thanks for taking the time to get this out to everyone!

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  3. OMG thank you very much for this tab! This is awesome, thanks thanks thanks thanks <3

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  4. was just wondering where you put your left finger at the gmaj? : )

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    1. It's a hammer on. Basically open string then without plucking, press on the second fret while the string is still producing them tones :D

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  6. Guys 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

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  7. could you do the a team by ed sheeran?

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  8. Thanks! 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. :)

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  9. This is a great tab and tutorial of Safe and Sound, seriously. It's very straight forward and well done. Good job. =)

    P.S. Having the chord charts at the bottom was a nice touch, but the images don't seem to be working anymore.

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  10. 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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  12. what is the strumming pattern for this song?

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  13. Could 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

    "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)

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  14. 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 :((

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  15. How'd you play the C/B chord and D/F# ? I cant see the chord image :(

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  16. you 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 :)

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  17. Great tab dude! :D

    For 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

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