Christina Perri “A Thousand Years” Guitar Tab

Christina Perri  "A Thousand Years"  Guitar Tab

Love this song :) Look over the chord shapes, they look tricky
but their not! 


   EADGBe                 
   G/F#[200033]                   
   D/F#[200233]  
  Dsus4[xx0233]        
    Em7[022033]   
 A7Sus4[x02233]   
Asus4/G[x02033] 
  Cadd9[032033]
     G6[020033]

Play along-


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Standard Tuning w/
Capo on 3



(soft strums for intro)
Intro-        [x02233]
G...D/F#.Em7...DSus4.Cadd9...Em7.G..D..

         Cadd9                                      G
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3----|
G|--------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0---|
D|-----2---------2---------2---------2----------------------------|
A|-----3---------3---------3---------3---------2---------2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------3---------3--------|

       Cadd9                       G
       Heartbeats fast  Colors and promises


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

       G         Em7
       How to be brave   How can I



      Dsus4       D/F#      Cadd9
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3----------|
G|-------2-2-------2-2-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0---------|
D|----0-------------------2---------2---------2---------2--------------|
A|----0---------0---------3---------3---------3---------3--------------|
E|--------------2------------------------------------------------------|

      Dsus4      D/F#  Cadd9   
      Love  when I'm  afraid to fall   But watching you


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

       G                
       Stand alone    All of my 



        Em7                      Dsus4       G         Asus4/G       
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3----------3---------3---------3---------3------Begin-----|
G|--------0-0-------0-0--------2-2-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0----strumming--|
D|-----2---------2----------0-------------------2---------2----------Asus4/G---|
A|-----2---------2----------0---------2---------0---------0--------------------|
E|------------------------------------3----------------------------------------|

       Em7            Dsus4 G       Asus4/G  (begin strumming) 
       Doubt suddenly goes away somehow 

                G    D -once
       One step clo--ser 


*Quickly double click here to slow the down scroller ;)


G                    Dsus4   D/F#
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em7                     Dsus4  D/F# 
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you 
      Cadd9
For a thousand years 
                 G/F#     D/F# -once
I love you for a thousand more 

Cadd9....



(keep strumming or go back to picking pattern)

Cadd9
Time stands still
          G
Beauty in all she is 
          Em7  
I will be brave
           Dsus4 G      Cadd9
I will not let anything take away 
                   G
What's standing in front of me 
      Em7
Every breath           [x02033]
      Dsus4    G       Asus4/G  
Every hour has come to this 
         G    D -once
One step clo--ser



G                    Dsus4   D/F#
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em7                     Dsus4  D/F# 
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you 
      Cadd9
For a thousand years 
                 G/F#     D/F#
I love you for a thousand more 



G                        Dsus4   D/F#
'nd all along I believed I would find you
Em7                           
Time has brought your heart to me 
Dsus4  D/F#            Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years 
                    Dsus4    D
I'll love you for a thousand more 


G....Em7....Cadd9....G6..Dsus4..
Cadd9 -softly strumming


(Cadd9)  Em7  Dsus4 Asus4/G
One step clo--ser
         G    D -once
One step clo--ser 



G                    Dsus4   D/F#
I have died everyday waiting for you
Em7                     Dsus4  D/F# 
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you 
      Cadd9
For a thousand years 
                 G/f#     D/F#
I love you for a thousand more 



G                        Dsus4   D/F#
'nd all along I believed I would find you
Em7                           
Time has brought your heart to me 
Dsus4  D/F#            Cadd9
I have loved you for a thousand years 
                    Dsus4    D
I'll love you for a thousand more



Outro-
Cadd9....G6.....Cadd9....G..Dsus4..Cadd9 -once



 

Have fun!!

LLG♥

 

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