------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep Your Head Up - Ben Howard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Nick Adams A good song, and once you've got your head around the main riff it's simple to play. To keep things tidy I have omitted the more complicated strumming from the second stanza of the verse onwards, and given a solid background to work against. So when the energy picks up, just play stronger and looser. Oh yea, watch the tuning. Drop the bottom E down to D; drop the B down to A. Cheers. Tuning: DADGAe Intro e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0--| G||----------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|--------------0--| D||----0-3-----3-----|---0-3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|-----0------3-3--| A||--1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---|---0---0-----0---|---0------1---1--| D||------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-2------3--------| e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0--| G|----------2-----2-|---------2p0-----|---------0-----0-|--------------0--| D|----0-3-----3-----|---0-3-------3---|-----3-----3-----|-----0------3-3--| A|--1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-------1-|---0---0-----0---|---0------1---1--| D|------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-2------3--------| e|------------------|--------------------|| A|------------------|--------------------|| G|----------2-----2-|---------2-------2--|| D|----0-3-----3-----|---0-3-----3---3-3--|| A|--1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1------|| D|------------------|--------------------|| Verse x3 e||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| A||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0--o|| G||-----------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|--------------0---|| D||-----0-3-----3-----|---0-3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|-----0------3-3---|| A||o--1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---|---0---0-----0---|---0------1---1--o|| D||-------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-2------3---------|| e|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------| A|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------0-| G|----------0-----0-|-----0---0h2p0-------|---------0-----0-|--------------0-| D|----0-3-----3-----|---3---3-------3-0---|-----3-----3-----|-----0------3-3-| A|--1-----1-----1---|-1-----------------1-|---0---0-----0---|---0------1---1-| D|------------------|---------------------|-0---------------|-2------3-------| e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0---| G|----------2-----2-|---------2-----2-|---------2-----0-|--------------0---| D|----0-3-----3-----|---0-3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|-----0------3-3---| A|--1-----1-----1---|-1-----1-----1---|---0---0-----0---|---0------1---1---| D|------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-2------3---------| e|------------------|------------------|-----|| A|------------------|------------------|--0--|| G|----------0-------|-2--------2-------|--2--|| D|----0-3-----3---3-|---3-0------3-0---|--3--|| A|--1-----1-----1---|-------1--------1-|--1--|| D|------------------|------------------|-----|| Repeat Verse Pre-Chorus e|-----------------|------------------| A|---------0-----0-|---------2p0------| G|-----0-----0-----|-----0------------| D|---2---2---------|---2---2----------| A|-3-----------3---|-3-----------(3)--| D|-----------------|------------------| Chorus x4 e||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| A||o----------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------0-------o|| G||-------0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-------0-----0------|| D||-----3---------3---|---2---------2---|---3---------3---|-----3---------3----|| A||o--5-----5-------5-|-3-----3-------3-|-1-----1-------1-|-(1)-----1-------1-o|| D||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| e||---------------------|| A||o------------0------o|| G||---------0-----0-----|| D||-----0-3---------3---|| A||o--1-------1--------o|| D||---------------------|| (Repeat until the end of the chorus) Repeat the Verse, then the pre-chorus and chorus. ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************