------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lump Sum - Bon Iver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: red_badge Email: ben_one11@hotmail.com This was tabbed off a live version. The chords sound the same to me on the album though he likes to mix the composition up a bit. So the way I have it laid out below is good or starting point for how he plays the various parts (which I have labeled verses and for lack of better terms), though this is not the album version verbatim. I did not out the intro, but it is some mix of these same chords. Tuning: Tuning (I think) on the album is to tune all the strings down one whole step the A string (leave as an A). The faster way though is to tune the A string up one whole up to a B. So the tuning is then E B D G B E (though you cannot play along with the then you will be a whole step off on your guitar). I tabbed the song below in the second but I think the guitar in the album is actually tuned D A C F A D. He strums strings 3, 4, and 5, or all four of the bottom strings with his thumb on the chord) in a repeating triplet pattern throughout the song. Verse e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---4----4----4-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---4----4----4--------(repeat triplet x 3)---------------------------------| B|---0----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---x----x----x-------------------------------------------------------------| B (starts singing on second strum of second triplet) Sold my cold... e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---4----4----4-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---4----4----4--------(repeat x 3)-----------------------------------------| B|---0----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---4----4----4-------------------------------------------------------------| G#m7 ...knot...a heavy ("knot" sung on first triplet, "a heavy" sung on last triplet) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---4----4----4--------------------------3-----3-----3----------------------| D|---4----4----4--------(repeat x 3)------4-----4-----4----(repeat x 3)------| B|---0----0----0--------------------------0-----0-----0----------------------| E|---2----2----2--------------------------2-----2-----2----------------------| F#sus F# stone... He repeats this progression for the remainder of the first verse. Chorus e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---8----8----8--------------------------9-----9-----9----------------------| D|---9----9----9--------(repeat x 3)------9-----9-----9-----(repeat x 3)-----| B|---0----0----0--------------------------0-----0-----0----------------------| E|---0----0----0--------------------------0-----0-----0----------------------| EM7 E ...slow. Fit it all... Fit it in the doldrums... e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---8----8----8-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---6----6----6--------(repeat x 7)-----------------------------------------| B|---4----4----4-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---4----4----4-------------------------------------------------------------| G#m Or so the story goes... Then repeat this part again (beginning at the EM7) for the next half of the chorus. he only plays the G#m 4 times, and finishes with an F#7 (held for 2 measures) followed E below) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----2------------------------2--2--2---------------------------------------| B|----2---(pause 2 measures)---0--0--0-(repeat x 3, hold, pause 2 measures)--| E|----2------------------------0--0--0---------------------------------------| F#7 E Then the second verse (my mile...) The second verse and chorus are identical to the first. He plays around with the accents suspends chords differently at different times, but I think this is a pretty good point. Lyrics: Verse 1 Sold my cold knot A heavy stone Sold my red horse for a venture home To vanish on the bow Settling slow Chorus 1 Fit it all, fit it in the doldrums Or so the story goes Color the era Film it its historical Verse 2 My mile could not Pump the plumb In my arbor 'til my ardor trumped every inner inertia lump sum Chorus 2 All at once Rushing from the sump-pump Or so the story goes Balance we won't know We will see when it gets warm Feedback is appreciated. Thanks!