Here are the tabs for The Fray's Heartbeat: (including 3 guitar parts) There were no real tabs yet, so I learned this by ear, so I'm really sorry if there are mistakes or if it's not 100% the way how The Fray play it! Check out my cover on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHpK3OcZu4A (I don't own good recording gear, hope you still enjoy!!!) ------------ Guitar1: ------------ Tuning: Standard Capo 2nd Clean or slighty distorted Chorus: Chord structure: Em7 C add9 G G sus2 e|------3---------3-------3--------3--------------------| B|------3---------3-------3--------3--------------------| G|------0---------0-------0--------2--------------------| D|------2---------2-------0--------0--------------------| A|------2---------3-------2--------0--------------------| E|------0-----------------3--------3--------------------| Recommended strumming pattern: D D DU U UD DUDU The chords change at the beginning/end of the pattern AND at the 2nd Up stroke!!! For example: Em7: D D DU C add9: U UD DUDU G: D D DU G: sus2: U UD DUDU To get the feeling of the rhythm right you have to lift up your fingers a lil at the 2nd up stroke of the pattern. That catches the tune pretty good in my opinion! (hard to explain.. check out my cover to make sure!) Verse: Chords of the chorus palmmuted, downstrums only (I let the very last 3 strokes of the G sus2 ring out.. only the D G B and high E string) .... 2nd Chorus ending, right before the bridge: play a... C add9 G Em7 ...and let it ring out... (1 Downstrum each) Bridge: E5 G sus 2 e|-------------------------3------| B|-------------------------3------| G|-------------------------2------| D|------2------------------0------| A|------2-------------------------| E|------0-------------------------| PM stay a while on the E powerchord with palmmuted downstrums only, at the end play the G sus2 like above kinda open... After that another chorus.. End the song with 1 Downstrum each on: C add9 G Em7 ... that's it! :) __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ------------ Guitar2: ------------ Tuning: Standard distorted Not 100% sure what's going on there during the chorus, but I play an A powerchord (as an octave higher) which sounds pretty nice: Chorus: A5 e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|------14---------| D|------14---------| A|------12---------| E|-----------------| strum that chord open, lift up your fingers at certain points to catch the tune correctly... (same pattern like guitar 1) Verse: e|----------------5-----------------| B|----------------------------------| G|----6---6-7---6----6---6-7---6----| Play this 9 times until you go D|----------------------------------| into the next chorus A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| (at the 2nd verse this is played 11 times, if I counted correctly..) 2nd Chorus ending, right before the bridge: 1 Downstrum each on: A5 A5 (no idea how that last chord is called, but it sounds nice played clean..) e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------14---14------13---| D|------14---14------14---| A|------12---12------12---| E|------------------------| Bridge: E5 e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|------2-------------------| A|------2-------------------| E|------0-------------------| PM stay a while on the E powerchord with palmmuted downstrums only, at the end play the E powerchord kinda open, right before you go into the last chorus... Ending: 1 Downstrum each on: A5 A maj Triad (sounds nice with an open D in the base!! ) e|----------------------9------| B|----------------------10-----| G|------14-----13-------9------| D|------14-----14-------0------| A|------12-----12--------------| E|-----------------------------| ... that's it! :) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ------------ Guitar3: ------------ Tuning: Standard distorted The fun part in the very beginning of the song: e|---------------------------------------| B|----9b10--9--7~~~--9b10--9--7--5~~~----| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| b = bend to.. ~~ = let ring Verse (this could be part of the piano, but I clearly hear this on the recording, and it kicks in a bit after guitar 2...) sounds sweet... 1st time: around 0:30 2nd time: around 1:34 e|---------------------------------------| B|------------10-------------------------| G|----9h11--9----9h11--9-----------------| Repeat it 5x D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| h = hammer on.. In the end this is played again, including the ending of the song: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----9b10--9--7~~~--9b10--9--7--5~~~--9b10--9--7--5-------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------6-6b7--6--4--2~~~-| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ This is how I play the song. This was learned by ear! so I'm aware that it's probably not 100% the way how The Fray play it. Check out my cover on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHpK3OcZu4A Hope you enjoy it!