open tuning: DAEGAd!
capo on 4
based on the video "Jacob Collier - The Sun Is In Your Eyes (live from TED)" from April 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC9XUeBq02w
! if you want to play along to the voice memo version published in Jan 2021, put your capo on 3, as it is a
semi-tone lower. The chord structure is a bit simpler there too though, so it will not quite sound the same.
the entire song consists of always evolving, glistening arpeggios
based on the following 13 chord shapes - sometimes plucked, sometimes hammered-on or pulled-off,
sometimes all strings are used, sometimes not.
chord shapes in open tuning (but relative to capo):
1. D 0-0/2-2-2-0-0
2. Em11 223000
3. Em11add6 240000
4. Em11add6(2) 243000
5. F#m#5addb9 455000
6. Gadd9 557000
7. G6add9 577000
8. Bm7 9-9-10-x-0-0
9. A7sus4add6 790000
10. A11 709000
11. A#6add#9 8-10-9-0-x-0
12. E7 2x4xx0
13. Gm6 5760x0
there they are once again as tab:
[D] [Em11] [Em11add6] [Em11add6(2)] [F#m#5addb9] [Gadd9] [G6add9] [Bm7] [A7sus4add6] [A11] [A#6add#9] [E7] [Gm6]
d|--0-----0-------0---------0-----------0----------0-------0--------0-------0--------0------0-------0-----0--|
A|--0-----0-------0---------0-----------0----------0-------0--------0-------0--------0------x-------x-----x--|
G|--2-----0-------0---------0-----------0----------0-------0--------x-------0--------0------0-------x-----0--|
E|--2-----3-------0---------3-----------5----------7-------7--------10------0--------9------9-------4-----6--|
A|--0/2---2-------4---------4-----------5----------5-------7--------9-------9--------0------10------x-----7--|
D|--0-----2-------2---------2-----------4----------5-------5--------9-------7--------7------8-------2-----5--|
e.g. the first two lines, both on the D chord, are arpeggiated like so (h= hammer on, p= pull off):
d|----------0-----------------0-------------0---|--------------0--------------------------0--------|
A|----------0----------------(0)------------0---|--------------0-------------0---------------------|
G|---------(2)----------------------------------|----------------------------0---------------------|
E|------2------2--p0h2h3------------0h2---------|------0h2-----------0--h3------h3---h2-----2------|
A|----------------------h2-(2)--2---------------|--------------------0h2------h2-------------------|
D|---0------------0---------0------------0------|---0-------------0--------0-------0----0------0---|
Verse
[D]
The sun is in your eyes
[D]
The sun is in your eyes
[Bm7]
Throw me the cold
[A7sus4add6] [A11] [D]
Throw me the cold, cold water of your smile again
[D]
To take me by surprise
[D]
You take me by surprise
[Bm7]
Throw me the bold
[A7sus4add6] [A11] [D]
Throw me the bold, bold treasure of your lips again
Chorus
[Bm7] [A7sus4add6] [D]
And where I ----- go
[Em11] [Em11add6(2)] [Em11]
You lead me in the right direction
[Gadd9] [G6add9] [Gadd9]
With your love as my protection
[D]
I’ll be a world of your projection
[Bm7] [A7sus4add6] [D]
And where I ----- go
[Em11] [Em11add6] [Em11]
Singing songs of your affection
[F#m#5addb9] [Gadd9] [G6add9] [Gadd9]
With rhymes to your perfection
[A#6add#9]
In my eyes see a reflection
[D]
Of you
Outro
[E7]
I see you clearly now
[Gm6]
I hold you dearly now
[D]
The sun is in my eyes
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