DELICATE by Damien Rice

Tabbed by James King

This is the first track on Damien's debut album.  The song is based around 3 chord shapes: F*, Cadd9 and G*.

F* - 133210 (Use thumb on Bass String)

Cadd9 - 332010

G* - 32000x

I have tabbed out the hammer-on parts below.  For the F* Chord use your middle finger to do the hammer-on on the G string that you see below.  For the Cadd9 Chord also use your middle finger to fret the part on the D string below.  It would be too confusing and very tedious to type out the chords with the tab below.  Use your thumb and index finger to gently stroke the strings, thumb for downstrokes and index finger for upstrokes.  Do not sound all the strings of the chord, I sweep up and down on D,G and B strings for the F* and the A, D and G srings for the Cadd9.  It is quite hard to explain in words, but if you listen to the CD you'll figure out the rhythm and perfect the hammer-ons.  You are trying to get that duddle duh duddle duh duh duddle... sound perfectly.

For the chorus it's just strumming the F* Cadd9 G* chords without hammer-ons.  This is as simple an explanation as I can give without actually showing it to you on a guitar.  Listen to the CD to perfect the smaller details, I hope you understand it.  If you have any queries you can e-mail me at kingjamesj@eircom.net.


Standard Tuning
CAPO on 5th Fret

E: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
B: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
G: - - - 0 H 2 2-0 H 2 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
D: - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0 H 2 2 2 - 0 H 2 2 - 0 H 2 2 0 - -|
A: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
E: - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |

E: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
B: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
G: - 2 - 0 H 2 2-0 H 2 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
D: - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -0 H 2 2 2 - 0 H 2 2 - 0 H 2 2 0 - -|
A: - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
E: - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |

E: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
B: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
G: - 2 - 0 H 2 2-0 H 2 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
D: - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -0 H 2 2 2 - 0 H 2 2 - 0 H 2 2 0 - -|
A: - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
E: - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |

E: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
B: - - - 0- -0-  0 H 1- 1 -1- -1 P 0 -0- 0 - - - - - |
G: - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0- 0 -0 - 0- -0- 0 -0- - - - - -|
D: - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0- 0 -0 - 0- -0 -0- 0 - - - - - |
A: - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2- 2 -2 - 2 - 2- 2 -2- - - - - -|
E: - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3- 3 -3 - 3 - 3- 3 -3- - - - - -|