Chords for As tears go by fingerpicking

[C] _ _ [E] _ In the [N] last soundbite we got you practising the first 4 bars of the tune As Tears Go By
using the Pima Mima fingerpicking [G] pattern.
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ In the song these first [N] 4 bars are repeated.
_ _ This is then followed by a repeat of the second half of that sequence.
One bar of C, [C] _ _ _ one bar
of [D] D.
_ _ _ [G] Then we have to break the pattern up to accommodate a short descending bassline.
Starting on the G chord we play the first half of the pattern.
P I M A.
[Em] Then shift the
lowest note of [G] the chord down a fret.
So I switch to using [C#] my first finger here at fret
2 on the 6th string and repeat the [F#] first half of the picking pattern.
_ [F#] _ _ _
[Gm] This leads us [G] neatly
down to the open E string which [F#] _ _
[E] we use as the root note to play a whole bar of E minor
[G] with the full Pima Mima [Em] pattern.
_ _ _ [G] So all together that's_
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ Here's the tab for that whole line. _ _
Notice we call the shape used in the second half of the third bar G slash F sharp or G
over F sharp meaning the chord G played over an [N] F sharp bass note. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now to the last line.
This starts with [C] two whole bars on the C chord played exactly as in the earlier lines. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Then
a whole [D] bar of D followed _ by a whole bar of D seventh.
_ _ _ [B] This D seventh [D] leads us neatly
back to [G] the G for the start of the whole sequence again which can be played through for the
next verse.
Here's the tab for that last line. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ To help you learn this I'm going to now play
through the whole sequence at a slow speed.
For this demonstration we'll split the screen
so that you can check details on either hand.
One and two and three and four and_
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
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