THIRD EYE BLIND - "hows it going to be" Tablature
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Hows It Going To Be - Third Eye Blind: Alternate Chords.
File by William Betts.
I have seen basically two variations of this song. One is in the key of Bb with a capo on the third fret, and one is in the key of F. The problem was that I don't have a capo, so i can't play the Bb version.
The Key of F version requires a Bb chord*, which is one of those chords no one likes to play (double barre). Well, i saw a need, and here are several solutions i have come up with.
1. You can use three-string movable major triads. This is probably
the best way in most cases. (This example is in the key of F).
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2222-2--------------------------|
|-3-3-3333-3-2-2-0-0-0000-000---------|
|-3-3-3333-3-3-3-1-1-1111-111---------|
|------------3-3-1-1-1111-111---------|
\ \ /\/\ \ \ \ \ \ \/\/ \/\ (strum pattern)
2. These are another form of Movable majors, a bit higher pitched.
|-1-1-1111-1--------------------------|
|-1-1-1111-1-5-5-3-3-3333-------------|
|-2-2-2222-2-5-5-3-3-3333-------------|
|------------5-5-3-3-3333-------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
3. An alternative is to use three-string power chords. It doesent
sound as good, but if you're more used to playing these then
movable majors maybe it is the right option for you.
|-------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6666-6--------------------------|
|-5-5-5555-5-5-5-3-3-3333-333---------|
|-3-3-3333-3-5-5-3-3-3333-333---------|
|------------3-3-1-1-1111-111---------|
|-------------------------------------|
4. when all else fails, you can always transpose. Here is how you
play the song in the more familiar key of G. The only
problem with doing this is that if you are playing in a cover band,
the solos will have to be transposed to fit the chords.
but if you are just playing the chords by yourself, this
is pretty easy and sounds pretty good.
|-3-3-3333-3-2-3-0-0-0000-000---------|
|-3-3-3333-3-3-3-1-1-1111-111---------|
|-0-0-0000-0-2-2-0-0-0000-000---------|
|-0-0-0000-0-0-0-2-2-2222-222---------|
|-2-2-2222-2-0-0-3-3-3333-333---------|
|-3-3-3333-3--------------------------|
Incedentally, if you have a capo, you can put it on the third fret and play this, and that's how you get the key of Bb version.
5. If you havent seen how to do it with bar chords, heres how.
|-1-1-1111-1-0-0-----1111-111---------|
|-1-1-1111-1-1-1-3-3-3333-333---------|
|-2-2-2222-2-0-0-3-3-3333-333---------|
|-3-3-3333-3-2-2-3-3-3333-333---------|
|-0-0-0000---3-3-1-1-1111-111---------|
|----------------1-1-1111-111---------|
If the bar chord is difficult for you, you can leave off either the top or the bottom string without doing any real damage to the chord.
Hopefully one of these options will work for you.
*The guys who made the original key of F tab say to use a B chord, but i am pretty confident that a Bb is the correct chord, because it fits the key, and i have tried both ways and this way sounds better.
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