When The Boys Light Up tab

When The Boys Light Up

When The Boys Light Up: Newsboys

Drop D tuning

Now, I'm not entirely sure about the verses and intros with the strumming, but I think it's accurate. Also, timing has a lot to do with this tab. Listen to the song for timing.

Intro: Clean (palm mute after every strum)
Guitar I
e-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------/
B-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------/
G-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------/
D----------------------------------/
A----------------------------------/
D----------------------------------/ Strum as many times as necessarry.

Intro
Guitar II Distortion
e----------------------------------/
B----------------------------------/
G----------------------------------/
D----------------------------------/
A----------------------------------/
D-1h3----1h3----1h3----5h6-5h8-5h3-/
    
Verse
Guitar I Clean
e-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1\4-4\6--/
B-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1\4-4\6--/
G-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1\4-4\6--/
D----------------------------------/
A----------------------------------/
D----------------------------------/ x2                           

(The D-5h6-5h8-5h3-/ occur at the same time as the 1\4-4\6-/)

Verse
Guitar II Distortion
e--------------------------------------------------------/
B--------------------------------------------------------/
G--------------------------------------------------------/
D--------------------------------------------------------/
A--------------------------------------------------------/
D-1h3----1h3----5h6-5h8-5h3----1h3----1h3----5h6-5h8-5h3-/

(The D-5h6-5h8-5h3-/ occur at the same time as the 1\4-4\6-/)



Pre-chorus:
Guitar I Clean
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-/
B-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-/
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-/
D-------------------------------/
A-------------------------------/
D-------------------------------/

Pre-chorus
Guitar II Distortion
e-----------------------------/
B-----------------------------/
G-----------------------------/
D-11-11-11-11-11--10-10-10-10-/
A-11-11-11-11-11--10-10-10-10-/
D-11-11-11-11-11--10-10-10-10-/


Chorus: (palm mute after every strum)
Guitar I & II Distortion
e-------------------------/
B-------------------------/
G-------------------------/
D-3-3-3-3-3\6-6---6\8---8-/
A-3-3-3-3-3\6-6---6\8---8-/
D-3-3-3-3-3\6-6---6\8---8-/ x3

Chorus: Continued (the "1"'s are "11"'s)
Guitar I & II Distortion
e---------------------/
B---------------------/
G---------------------/
D-1111111111111111-10-/
A-1111111111111111-10-/
D-1111111111111111-10-/

Post-chorus: (palm mute after every strum)
Guitar I Clean
e-1-1-1-1-/
B-1-1-1-1-/
G-1-1-1-1-/
D---------/
A---------/
D---------/ x2

Post-chorus
Guitar II Distortion
e------------/
B------------/
G------------/
D------------/
A------------/
D-1h3----1h3-/



Bridge: 
Guitar I & II Distortion
     1's                                              10's   
e------------------------------------------------------------------------/
B------------------------------------------------------------------------/
G------------------------------------------------------------------------/
D-333333336666111188888888-33333333111188888888-333333336666888810101010-/
A-333333336666111188888888-33333333111188888888-333333336666888810101010-/
D-333333336666111188888888-33333333111188888888-333333336666888810101010-/


Intro
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Post-chorus
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Post-chorus
Bridge
Chorus
Chorus

I hope it helps! This is my first tab so comments and corrections are welcome. 

x

Add to Songbook Print Version How to play lesson Submit videolesson

Click the best TAGS for this song:

None of them

Please, enter the best TAGS for this song (separated by commas):