I Hope You Dance
(Fingerstyle)
I Hope You Dance
Gtr I - Fingerstyle Acoustic
Standard Tuning
Intro
ECGDDm#
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E +H E E E E +H Q. E +Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|----0------------|----------------|-------------3-2---|
|-0------1-(1)----|-3----3----------|-0--------------|-------3-(3)-----3-|
|----0---0-(0)----|-0------2-(2)----|-0----0-(0)-----|---0---------------|
|------2----------|--------0-(0)----|------2-(2)--2S=|=4---4-------------|
|--------3-(3)----|-----------------|------3-(3)-----|-5-----------------|
|-0---------------|-3------2-(2)----|-0--------------|-------------------|
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H H H
Em C G D/F# Em C D
Q. E +E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q. E +E E Q H. Q
|-3----3-(3)-2-0--|-------------------|--------------0--|---------3--||
|-0----0-(0)------|-3--1-0------------|-0----1-(1)-3----|-3----------||
|-----------------|-0------2-(2)--0-2-|-0----0-(0)------|------------||
|-----------------|--------0-(0)------|-----------------|-4----------||
|------3-(3)------|-------------------|------3-(3)------|-5----------||
|-0---------------|-3------2-(2)------|-0---------------|------------||
Q. E +H Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H H. Q
Verse
G Em
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
||--3-2-2-0-0-----0-|-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-2-2-0-0---|---------------|
||o-0---------3-3---|-3--0----0-----|---------------3-|-3--0-----0-3--|
||--0---------------|-2--0----------|-4-4-4-2-2-0-0---|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|---------------4-|-4-------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||--3---------------|-3-----3-------|-0---------------|-0-----0-------|
W H H W H H
C D
E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------0-------|-------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-||
|-3-1-1-3---3-3-0-|-------------|-------0-1-3-5-3-|---------------||
|-0---------------|-2--0----4-4-|-4-2-2---2-4-5-4-|-4S=2----2-----||
|-2---------------|-2-----------|-0---------------|-0-------------||
|-3---------------|-3-----------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------||
W W W H H
Chorus
$
C D G C D
E E E S S E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--3--3-3-2h3-2-3-2---|-----------0-2-|--3--3-3-2-2-2-0-0----|
|-^1----------------3-|-3--0----0-----|-^1----------3-----3--|
|-^0------------------|-2--0----------|-^0----------2--------|
|-^2----------0-------|---------------|-^2----------0--------|
|-^3------------------|---------------|-^3-------------------|
|---------------------|-3-----3-------|----------------------|
Q. E H H H Q. E H
G Am Bm C
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q E E E E
|--------------|---------0-------|------------------|
|-3--0-----0-3-|-3-1-1-3---3-3-3-|-0--------------0-|
|-2--0---------|-0---------------|---2p0--------2---|
|--------------|-2---------------|------------0-----|
|--------------|-0-------2-------|-3----------------|
|-3-----3------|-----------------|------------------|
HHHHHH
1.
D Em C G D/F#
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q. E +H Q. E +E E E E
|---------0-------|-----------0-2-|-3----3-(3)----|-3-------------0---|
|-0---------3-3-0-|-0-------3-----|-0----1-(1)----|-0----3-(3)-3----3-|
|---2-2-2---------|----2----------|-0----0-(0)----|-0----2-(2)--------|
|-----------------|-0-------------|---------------|------0-(0)--------|
|-3---------------|---------------|------3-(3)----|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-0-------------|-3----2-(2)--------|
W W Q. E +H Q. E +E Q.
2.
Em C D Em C G D/F#
Q. E +H H E E E E Q. S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------|----------0-2--||-3----------------|-------------|
|-0----1-(1)----|-3------3-----o||-0----0-0-1-0-----|----0-----0--|
|-0----0-(0)----|---------------||-0------------2-0-|-2-----2-----|
|------2-(2)----|-4-------------||------------------|-0-----0-----|
|------3-(3)----|-5------------o||----------3-------|-------------|
|-0-------------|---------------||-0----------------|-3-----2-----|
Q. E +H H H H H H H
Em C D/F# Em C G D/F#
Q Q Q Q H. E E Q. S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-0----------------|-------------|
|-0-----1--0--|---------0-3-|-0----0-0-1-0-----|----0-----0--|
|----0--------|-2-----------|-0------------2-0-|-2-----2-----|
|-------------|-0-----------|------------------|-0-----0-----|
|-------3-----|-------------|----------3-------|-------------|
|-0-----------|-2-----------|-0----------------|-3-----2-----|
H H H. Q H H H H
To Coda D.S. al Coda &
Em C D/F# D/F# G
Q Q Q Q H E E E E H E E E E W
|-------------|----------0-2-||----------0---|-----------*|
|-0-----1--0--|--------3-----||--------3---3-|-0---------*|
|-0--0--0-----|-2------------||-2------------|-0---------*|
|-2-----2-----|-0------------||-0------------|-----------*|
|-2-----3-----|--------------||--------------|-----------*|
|-0-----------|-2------------||-2------------|------3----*|
HHHHHH
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
n> - natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths