Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance - Fingerstyle guitar tab

I Hope You Dance

Gtr I - Fingerstyle Acoustic

Standard Tuning

Intro

Em C G D/F# Em C D

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------|-----------------|------------------|

H H H H H H

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----*|

H H H H H H H H

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

- natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths