Tom: C
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Life Being What It Is - Kaki King
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Tabbed by: Liam Mackin
I couldn't find any good tabs or videos with the picking pattern for this song, so I worked out the first
pattern she plays by ear for anyone who is interested. Obviously it changes a lot throughout the song, but the
alternating bass notes and general rhythm here is pretty ubiquitous.
Also most of the chords in the latter part
of the song are just slight modifications of the four chords picked out here.
Tuning: AACGAE
E|----------------0--------------|----------------5--------------|
B|---------------0------0--------|----5----------5------5--------|
G|----0--------0------------0----|-------------5------------5----|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0--|----5-------5-------5-------5--|
A|0-------0-------0-------0------| 5-------5-------5-------5------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----8-----------7--------------|----------------5--------------|
B|----------8-------7-------7----|---------------5------5--------|
G|--------------9-------7--------|----5--------5------------5----|
D|----9-------9-------7-------7--|----5-------5-------5-------5--|
A|8-------8-------7-------7------| 5-------5-------5-------5------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
When she plays the hammer-on in the beginning of the song it is during the open string chord above and she
hammers on the first and second string on the third fret then pulls off.
And when she sings, "I stared straight into the sun, something to concentrate on" she plays:
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|----------------------0--------|
G|12------7-------9-------5------| 4-------2-------0---------0----| twice
D|12------7-------9-------5------| 4-------2-------0---0-------0--|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------0------|
E|12------7-------8-------5------| 3-------1-------0--------------|
then plays this harmonic pattern
E|--------+7---------------------|
B|-------+7----------------------|
G|----+7-----+5------------------|
D|---+7--------------------------|
A|+7-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
