Tallest Man on Earth is probably my favourite act at the moment. So much so I’m considering a rare field-trip schlepping to Salford to watch him play here. So it didn’t take too many requests to get me to tab up this song.
Open-F Tuning
He plays the song in open-C tuning with a capo at the 8th fret. To mimic that you can tune to open F (fCFA) by tuning the g-string down a whole step and the E-string up half a step.
Intro – F-Tuning
The chords aren’t exactly the same as he plays on the guitar, but I think these sound about as close as you’re going to get:
Chords – F-Tuning
One extra thing: keep playing the hammer-y on bits from the intro on the F chords in the verse.
Standard Tuning
With a few adjustments you can play the intro in standard tuning (with the capo still on the third fret) without losing much.
Intro Tab – Standard Tuning
A few more adjustments to the chords and you can play it like this:
Tallest Man on Earth – King of Spain (Chords)
The chords are named as if the capo wasn’t there. So when you see F you play the F chord shape.
Requested by Erin and Andrew
he really is great….i’ve been really diggin’ ‘a lion’s heart’ and ‘into the blue’ very much…
great talent…and, as your link to me showed…he’s into bascom lamar lunsford :)