Highlighted In Green by Kina Grannis, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Highlighted In Green

Biography:

Kina Kasuya Grannis (born August 4, 1985, of Japanese, English, Irish, French, and German descent) is a Japanese-American guitarist and singer-songwriter from Orange County, CA. She started performing in 2001 after getting over her shyness. Kina independently released her first full-length album, Stairwells, on February 23, 2010. Her music is both sweet and melancholy, but always filled with hope.

Kina started playing shows at the age of four in front of her stuffed animals.

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HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN - Kina Grannis
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EDIT: This is how it should be played! The chords from the last version were
TOTALLY off! I tried to do it without actually tuning m guiatr down and got some
of the transposing wrong!

This is right now!

This song is from her album 'Sincerely, Me'. Its a great song! Once you've tuned
down its not that difficult either!

Tuning: 1 and a 1/2 steps down.

Chords Used:
E 022100
Am x02210 (she sometimes hammers on the 3rd fret, 5th string aswell!)
D/F# 200230
G 355455
A 577655
E* x799xx (in bridge she uses this E)
D x577xx
Am* 577555 (in the bridge she uses barre Am)

Note: All barre chords can be played open but this is how Kina actually plays
it

Intro: E Am

Verse:
E Am
Clock unwinding, she had waited
E Am E
Far too long, sky turning to the night.
Am
"Am I alone?" she contemplated.
E Am E Am
"Is this real? Is this right? No"

Chorus:
E D/F#
If I tried to come back down
G A
to where I can see it, there's no return.
E D/F# G
And I know should I be the one to fall
A
I might as well beat it.

E Am x2

Verse:
E Am
Step by step she elevated,
E Am E
Climbing clouds and pulling with all her might.
Am
Closing her mind to the ill-fated,
E Am
She sighed.

Verse:
E Am
Could this leap be overrated?
E Am E
Could she prove she had control of her life?
Am
She had for so long anticipated
E Am E Am
This test of courage this test of pride.

Chorus:
E D/F#
If I tried to come back down
G A
to where I can see it, there's no return.
E D/F# G
And I know should I be the one to fall
A
I might as well beat it, beat it.

Bridge:
E* D
And I, what I have found
G
Is that I am real
Am*
Free to be just the way I am
E* D
And if what I am
G
Is troublesome for you
Am
Go on and ignore me.

E Am E Am G* A X2
(before the A kina plays the G* then slides up to the 4th and plays A)

Chorus:
E D/F#
If I tried to come back down
G A
to where I can see it, there's no return.
E D/F# G
And I know should I be the one to fall
A E
I might as well beat it, beat it, oh no.

Watch her play it Here > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9hPAaQ72FI < it
may help!