@L ya I’ve been begging my parents to buy me one I think I’m gonna get one for Christmas but that’s forever away but I’ve taught myself to play guitar ukulele and little bit of piano so I’m really excited to get an electric guitar and try to learn this song
I’ve been begging my parents to get me an electric guitar for Christmas and this is my entire recommended page lol i literally cannot wait until Christmas
@@ollie277 ya I asked my parents for a fender and my dad just said ok and headed to his computer I feel bad abt the price cause I’ve never asked for something so expensive lol
When I'm away from you I'm happier than ever Wish I could explain it better I wish it wasn't true [Verse 1] Give me a day or two to think of something clever To write myself a letter To tell me what to do, mm-mm Do you read my interviews? Or do you skip my avenue? When you said you were passin' through Was I even on your way? I knew when I asked you to (When I asked you to) Be cool about what I was tellin' you You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do (What you said you'd do) And I'd end up more afraid Don't say it isn't fair You clearly werеn't aware that you made me misеrable So if you really wanna know [Chorus] When I'm away from you (When I'm away from you) I'm happier than ever (Happier than ever) Wish I could explain it better (Wish I could explain it better) I wish it wasn't true, mm-mm [Verse 2] You call me again, drunk in your Benz Drivin' home under the influence You scared me to death, but I'm wastin' my breath 'Cause you only listen to your fuckin' friends I don't relate to you I don't relate to you, no 'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty You made me hate this city [Verse 3] And I don't talk shit about you on the internet Never told anyone anything bad 'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything And all that you did was make me fuckin' sad So don't waste the time I don't have And don't try to make me feel bad I could talk about every time that you showed up on time But I'd have an empty line 'cause you never did Never paid any mind to my mother or friends So I shut 'em all out for you 'cause I was a kid [Outro] You ruined everything good Always said you were misunderstood Made all my moments your own Just fuckin' leave me alone (Fuck you) (Ah) (Goddamn) (Ah) (Fuck you) (Fuck you)
this is SO well done, Emma! I've been trying to make my own recording of the instrumental parts in recording software, and that small tempo pause at the start of bar 42 is throwing the whole thing off (since the timing basically stops/pauses for half a measure or so). You are the first person I've seen that showed it in the tab....huge help in sorting out how to time it all out. So thank you!!!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the cover :) and yeah, the tempo was definitely a challenge for this one, had to basically go bar by bar in my DAW to get a click track that would be accurate (and then had to do the same thing with the recording of the tabs). So yeah, definitely not easy haha.
@@emmamercer5658 Oh my gosh, I am struggling with the EXACT same thing, Emma. I can't find the right tempo on a click track to save my life, or it just organically changes based on how she recorded it.....and every tab I have seen just doesn't seem to have the correct tempo or even close - yours is simply spot-on tho!!! Question, for the second half of the song, does it stay consistently at 80BPM and 6/8? At least that part I can program into my DAW cleanly! :) Thanks again for this incredible cover, I am so thrilled to see how you figured this out! Simply fantastic!
@@tombock336 the first part of the song does change tepmo the entire way through - they definitely didn't use a click track. What I did was always count 4 beats which would make one bar, select that part of the song and then used a function where it would assign the part of the song I selected a tempo which would equal to 4 beats. It's really tedious but the only way to do this unless your DAW has a good enough tempo mapping function. And yes, I do believe the second part is consistent with its tempo. I don't really see how they could've recorded that without a click track. And yeah, no problem :)
Lyrics When I'm away from you, I'm happier than ever Wish I could explain it better I wish it wasn't true Give me a day or two to think of something clever To write myself a letter To tell me what to do, mm-mmm Do you read my interviews? Or do you skip my avenue? (My avenue) When you (when you) said you were passing through Was I even on your way? I knew when I asked you to (when I asked you to) Be cool about what I was telling you You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do (what you said you'd do) And I'd end up more afraid Don't say it isn't fair You clearly weren't aware that you made me miserable So if you really wanna know When I'm away from you (when I'm away from you) I'm happier than ever (happier than ever) Wish I could explain it better (wish I could explain it better) I wish it wasn't true (wish it wasn't true), mmm-mmm You call me again, drunk in your Benz Driving home under the influence You scared me to death, but I'm wasting my breath 'Cause you only listen to your fucking friends I don't relate to you I don't relate to you, no 'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty You made me hate this city And I don't talk shit about you on the internet Never told anyone anything bad 'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything And all that you did was make me fucking sad So don't waste the time I don't have And don't try to make me feel bad I could talk about every time that you showed up on time But I'd have an empty line 'cause you never did Never paid any mind to my mother or friends So I shut 'em all out for you 'cause I was a kid You ruined everything good Always said you were misunderstood Made all my moments your own Just fucking leave me alone
Omg, your cover is so amazing!! I really enjoyed this cover and am using it to learn lol, but I am not used to reading tabs much so I am a bit confused on what chords are played in the second half.
This is the best cover iv ever heard and iv heard like hundreds, tysm for the tab things also im getting an electric guitar for Christmas this year and im so excited to learn this , i have an acoustic already so im going to learn the first verse first then when i get electric ill try the second verse:) tysm for this , YOUR AMAZING ❤❤
I'm more of a metal guy but I have to learn the song to play along with a friend of mine in my school talent show, she asked me to because I have an electric and she doesn't lol anyway that was amazing, thank you for putting the tabs on it :) also sorry if my English is bad lol
When I'm away from you I'm happier than ever Wish I could explain it better I wish it wasn't true, mm-hmm Give me a day or two To think of something clever To write myself a letter To tell me what to do, mm-hmm Do you read my interviews? Or do you skip my avenue? When you said you were passing through, was I even on your way? I knew when I asked you to be cool about what I was telling you You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do And I'd end up more afraid Don't say it isn't fair You clearly weren't aware that you made me miserable, ooh So if you really wanna know When I'm away from you (when I'm away from you) I'm happier than ever (I'm happier than ever) Wish I could explain it better (wish I could explain it better) I wish it wasn't true, mm-hmm You called me again, drunk in your Benz Driving home under the influence You scared me to death, but I'm wasting my breath 'Cause you only listen to your fucking friends I don't relate to you I don't relate to you, no 'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty You make me hate this city And I don't talk shit about you on the internet Never told anyone anything bad 'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything And all that you did was make me fucking sad So don't waste the time I don't have Don't try to make me feel bad I could talk about every time that you showed up on time But I'd have an empty line, 'cause you never did Never paid any mind to my mother or friends, so I Shut 'em all out for you 'cause I was a kid You ruined everything good Always said you were misunderstood Made all my moments your own Just fucking leave me alone
I really love this video. very helpful especially for beginners and want to play the piece! Thank you so much for making this and sharing your talent❤️
When I'm away from you, I'm happier than ever Wish I could explain it better I wish it wasn't true Give me a day or two to think of something clever To write myself a letter To tell me what to do, mm-mmm Do you read my interviews? Or do you skip my avenue? (My avenue) When you (when you) said you were passing through Was I even on your way? I knew when I asked you to (when I asked you to) Be cool about what I was telling you You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do (what you said you'd do) And I'd end up more afraid Don't say it isn't fair You clearly weren't aware that you made me miserable So if you really wanna know
I was able to do it!!!!! After hours of practicing 😅 -I still have to improve my speed in some phrases but I’m excited! Thank you very much!! Music heals ❤
Amazing!!! I’m going to try and learn this from these tabs. After looking through your videos on your channel, I noticed we have pretty much the same music taste! 😊 It would be really cool if you could do Take This Lonely Heart- Nothing But Thieves
this is amazing!! 😍 sorry this is a noob question, but with the chords at 3:03, are we meant to mute the strings we don’t need with the left hand? or do we only pick the strings that are meant to be played?
I don't really know lol I don't really put conscious thought into this. I'd say mute with your left hand as that's a really important skill to have. This is palm-muted, so your picking hand can't really play more than 3 strings at a time so I don't think you'd have problems with it in this instance, but if it weren't palm-muted, definitely mute with your left hand
This is great! I'm learning it right now actually. Would you be able to share the settings you had for your amp? I really like the tone you have. I'm quite new and struggling to dial it in
thanks! i have no idea what the settings were to be honest haha, I just turn up the gain to max and everything on the eq set to max as well. The sound you get from your guitar will greatly vary based off what kind of guitar and amp you have
@@emmamercer5658 It's a huge number of views. When I first saw this video, it was about 4,000 views, but let's get 100,000 views like this. I'll always support you.
this is wow this is just amazing, my mouth dropped when you got to the 2nd verse
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!
Hehe we got the same name😜😂😂
@@emmamercer5658 th-cam.com/video/lx7JErOeutk/w-d-xo.html that's a person who's ac playing it
@@rawrdinosaurhoesssx6332 not sure what that's supposed to mean lol
i want an electric guitar just so i can play the second verse
@L ya I’ve been begging my parents to buy me one I think I’m gonna get one for Christmas but that’s forever away but I’ve taught myself to play guitar ukulele and little bit of piano so I’m really excited to get an electric guitar and try to learn this song
@@Rorakate I hope you get it soon, I'm sure you'll love it
@@husaanshabendri4331 thank you sm
Me too 🥲
U do it, demanding bhtch
oh my god this is SO GOOD. I really hope you're going to make more Billie covers because wow you're so skilled
Thanks so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed the cover!
I’ve been begging my parents to get me an electric guitar for Christmas and this is my entire recommended page lol i literally cannot wait until Christmas
Haha thats awesome! Best of luck with learning to play. It can be difficult sometimes so it's important not to let that discourage you
@@emmamercer5658 omg thanks so much
duuude im finally getting a guitar this christmas too heh. i was thinking sbout getting a fender strat or telecaster
@@ollie277 ya I asked my parents for a fender and my dad just said ok and headed to his computer I feel bad abt the price cause I’ve never asked for something so expensive lol
Same im getting one this Christmas though:)
OMG THIS IS AMAZING DESERVES WAY MORE RECOGNITION
Thanks I'm really glad you like it!
I wish I had an electric guittar just to play like her, amazing!!!
what a perfect guitar cover!
MY JAW DROPPED WHEN IT GOT TO THE ELECTRIC GUITAR PART OMGG
When I'm away from you
I'm happier than ever
Wish I could explain it better
I wish it wasn't true
[Verse 1]
Give me a day or two to think of something clever
To write myself a letter
To tell me what to do, mm-mm
Do you read my interviews?
Or do you skip my avenue?
When you said you were passin' through
Was I even on your way?
I knew when I asked you to (When I asked you to)
Be cool about what I was tellin' you
You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do (What you said you'd do)
And I'd end up more afraid
Don't say it isn't fair
You clearly werеn't aware that you made me misеrable
So if you really wanna know
[Chorus]
When I'm away from you (When I'm away from you)
I'm happier than ever (Happier than ever)
Wish I could explain it better (Wish I could explain it better)
I wish it wasn't true, mm-mm
[Verse 2]
You call me again, drunk in your Benz
Drivin' home under the influence
You scared me to death, but I'm wastin' my breath
'Cause you only listen to your fuckin' friends
I don't relate to you
I don't relate to you, no
'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty
You made me hate this city
[Verse 3]
And I don't talk shit about you on the internet
Never told anyone anything bad
'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything
And all that you did was make me fuckin' sad
So don't waste the time I don't have
And don't try to make me feel bad
I could talk about every time that you showed up on time
But I'd have an empty line 'cause you never did
Never paid any mind to my mother or friends
So I shut 'em all out for you 'cause I was a kid
[Outro]
You ruined everything good
Always said you were misunderstood
Made all my moments your own
Just fuckin' leave me alone (Fuck you)
(Ah)
(Goddamn)
(Ah)
(Fuck you)
(Fuck you)
Someone who plays the solo like the song!!!
It sounds AMAZING 😊
Thanks! Glad you like it
this is SO well done, Emma! I've been trying to make my own recording of the instrumental parts in recording software, and that small tempo pause at the start of bar 42 is throwing the whole thing off (since the timing basically stops/pauses for half a measure or so). You are the first person I've seen that showed it in the tab....huge help in sorting out how to time it all out. So thank you!!!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the cover :) and yeah, the tempo was definitely a challenge for this one, had to basically go bar by bar in my DAW to get a click track that would be accurate (and then had to do the same thing with the recording of the tabs). So yeah, definitely not easy haha.
@@emmamercer5658 Oh my gosh, I am struggling with the EXACT same thing, Emma. I can't find the right tempo on a click track to save my life, or it just organically changes based on how she recorded it.....and every tab I have seen just doesn't seem to have the correct tempo or even close - yours is simply spot-on tho!!! Question, for the second half of the song, does it stay consistently at 80BPM and 6/8? At least that part I can program into my DAW cleanly! :) Thanks again for this incredible cover, I am so thrilled to see how you figured this out! Simply fantastic!
@@tombock336 the first part of the song does change tepmo the entire way through - they definitely didn't use a click track. What I did was always count 4 beats which would make one bar, select that part of the song and then used a function where it would assign the part of the song I selected a tempo which would equal to 4 beats. It's really tedious but the only way to do this unless your DAW has a good enough tempo mapping function.
And yes, I do believe the second part is consistent with its tempo. I don't really see how they could've recorded that without a click track.
And yeah, no problem :)
2:56 OMG I LOVE THIS PART OH MY GOOOOD
this is so good i watch it at least 5x a day
Thank you for making the tabs!
You are very welcome 😊
UR LITERALLY PERFECT
I feel like other people don’t play the second course so well but the people that do have the key to my heart.
using this video to do a full cover with the band i’m in, thank you so much, this helped an incredible amount
Glad to hear that! Have fun playing the song :)
Wow this is the best cover I’ve heard!!!! Soooo goood!!!
I am astonished. Thank you for this!! You’re an amazing player🙏🏻✨🔥
OMG This is just amazing... U deserve more subscriber 🥺❣️
Billie needs to know about this!!!
getting a new guitar soon. will definitely be learning this 😩
This is so freaking amazing, definitely the best cover out there🔥
This is the best cover I keep listening to this ❤️🙌
Gonna try to learn this. This was amazing 👍👍😍
the best cover of this song i've seen here
2:45 I like this part so coooooool !!✨️
4:31 I’m addicted to this part. That’s why I came here 😂🔥
I'm crying this is so good 😭
Lyrics
When I'm away from you, I'm happier than ever
Wish I could explain it better
I wish it wasn't true
Give me a day or two to think of something clever
To write myself a letter
To tell me what to do, mm-mmm
Do you read my interviews?
Or do you skip my avenue? (My avenue)
When you (when you) said you were passing through
Was I even on your way?
I knew when I asked you to (when I asked you to)
Be cool about what I was telling you
You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do (what you said you'd do)
And I'd end up more afraid
Don't say it isn't fair
You clearly weren't aware that you made me miserable
So if you really wanna know
When I'm away from you (when I'm away from you)
I'm happier than ever (happier than ever)
Wish I could explain it better (wish I could explain it better)
I wish it wasn't true (wish it wasn't true), mmm-mmm
You call me again, drunk in your Benz
Driving home under the influence
You scared me to death, but I'm wasting my breath
'Cause you only listen to your fucking friends
I don't relate to you
I don't relate to you, no
'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty
You made me hate this city
And I don't talk shit about you on the internet
Never told anyone anything bad
'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything
And all that you did was make me fucking sad
So don't waste the time I don't have
And don't try to make me feel bad
I could talk about every time that you showed up on time
But I'd have an empty line 'cause you never did
Never paid any mind to my mother or friends
So I shut 'em all out for you 'cause I was a kid
You ruined everything good
Always said you were misunderstood
Made all my moments your own
Just fucking leave me alone
Omg, your cover is so amazing!! I really enjoyed this cover and am using it to learn lol, but I am not used to reading tabs much so I am a bit confused on what chords are played in the second half.
The chords are really simple, there's a bunch of notations of them on ultimate guitar :)
This is the best cover iv ever heard and iv heard like hundreds, tysm for the tab things also im getting an electric guitar for Christmas this year and im so excited to learn this , i have an acoustic already so im going to learn the first verse first then when i get electric ill try the second verse:) tysm for this , YOUR AMAZING ❤❤
Also Mercer is my mums side of the familys name :)❤
I wish I can play this good one day
actually speechless like omg the amount of times i’ve watched this
I can't, this is too good
I'm more of a metal guy but I have to learn the song to play along with a friend of mine in my school talent show, she asked me to because I have an electric and she doesn't lol
anyway that was amazing, thank you for putting the tabs on it :)
also sorry if my English is bad lol
girl i love you, thanks for the beautiful cover and tabs, it helped me a looot!
imma deffo learn this tomo thanks
Such a good cover video thank you soooo much for the tab really needed those licks for the Outro
What amp settings did you use?? or what can I do to get that heavy metal sound?? loved the cover
I used the pedal that's in the description + the distortion channel on my amp which can also be found in the description :)
Omg how cool!!!! In love with this cover! Can't thank you enough for this. It's so much easier to practice this way
Thank you! Glad you like it 😊
WHEN I TELL YOU THIS VIDEO GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS!!!! ♥️🤗
When I'm away from you
I'm happier than ever
Wish I could explain it better
I wish it wasn't true, mm-hmm
Give me a day or two
To think of something clever
To write myself a letter
To tell me what to do, mm-hmm
Do you read my interviews? Or do you skip my avenue?
When you said you were passing through, was I even on your way?
I knew when I asked you to be cool about what I was telling you
You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do
And I'd end up more afraid
Don't say it isn't fair
You clearly weren't aware that you made me miserable, ooh
So if you really wanna know
When I'm away from you (when I'm away from you)
I'm happier than ever (I'm happier than ever)
Wish I could explain it better (wish I could explain it better)
I wish it wasn't true, mm-hmm
You called me again, drunk in your Benz
Driving home under the influence
You scared me to death, but I'm wasting my breath
'Cause you only listen to your fucking friends
I don't relate to you
I don't relate to you, no
'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty
You make me hate this city
And I don't talk shit about you on the internet
Never told anyone anything bad
'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything
And all that you did was make me fucking sad
So don't waste the time I don't have
Don't try to make me feel bad
I could talk about every time that you showed up on time
But I'd have an empty line, 'cause you never did
Never paid any mind to my mother or friends, so I
Shut 'em all out for you 'cause I was a kid
You ruined everything good
Always said you were misunderstood
Made all my moments your own
Just fucking leave me alone
THIS IS ART!!
The cover is super beautiful, it sounds amazing ❤️
Holy damn what a cover 💙
This absolutely mind blowing I loved it so much 🔥🔥 I watched it on repeat!!
yo they killed this
THIS IS AMAZINGGG, you played beautifully, and thank you so much for the tabs
this is GOLD
Applause I love it thank you very much, greetings from Venezuela
I loved that more than the original one like this is CRAZY , ur amazing!❤️
Wow this is amazing!! Thank you! Do you think you could do "Your Power" in a future video?
you are the best right now!!!
You’re legend for sharing the tabs for free!!!
you're very welcome :)
I really love this video. very helpful especially for beginners and want to play the piece! Thank you so much for making this and sharing your talent❤️
Tysm! I'm glad you enjoyed the video
@Emma Mercer I really love it 💯 , now I can somehow play it on my guitar especially the riffs! killer.. more videos to come.
2:24 Verse 2
This is so good omg-
I'm in love with this
Oh, this
was
so
gooood 🔥🔥
Amazingggg✨🔥
You HAVE to do more Billie songs!!!
YES A LEFT HANDED PLAYERRR
Lol I'm so sorry it's actually just mirrored because I recorded it with the front camera on my phone and forgot to flip it back 😭
This is the video that i was looking for
2:22 electric guitar bit starts :)
amazing!!!! i’m learning from you now
YOURE CRAZYYYY
When I'm away from you, I'm happier than ever
Wish I could explain it better
I wish it wasn't true
Give me a day or two to think of something clever
To write myself a letter
To tell me what to do, mm-mmm
Do you read my interviews?
Or do you skip my avenue? (My avenue)
When you (when you) said you were passing through
Was I even on your way?
I knew when I asked you to (when I asked you to)
Be cool about what I was telling you
You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do (what you said you'd do)
And I'd end up more afraid
Don't say it isn't fair
You clearly weren't aware that you made me miserable
So if you really wanna know
Love it, you´re so talent!!
MAN, U R AMAZING, OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS
Thank you so much for this! I have already learned it but I'm still practicing it to be perfect! ❤️
I was able to do it!!!!! After hours of practicing 😅 -I still have to improve my speed in some phrases but I’m excited! Thank you very much!! Music heals ❤
that's awesome! keep on playing 🤟
@@emmamercer5658 thank you😍😍
this is AMAZING!!!
2:22
THIS WAS AMAZING !
Amazing!!! I’m going to try and learn this from these tabs. After looking through your videos on your channel, I noticed we have pretty much the same music taste! 😊 It would be really cool if you could do Take This Lonely Heart- Nothing But Thieves
Glad you liked it! And I love that song, I'll think about it :)
@@emmamercer5658 any nbt really 😂
GOOD JOB!!!!!! YOU´RE AMAZING
I really loved this, thank you so much
this is amazing!! 😍 sorry this is a noob question, but with the chords at 3:03, are we meant to mute the strings we don’t need with the left hand? or do we only pick the strings that are meant to be played?
I don't really know lol I don't really put conscious thought into this. I'd say mute with your left hand as that's a really important skill to have. This is palm-muted, so your picking hand can't really play more than 3 strings at a time so I don't think you'd have problems with it in this instance, but if it weren't palm-muted, definitely mute with your left hand
@@emmamercer5658 cool thank you sm for answering!!
omg this is amazing, i love it
new fans from malaysia 🤘
really good work !
amazing, ure so talented
i love this!! so AMAZING
wow this is rlly good!! did you use any pedals??
Thanks! Yes, I used the Earthquaker devices Dunes overdrive combined with the amps distortion for the heavy part :)
Wow ur so talented!
This is amazing brow
This is great! I'm learning it right now actually. Would you be able to share the settings you had for your amp? I really like the tone you have. I'm quite new and struggling to dial it in
thanks! i have no idea what the settings were to be honest haha, I just turn up the gain to max and everything on the eq set to max as well. The sound you get from your guitar will greatly vary based off what kind of guitar and amp you have
great performance and thank you for sharing tabs 🙂
Maybe a quarter of this view is what I saw. It's great, it's great.
Haha thanks, glad you enjoy the cover!
Thanks to you, I got the idea I needed to play. I uploaded a performance to cheer for your cover video as a thank you.
@@guitarpepperoni oh that's such a cool cover, you did an awesome job with it!
@@emmamercer5658 It's a huge number of views. When I first saw this video, it was about 4,000 views, but let's get 100,000 views like this. I'll always support you.
@@guitarpepperoni thanks! ❤ yeah the covers doing pretty decent, it's much more due to who it's by, though haha
SO GOOD
Ooo eu precisava disso, obrigada❤️🇧🇷
My mind is officially blown.
2:26 verse 2
I learned all of the tab from 00:00 to 3:32 so far😫I'm really struggling on the next parttt
you just gotta keep at it, it gets easier over time :)
@@emmamercer5658 aaaaahh Hahahah I keep trying and trying but I guess I just have to start very very slowly and than go a bit faster when I'm ready
esse video é perfeito, me ajudando muito a aprender a tocar esta musica na guitarra. Thank you!
No problem! Happy to help🫶
thank god you exist
Love this!!
Sounds great👏👏
Hi Emma,see what you think of my bass covers,Andy Jefford,hope you like them,many thanks👍