Gabe Bondoc is an indie pop/acoustic artist based in San Mateo, California. He is of full Filipino descent. He rose to fame with his One Take Sessions of famous songs and his own compositions in video blogging site, Youtube.
Since then, he has held a lot of shows across the West Coast. He has released two EPs, "Gentlemen Don't" (2006) and "Hi, My Name is Gabe" (2007).
In 2010, Gabe released his first full album named the "Timing LP" featuring full length recordings of some of his original songs.
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This is just some basic chords that I threw together for Gabe Bondoc's Whether or Not. The chords sound pretty much there; they're not exact, especially EmII, but they're as close as you can get without getting over complex.
Capo 1st Fret EADGBE Chords: D | x x 0 2 3 2 A | x 0 2 2 2 0 Bm7 | 2 2 4 2 3 2 Gadd5 | 3 2 0 0 3 3 Em | 0 2 2 0 0 0 EmII | 0 0 2 0 0 0
Intro
DABm7 Gadd5 x2
Verse
DA
I'm not nearly as poetic, As I need to be
Bm7 Gadd5
To express, explain, or demonstrate, What you mean to me
DA
You're a golden ocean, On a shore bright white sand
Bm7
I could feel your waves around me
Gadd5 Em EmII
Take me by the hand, Here on the sand
DA
And I'll wait til forever is through
Bm7
Whether or not you love me
Gadd5
I'll be loving you
DA
I'll wait til forever is through
Bm7
Whether or not you love me
Gadd5
I'll be loving you
Em EmII
I'll be loving you
The chords are the same for the rest of the song:
In a complicated world You bring simplicity Cause when everybody's talking You're just listening
I've dreamed a thousand dreams And still nothing compares To the feeling that you give me While you're standing here I don't care if it's fair
I'll wait til forever is through Whether or not you love me I'll be loving you And I'll wait til forever is through Whether or not you love me I'll be loving you I'll be loving you, yeah
Another day, another dollar Another day to find the answer Oh my lord, will I have her Here in my arms Oh I, I'll wait, wait-ait-ait
I'll wait til forever is through Whether or not you love me I'll be loving you, yeah I'll wait til forever is through Whether or not you love me I'll be loving you I'll be loving you
And that's pretty much it. You just repeat the same chords for verse and chorus. If you want to add things in which Gabe does. You can add hammer ons to the chords. Such as when you play the A chord, you can hammer from 0 to 2 on the D string which your strum pattern to get a similar effect to the one Gabe plays.