Tuning:Standard/Low to High EADGBe
Chords Used:
G1 D5 Em5 Em1 G2 Em2 C C5
e|10----------7----3---0---3-------------------------------------------------|
B|12----------8----3---0---5-------------------------------------------------|
G|12--7---9---9----4---0---5---5---------------------------------------------|
D|12--7---9---9----5---2---5---5---------------------------------------------|
A|10--5---7---7----5---2---3---3---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------3---0-----------------------------------------------------|
Ok, here's how he plays the little sliding thing after strumming the G1 for a while.
e|------------------------------3-3-3-3--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------5-5-5-5--------------------------------------|
G|--7/9-9-xx-7/9-9-xx-7\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------|
D|--7/9-9-xx-7/9-9-xx-7\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------|
A|--5/7-7-xx-5/7-7-xx-5\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
For that little riff/chord progressions, I'm writing it as Fig 1 so as to make
writing this tab easier, and easier to read.
G1 Fig 1
I'm a color reporter (Gross city on the 409)
G1 Fig 1
But the city's been bled white (White city on the yellow line)
G1 Fig 1
And the doctors orders (Drinking till destruction is just a waste of time)
G1 Fig 1 Fig 1
Drinks all night, to take away this curse, but it makes me feel much worse.
Bled whi.....ite
G1 Fig 1
So I wait for the F-Train (White city on the yellow line)
G1 Fig 1
And connect through a friend of mine (White city to a friend of mine)
G1 Fig 1
To a yesterday dream (Yesterday dream is just a waste of time)
G1 Fig 1 Fig 1
Because I'll have to be high, to drag the sunset down, and paint this paling town
G2 Em2Bled whi.....ite
So here he comes with the blank expression
Em G2Especially for me because he knows I feel the same
G2Because happy and sad come in quick succession
I'm never going to become what you became
G1 Fig 1
Don't you dare disturb me (Don't complicate my peace of mind)
G1 Fig 1
While I'm balancing my past (Don't complicate my peace of mind)
G1 Fig 1
Because you can't help or hurt me (Fading me baby is just a wast of time)
G1 Fig 1
Like it already has, I may not seem quite right
Fig 1
But I'm not fucked, not quite
Bled whi.....ite
G2 Em2Bled whi.....ite
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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