The Verb

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  • Tuning: Drop D
     
    Verse progression is a changing bass note over a common chord, picking is 16th notes in
  • time.
     
    Verse (x4)
  • 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
    e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • G|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------|
    D|----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0|
    A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • D|3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
     
    1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
  • e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------|
  • D|----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0|
    A|2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0----------------------------------|
    D|--------------------------------5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--|
  •  
    Verse ends on this chord for one measure:
    e|----------|
  • B|----------|
    G|-2--------|
    D|-2--------|
  • A|-0--------|
    D|-4--------|
     
  • Chorus(x2) Difficult timing to count 16ths, you'll hear it in the song
    1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
    e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    D|------4---4-----4-----4-------4-------5---5-----5-----5-------5|
  • A|------------5-----------5---5---------------5-------5---5---5--|
    D|0---0---------------0-----------5---5--------------------------|
    "I'm tired of fighting..." "Your words just rattle..."
  •  
    1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
    e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    D|------2---2-------2---2-------2-------0---0-------0---0-------0|
  • A|4---4-------4---4-------4---4----------------------------------|
    D|--------------------------------5---5-------5---5-------5---5--|
    "All joy escapes..." "And I can't make this..."
  •  
    The second half of the chorus changes the picking a bit, but the notes are the same...
    get a nice upbeat rhythym and it will sound fine.
  •  
    The break after the chorus uses the first two finger positions of the verse, but with a
    upbeat picking pattern.
  •  
    This should serve as a good starting point to the song, now you just need a someone like
    to sing it with...
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