Tuning: Standard, no capo.
INTRO:
Chords: C Csus4
e|---------0-------------------------------------|
B|---------1-------------1-----------------------|
G|---------0-----------0-------------------------|
D|-------2---------2h3----------(X2)-------------|
A|-----3---------3-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
For this verse play the corresponding chords as follows:
(or simply strum the chords to the beat to make it a bit easier)
C Em F G
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------0-----------1-----------3-------|
G|---------0-----------0-----------2-----------0-------|
D|-------2---2-----------2-------3---3-------0---0-----|
A|-----3-------------2---------------------------------|
E|-----------------0-----------1-----------3-----------|
Fm(maj7) Am Fmaj7 Cmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1-----------1------------1------|
G|---------1-----------2-----------2------------0------|
D|-----------2-------2---2-------3---3--------2----2---|
A|-------3---------0-----------3------------2----------|
E|-----1-----------------------------------------------|
C Em F G
I bet you're laughing at some joke he told you
C Em F Fm(maj7)
With his arm around your sunburnt shoulders
G Am Fmaj7 Cmaj7
I spent the morning with my face against the windowseat
G Am F G*
Looking down at all the things that got the best of me
*On the last G (at "best of me") play this to transition to the chorus:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------3---0-------------------------|
G|---------0---0-------------------------|
D|-------0---0---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-----3---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/matt-nathanson/359533.html ]
CHORUS 1:
For this chorus play the chords as follows, which I think sounds the best, or, again,
strum the chords.
C E5
e|--------0------------------------0-------------------|
B|------------1------------------------0---------------|
G|------0-------0----------------9---------------------|
D|----2-----------2------------9-----------9-----------|
A|--3-------3---------------/7-------7---7-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
F G**
e|--------0-----------------0--------------------------|
B|--------1---1-------------1-----0-----0--0-----1-----|
G|------2-------2-----------0-----0-----2--0-----0-----|
D|----3-----------3---------0-----0--------------------|
A|--------------------------0--------------------------|
E|--1-------1---------------3--3-----3-----------------|
C E5
No more late night drives to Boston
F G**
No more Cure songs to get lost in
C E5
No more taxis, subway tokens
F G**
Arms wide open, sky high honey, gone.
Immediatly after the second G** play the INTRO again (C, Csus4 X2) to transition to
VERSE 2.
VERSE 2:
Same as VERSE 1 except a bit more strumming sounds good here (especially with more high
e-string notes played with the chords at times)
C Em F G
I take the streetcars around San Francisco
C Em F Fm(maj7)
Get winks from the pretty boys down in the Castro
G Am Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Through the turnstiles roll the jappy girls and shabby dolls
G Am F G*
I can't resist myself, I get their names, I never call.
CHORUS 2:
Similar to CHORUS 1, but mostly strumming this time!
C E5
No more late night drives to Boston
F G**
No more Cure songs to get lost in
C E5
No more taxis, subway tokens
F G** Cmaj7
Arms wide open, sky high honey, gone.
G**
Sky high honey.
BRIDGE:
Em F C
You wait too long, you never leave
Em F C G
And it feels like dying, but still your heart beats
Em, F, C, G
Em, F, C, G (this second G is played for a few measures)
CHORUS 3:
Played similar to CHORUS 1 for the first two lines, however more strumming like CHORUS 2
after that.
C E5
No more late night drives to Boston
F G**
No more Cure songs to get lost in
C E5
No more taxis, subway tokens
F G** Cmaj7
Arms wide open, sky high honey, gone.
G**
Sky high honey, gone.
OUTRO:
Same as INTRO, but X3 and end on C.
Tabbed by: k.schultz.
E-mail: kschu090@uwsp.edu
(Any comments or suggestions? Let me know!)
K.S.
