Tabbed by Pliskin NH.
** DROPPED D TUNING **
Underlying Riff (Played With Reverb and Dirty Dist, Very Sloppily)
(Barred E chord strummed in Background)
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------2--3432-0-2--3430-|
A|---------------------2--2320-2--2320--------------------|
D|-0-2--4542-0-2--4542------------------------------------|
(Played when going back to verse)
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---2-------0------2----------|
D|--2--2---2---2---2--2--------|
A|0------0-------0------0------|
D|-----------------------54202-|
(Played when transfering to chorus)
E|-------------------------0---|
B|------------------------0----|
G|---2-------0------2----------|
D|--2--2---2---2---2--2--------|
A|0------0-------0------0------|
D|-----------------------------|
1st >Is love, just a big mistake?
1st >Just a risk that we all take?
1st >Trying to keep all the blues away...
2nd >Is love, just a means to an end?
2nd >Back when you were my girlfriend,
2nd >Had someone I could defend...
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CHORUS(Chords are strummed by one acoustic guitar, and picked by another)
\ = Switch between
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/starsailor/179264.html ]
C \ C/D G \ G7sus4
I'll sit by the riverside, counting all the ways to make you stay...
C \ C/D D \ Gsus2
But when I think of you and I, I know I'll be back with you someday...
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VERSE (Back to Underlying Riff)
3rd >Is love, just a big mistake?
3rd >Just a choice we have to make?
3rd >Trying to keep the blues away...
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REPEAT CHORUS
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VERSE
(Picked quietly)
Low D|--2----| 4th > All the birds and the bees, and the leaves on the trees
A|--2----| 4th > Die all at once, now that you're gone
D|--2----| 4th > I know that I will be back in your arms once again
(Strummed)
Em
5th > All the birds and the bees, and the leaves on the trees
Asus2
5th > Die all at once, now that you're gone
Em A Asus4 A
5th > I know that I will be back in your arms once again
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REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT VERSE 1, End.
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There, simple song, straightforward tablature. The picking of the chords during the
is supersimple to listen and figure out.
Note: The Chorus C chord is played with the low D string as 2, and The G
chord should be barred.
