I worked this out ages ago, recorded my own version of it too.
it's a great song.
anyways it's extremely easy to play
I can't remember if it's played half a step down or not as I don't have my guitar
with me right now. I think it might be.
but no capo.
chords that are picked throughout about 90% of the song are as follows:
it's simple to work out the picking method.
(Riff set 1)
e-x e-x e-x
B-3 B-3 B-3
G-0 G-0 G-0
D-x D-x D-x
A-x A-x A-3
E-3 E-0 E-x
pick these chords for this part:
There’s a kite caught in a tree
not far from here. It reminds me
of you and me and our desperate
love. Cause I can’t fly when you
smother me, but I’ll just fall to
the ground without you, and our
desperate love.
right, now he mixes it up a bit, well, slightly.
it goes like this for the next section of lyrics.
(Riff set 2)
e----3-| e----3-| e----3-|
B-----3| B-----3| B-----3|
G------|\ G------|\ G------|\
D------|--x4 D------|--x4 D------|--x4
A------|/ A------|/ A-3-3--|/
E-3-3--| E-0-0--| E------|
You were the
saddest song, that I could sing.
You were a broken bridge dropping
a thousand feet. You‘re my reason
to try be everything. You were a
starving child, on a TV screen.
You were the ship beneath a storm
mounting. You’re the broken hands
on a pianist.
he plays a little bridge before going back to the first set of picked chords. it goes like this.
'You’re lost....'
(lets call this RIFF SET 3)
e--------------|
B-3--0-----0---|
G-------2------|
D-------------2|
A--------------|
E-3-3--3--3--3-|
then back to Riff set 1 for these lyrics:
'And there’s a boy made of glass who
stays out the rain cause he’ll
slip and he’ll fall and he’ll
break and then he’ll be gone. But
there’s a girl made of concrete
who holds his hand. She knows just
want he wants, what he needs so he
wont go smash under her.
Riff set 2 for the following:
You’re the only place, I really belong.
You’re the line I scream in my favourite song.
You’re a mistake I made, that I won’t admit was one.
You’re a boiling day led out in the sun.
When we’re all happy, and we love everyone. You bring me
to think of what I’ll become cause I’m scared.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/thoughtless-jolly/175180.html ]
okay, this next bit was the only part that gave me hassle working it out.
but it's really easy. goes like this.
Note: it's easier to pick this part with your fingers first in the Am
postition then into the Dsus2 position for the second part.
Note +:
Dsus2:
e-0
B-3
G-2
D-0
A-x
E-x
anyways, cracking on, the middle 8 goes like this for the following lyrics:
it's mostly adapted by me, but it's simple enough to figure out how he plays it.
e------------| e-0-----2-----0------|
B-1---1p0---0| B----3-----3-----3---|
G--------2-0-|\ G--------------------|
D---------2--|--x2 D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
A-0-0-0------|/ A--------------------|
E------------| E--------------------|
'You just seem to know
me so well. And I cant remember
anything before, you came around.
It’s a joke to say I’d ever been
as happy but I am now. And you
just seem to know me so well.'
Riff set 1:
'You were beautiful when you fell
asleep, then you’d sit up awake
and you’d talk to me. Tell me
everything's going to be okay and
we‘ll heal. You were a screaming
mess on a hospital bed. You were a
violent night thats ended in
death. You were a 100 feet of
emptiness ---'
'--- below.'
it changes again here ever so slightly.
it goes to D before the strumming comes in.
note: this part is plucked.
e-2
B-3
G-2
D-0
A-x
E-x
there's a pull off on the D aswell, which you should be able to work out yourself.
right, for the last part, He strums these chords over again.
Am, G, Emsus2, D.
emsus2: (MOST COMMONLY USED CHORD EVER!)
e-3
B-3
G-0
D-2
A-2
E-0
Am
You're an accident in a roadside stare.
G
You're a statue in a broken monument.
Emsus2 D
You're a microphone picking up everything that I say.
Am
You're a little girl, trapped in an old deep well.
G
You’re a time long ago, when I could still
Emsus2
really feel like I was, still alive
D
when I could still feel your hands on my skin.
Am
You’re the cruellest thoughts, that I could never tell.
G
You’re the waving hands of my hardest farewell.
Emsus2 D
You’re a daydream I won’t ever wake from.
Everything I hate, I love,I need.
Riff 1:
END.
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