Act Of Contrition Tab by Bright Eyes


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			 Act of Contrition - Bright Eyes
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Tabbed by: Yoshima
Email: derby@fsmail.net

Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st Fret

The chords used in this song are;
(relative to capo)


      C    Csus2/B    Am      F       G
e|----0-------0-------0-------1-------3------|
B|----1-------1-------1-------1-------3------|
G|----0-------0-------2-------2-------0------|
D|----2-------0-------2-------3-------0------|
A|----3-------2-------0-------3-------2------|
E|----------------------------1-------3------|


The following pattern is played twice for the intro and also forms the main theme of the song;

the bass notes being plucked with the thumb and the highest four strings are strummed;

e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------------------|
B|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1------------------|
G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------|
D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3p2h3p2h3p2-----|
A|---3----------2----------0--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


This main theme is the repeated through the verse....

The air was all dust, a night so untamed,

The ground opened up and swallowed all of the rain,

and it swallowed you too- into distance unknown,


>>Then....

 (Continue repeating main theme until)................ F
As they sat down for dinner they waited for you to get home,

               G
yeah, they set a place for you.


   C     Csus2/B     Am                     F              G
So don't be..........lieve everything that you read, in that diary of yours.

>>Repeat main theme twice and then continue repeating it throughout next verse


And this nervousness, it isn't all your fault

it's just these shaking hands won't do what I want them to.

And I've tried to guess what it is you thought about


>>Then....

  (Continue repeating main theme until).................. F
that act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept,

            G
what are you crying for?


     C    Csus2/B    Am                 F
Just dust..my........heart and you will find

                    G
there are no fingers printed there

         C   Csus2/B    Am              F
just the un...touched...place that lies inside

                G
of every lonely boy tonight.


>>Then.... repeat main theme x3

>>Then 4th time round play this...

e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------------------|
B|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1------------------|
G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------|
D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3--2--0---------|
A|---3----------2----------0--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

>>Then...

 (Strum) F.......G....

>>Then....

           (Play main theme)...........F
And all this open air has caused me to choke

       G
on your new-found hope for me.

>>Then

Repeat main theme about six times, and if you have one, randomly tap a type-writer until end.