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			     SWEET PAYNE - The Hold Steady
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Tabbed by:gushingblood
Email:mattmcgrath1@hotmail.co.uk

Tuning:Standard

From "Almost Killed Me"
"I always dream about a unified scene"


APayne (x02220@1)avenue lives up to its name some nights it's painful and strange.
DThe (xx0232@1)whole city seemed sane in the day.
N.C.
But some nights it seems distressed and deranged.
A (x02220@1)                      F#mThe (244222@1)east side is where we met with those guys
     C#m (x13321@4)                            Dthat (xx0232@1)said they'd get us high but that changed.
            ENow (022100@1)they're down in the basement.
          DThey're (xx0232@1)bashing out his brains.
A (x02220@1)                              EKids (022100@1)are getting cut up with the motorcycle chains.

ASt. (x02220@1)Paul had it all when we called.
DThey (xx0232@1)were maxing out on medicine.
AA (x02220@1)shaved head. The blood on the bed.
DThose (xx0232@1)guys you'd recognize.
              EThey (022100@1)had the same tattoos as gideon.
A (x02220@1)                  F#mStrong (244222@1)stuff and she had more than enough.
         C#m (x13321@4)                     DShe (xx0232@1)was slumping over smiling and sailing off with cherubim.
    E (022100@1)                       Dthe (xx0232@1)cityscape skins are kinda kicking it again.
A (x02220@1)                 EThey're (022100@1)gonna show these kids some discipline.

F#mGideon's (244222@1)been living up in bay city, michigan.
N.C.
He's been workng at the michelin.
                                                  EE EE  F#mHe (244222@1)got messed up with some messed up magicians.

We got so highsome nights michigan looked just like a mitten
                          EE EE F#msome (244222@1)nights we got fried.

Strung out on residuals and visuals and laser shows.

Reach into the speaker and try to hold on to the quarter notes.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-9--10----12--14--14----19-17-17-17-17-19-17-14-12-10-10-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| x1

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7--9--10----12--14--14----19----17----14----12----10------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| x3

AI (x02220@1)always dream about a unified scene.
D (xx0232@1)                    EI (022100@1)always dream about a unified scene.
AThere's (x02220@1)james king and king james and james dean.
D (xx0232@1)                            EAt (022100@1)a table in the corner of my unified scene.
AThey (x02220@1)want a double order of love and respect.
D (xx0232@1)                                     EThey (022100@1)said they just got back from up in hostile, massachussetts.
AGirl (x02220@1)I've seen your friend,she looks nothing like jada pinkett.
D (xx0232@1)                                EI (022100@1)think you got something in those cigarettes.

F#m (244222@1)                   AGideon (x02220@1)was living up in south minneapolis.
           E (022100@1)           BHe (x2444x@1)was the cowboy on the crosstown bus.
F#m (244222@1)                          A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)                     BAll (x2444x@1)the little phillies at the yukon club are gunning for the goldrush.
F#m (244222@1)                        AWe (x02220@1)got tangled in electrical fences.
E (022100@1)                            BWe (x2444x@1)got wrapped up in the indian fringes.
F#m (244222@1)                          A (x02220@1)            EAll (022100@1)the little phillies at the yukon club are gunning for the goldrush.
BThey (x2444x@1)just can't get enough.

Solo:
e|----------------------------------14----12-------------------------------------|
B|-12b14----17----14------------------------------15----14--15p14p12h14-15-14-12-|
G|---------------16-14--14h16p14-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------14------14------14------14------14------14-16-16b17b16p14-|
D|-14h16---14h16---14h16---14h16---14h16---14h16------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------14---|
B|-17p14--17p14--17p14--17p14--17p14--17p14-14h15h17-15-14--17-|
G|------14-----14-----14-----14-----14-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

That's about 2/3 of the end solo. Quite frankly it's very difficult and tedious to tab. 
may come back to it on a rainy day, but it's fairly easy to improve.

END
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Tablature Legend
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 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b (x24432@1) - bend
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")