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                             YEAH SAPPHIRE - The Hold Steady
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Tabbed by: Spence
Email: pointgodspence@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Main riff:

e|--0---0-0---0-0---0----0---0-----------------------------------------|
B|--4h5-5-5---5-5---4----2---0-----------------------------------------|
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Verse:

Yeah, Sapphire
I'm sick and I'm tired and I'm fried
And you gotta believe me
Yeah, Sapphire
If I cross myself when I come,
Would you maybe receive me?
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B|--4h5-5-5---5-5---4----2---0-----------------------------------------|
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Verse 2.0:

Yeah, Sapphire
You were feisty at first,
But I broke you and I showed you the tempo
Sacramento,
It swung at us first
But it ended up going down gentle
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B|-9h10p9-------------10-12---10--12--10-------------------------------|
G|---------11--9--11---------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus:

Sapphire, if Cheyenne's too small
We'll haul it all back to St. Paul
I was just about to call you
When you called
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B|--2----2----2--3-2-----2----2----2--3-2-----2----2----2--3-2----0--2-|
G|--2------2--2------2---2------2--2------2---2------2--2-----2---1--2-|
D|--4---------2----------4---------2----------4---------2---------2--2-|
A|--4---------0----------4---------0----------4---------0---------2--0-|
E|--2--------------------2--------------------2-------------------0----|

Verse 1 + 2.0 together:

Yeah, Sapphire
I know the last time we touched
I came on a bit rough, please forgive me
Yeah, Sapphire
After you left, it was a big sketchy mess
They almost killed me
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B|--4h5-5-5---5-5---4----2---0-----------------------------------------|
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D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Played with the part above)
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B|-9h10p9-------------10-12---10--12--10-------------------------------|
G|---------11--9--11---------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus:

Sapphire, if Cheyenne's too small
We'll haul it all back to St. Paul
I was just about to call you
When you called
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B|--2----2----2--3-2-----2----2----2--3-2-----2----2----2--3-2----0---|
G|--2------2--2------2---2------2--2------2---2------2--2-----2---1---|
D|--4---------2----------4---------2----------4---------2---------2---|
A|--4---------0----------4---------0----------4---------0---------2---|
E|--2--------------------2--------------------2-------------------0---|

Sapphire, if St. Paul don't call
We've always got Aberdeen
'Cause dreams they seem to cost money
But money costs some dreams
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B|--2----2----2--3-2-----2----2----2--3-2-----2----2----2--3-2----0---|
G|--2------2--2------2---2------2--2------2---2------2--2-----2---1---|
D|--4---------2----------4---------2----------4---------2---------2---|
A|--4---------0----------4---------0----------4---------0---------2---|
E|--2--------------------2--------------------2-------------------0---|

Bridge:

It went just as you predicted
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B|-------------------------------------7-7-7-8--7-7-7-8--------|
G|-------------------------------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--------|
D|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------|

I swear there must be something in your dreams
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------7-7-7-8--7-7-7-8--------|
G|-------------------------------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--------|
D|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------|

It all went down exactly like your visions
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B|-------------------------------------9-9-9-10-9-9-9-10-------|
G|-------------------------------------9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--------|
D|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------|

And I know you said don't call until I'm clean
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B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|

I'm not drunk, I'm cut
I'm gushing blood
And I need someone to come and pick me up
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B|-9-9-9-10--9-9-9-10--9-9-9-10--9-9-9-10------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-------------------------|
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e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|--2~~--------|
A|--2~~--------|
E|--0~~--------|

Outro:

I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work
I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work
I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work
I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work 
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End:

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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