Music X Tabs [www.mxtabs.net] BAND: Atreyu SONG: A Song for the Optimists ALBUM: Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses TUNING: Drop D and down a full step - cGCF (lo-hi) TABBED BY: Spence, a.k.a. The Polish Wonder Intro: "blow the last candle out..." F[---------------------] C[---------------------] G[---------------------] C[-0---8---0--10-8--7--] Verse 1: "just breathe and focus..." Each note is a sixteenth-note triplet to match the double bass drum. F[--------------------------------------------------] C[--------------------------------------------------] G[-------------------------111111111111333333333333-] C[-000000000000333333333333-------------------------] Verse 2: "i'll be honest..." (the second time) After the fourth time, strum each note a bunch of times. F[--------------------------------] [--------] C[--------------------------------] [--------] G[----------------------0--3-0-3--] [-1---3--] C[-0---5-7-0---5-7-10-------------] [--------] Verse 3: "what do i have to do..." F[-----------------------------------------------------------] C[-----------------------------------------------------------] G[-------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------] C[-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------3--3-3-3-2-] Verse 4: "happiness is an emotion..." F[-----------------------------------------------------------][---] C[-----------------------------------------------------------][---] G[--------1-1--1--------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------1-1--1--3-3-3-3-][---] C[-0-0--0--------0-0--0---------------0-0--0-----------------][-0~] Verse 5: dark whispers F[-----------------------------------------------------------------] C[-----------------------------------------------------------------] G[---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-] C[-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------] Breakdown F[------------------------------------------] C[------------------------------------------] G[-5-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0--0-1-3-1-0-] C[------------------------------------------] F[--------------------------------------] C[--------------------------------------] G[-5-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0--3-1-0-] C[--------------------------------------] The songs ends the same way you play the second verse. Well, here you go, one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. Don't be afraid to post corrections because I dunno if this is 100% correct.