This song is normally played in D-Standard tuning, however this tab will show
chord voicings that are in standard tuning with a capo on the 1st fret. Basically,
treat the song as if you were playing in Db minor/E Major, and it's simple
manipulation of chords in in those keys. Hope it helps!
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Capo 1st fret
~: Let chord/note ring
x: Mute string
(*): Lyrics
The overall rhythm of this song is sort of described as |x--X--x-x---x--X--x-x---...|
where there's a lot of emphasis on the "X" rather than the "x". I will show the
tab exactly first, then at the end of each section I will put the tabs for the
chords if that's easier to follow.
Intro:
(Before vocals come in)
B Major Db minor
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6
D|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
E|----x------------x------------x------------x-------
Ab minor A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|--4-x-4--4-4---4-x-4--4-4-----x------------x------- Repeat this part again.
Chords
B Major Db minor Ab minor A Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--4- D|--6- D|--2- D|--2-
A|--2- A|--4- A|--2- A|--0-
E|---- E|---- E|--4- E|----
Verse:
First part: (Another night alone at the bar that you call home, you sit there waiting for no one.)
After repeat: (And the melting of the ice in your drink passes the time, order another to
keep you numb, to keep you numb.)
A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|----x------------x------------x------------x-------
E Major E Major/Eb Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---1-x-1~~1-1---1-x-1~~1-1
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
E|--0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0 Repeat this part again
Chords:
A Major E Major E major/Eb Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--2- D|--2- D|--1-
A|--0- A|--2- A|--2-
E|---- E|--0- E|--0-
Chorus:
(No vocals this chorus)
Db minor/A Eb Major E Major Gb minor
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
E|----x------------x----------0-x-0--0-0---2-x-2--2-2
A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Repeat part again
Chords:
Db minor/A Eb Major E major/Eb Major Gb minor A Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--2- D|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--2-
A|--4- A|--6- A|--2- A|--2- A|--0-
E|---- E|---- E|--0- E|--2- E|----
Verse:
First part: (And you miss the way it felt when it was new and not routine. Same production,
just different actors every night.)
After repeat: (And your not proud, but not ashamed. Sits alone, you ask her name, but
always know the ending of this play, when you say...)
A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|----x------------x------------x------------x-------
E Major E Major/Eb Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---1-x-1~~1-1---1-x-1~~1-1
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
E|--0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0 Repeat this part again
Chords:
A Major E Major E major/Eb Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--2- D|--2- D|--1-
A|--0- A|--2- A|--2-
E|---- E|--0- E|--0-
Chorus:
First part: (Don't go, you know that we've only just met.)
After repeat: (I'll call a cab home, or we can walk and smoke these cigarettes.)
Db minor/A Eb Major E Major Gb minor
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
E|----x------------x----------0-x-0--0-0---2-x-2--2-2
A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Repeat part again
Chords:
Db minor/A Eb Major E major/Eb Major Gb minor A Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--2- D|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--2-
A|--4- A|--6- A|--2- A|--2- A|--0-
E|---- E|---- E|--0- E|--2- E|----
Intro repeat:
(Vocal break)
B Major Db minor
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6
D|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
E|----x------------x------------x------------x-------
Ab minor A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|--4-x-4--4-4---4-x-4--4-4-----x------------x------- Repeat this part again.
Chords
B Major Db minor Ab minor A Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--4- D|--6- D|--2- D|--2-
A|--2- A|--4- A|--2- A|--0-
E|---- E|---- E|--4- E|----
Verse:
First part: (Early morning half-asleep, half-awake under stranger's sheets, not surprised, that
she's already left.)
After repeat: (Find your clothes and find your smokes, there's no goodbye there's just a note,
didn't see just how this would end, and it says...)
A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|----x------------x------------x------------x-------
E Major E Major/Eb Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---1-x-1~~1-1---1-x-1~~1-1
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
E|--0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0 Repeat this part again
(Always know the ending of this play, when you say...)
Chords:
A Major E Major E major/Eb Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--2- D|--2- D|--1-
A|--0- A|--2- A|--2-
E|---- E|--0- E|--0- Repeat twice
Chorus:
First part: (Don't call, I know that we've only just met.)
After first repeat: (I'm sorry to have lead you on, there's no good that could
ever come of this)
After second repeat: (I've got no room for you in my life, I am complicated."
After third repeat: (Here's money for the cab home, the drinks, and half smoked cigarettes)
Db minor/A Eb Major E Major Gb minor
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
E|----x------------x----------0-x-0--0-0---2-x-2--2-2
A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Repeat part 3 times
Chords:
Db minor/A Eb Major E major/Eb Major Gb minor A Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--2- D|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--2-
A|--4- A|--6- A|--2- A|--2- A|--0-
E|---- E|---- E|--0- E|--2- E|----
Intro repeat:
(Vocal break)
B Major Db minor
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6
D|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
E|----x------------x------------x------------x-------
Ab minor A Major
e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4
D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2
A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0
E|--4-x-4--4-4---4-x-4--4-4-----x------------x------- Repeat this part until the song fades out.
Chords
B Major Db minor Ab minor A Major
e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0-
B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0-
G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4-
D|--4- D|--6- D|--2- D|--2-
A|--2- A|--4- A|--2- A|--0-
E|---- E|---- E|--4- E|----
