• Song:

    Sock Hop (live)

  • Artist:

    Ben Gibbard

Song: "Sock Hop" (live, originally an All-Time Quarterback song)
Artist: Ben Gibbard
Album: none, this is as played live in Milwaukee
Tabbed by: emtilt


I think this is pretty much correct for how Ben plays it live. He plays it solo
on an acoustic guitar in standard tuning. It is played much differently on the
All-Time Quarterback album, though.



Intro: G-Em-C-Am-D (2x)


[G]It was the first two weeks of [Em]autumn
I [c]kissed you on the cheek and gave you [Am]flowers out of [D]season 
And [G]all the people at the [Em]drive-in,
Make [C]out with each other un[Am]til the second [D]feature is 


E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0----0----0-----0------------0-----0--------0--------0-------0-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------0-----|
A|-2----3----7-----5------------2----3-------0---------3----------2-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  closing at the end and you're roaming to find your keys in the lot


[G]I took you out on [Em]Friday 
We [C]shared a milkshake at [Am]the sock [D]hop
When we were [G]done, we went to watch the [Em]sunset 
But it [C]never sank as deep [Am]as my [D]heart did at


E|------------------------------------------------------------------(strum)-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------0-(last)--|
G|---0----0----0-----0------------0-----0--------0--------0-------0-(chord)-| 2x
D|----------------------------------------------------------------0-(2nd)---|
A|-2----3----7-----5------------2----3-------0---------3----------2-(time)--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------(only)--|
   closing at the end and you're roaming to find your keys in the
   closing at the end and you're roaming to find your keys in the lot


Outro: G-Em-C-Am-D (2x)
End on G
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