Dashboard Confessional
Hands Down (Electric version)
Tabbed By: Victor Van Dam

This version is played in the MTV instead of the original acoustic versions.

Intro:
E----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G----------1------------1--2-------------|
D-------4-----2------4------------4/6----|
A----2-------------2-----------2---------|
E--0-------------0-----------0-----------| X3

Riff ends with:
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G----------1------------------|
D-------4-----2-------4--1#---|
A----2-------------2--4--2#---|
E--0-------------0------------|


Verse:
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------|
G--1-----------------------------------------------------------|  REPEAT
D--2(x8)------2(x8)-----1(x8)-----4(x8)------7--------6--------|
A--2(PM)------4(PM)-----0(PM)-----2(PM)------5(x3)----5(x1)----|
E--------------------------------------------5--------5--------|
  breathe...  luck...   deep...  blessed...  share with me...
-Chris does a few stops here and there but it's all the same chords

Chorus:
     "My hopes are so high..."
      E      Abm    A/D     Abm           Repeat chorus:
E-----0-------4------0-------4-------------------|
B-----0-------4------2-------4-------------------|
G-----1-------4------1-------4-------------------|
D-----2-------4------2-------4--------6-7-6------|
A-----2-------6------0-------6-------4-----4-----|
E---0-0-------4--------------4------5--------5---|

The second time through the chorus he ends it differently:
      E      Abm    A/D     Abm
E-----0-------4------0-------4------4-4----|
B-----0-------4------2-------4------4-4----|
G-----1-------4------1-------4------6-5----|
D-----2-------4------2-------4------6-8----|  To Verse:
A-----2-------6------0-------6------4-6----|
E---0-0-------4--------------4------4-4----|


The second verse is exactly the same, except the second guitar plays this during the verse.
E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D-------4--6---------4--6--7---|
A----0--------7----0-----------|
E--0-------------0-------------|


After the second chorus he breaks into the bridge/outro section:

Bridge/outro: These are the chords being played, a second guitar is picking
through some other stuff which is at the bottom:

*Note:
When Chris hits "and the time on the clock..." there is a difference in the Dbm
chord playing style. Damn, I love that part!!!

   "Hands down this is the..."            End On:
   C#m         A        E        B           E
E---4----------5--------0--------0-----   E--0---|
B---5----------5--------0--------0-----   B--0---|
G---6----------6--------9--------8-----   G--1---|
D---6----------7--------9--------9-----   D--2---|
A---4----------7--------7--------9-----   A--2---|
E--------------5-----------------7-----   E--0---|

Guitar 2 is playing this during bridge:
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9-11-|
D---------------6---------------7---------------9------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
-over and over and over with slight variation at the end.