• Song:

    This Ruined Puzzle

  • Artist:

    Dashboard Confession

  • Album:

    2000-10-09 Joe's House

Tuning: drop guitar 1/2 step to Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Verse:

  "This Ruined Puzzle is beige with the pieces all face down" 
e|--0--------------------0-------------------------0-------------------0-----|
b|--0--------------------0-------------------------0-------------------0-----|
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D|--2--------------------0-------------------------2-------------------0-----|
A|--3--------------------2-------------------------3-------------------3-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


"So the placing goes slowly the pictures of an...y...thing 
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b|------0-----------------------------------0--------------------------------|
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   "other than it's meant to be"
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b|--8------------------------8-----------------------------------------------|
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"the hours they creep, the patterns repeat, don't be concerned"
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b|--10---------------------12---------------10-------------------------------|
g|---0---------------------0-----------------0-------------------------------|
D|---9--------------------*10----------------9-------------------------------|
A|--10--------------------*10----------------x-------------------------------|
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                          *use first finger to barre

"you know ill be fine on my own........... I never said      "dont go"
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b|---8----------------------7-----------------5---------------3--------------|
g|---0----------------------0-----------------0---------------0--------------|
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                          *use first finger to barre
   "(dont go)"
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

But i've hidden a note it's  pressed between pages that You've marked to find
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your way back.  It says, "Does he...... ever get the.... girl?" But what if
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the pages stay pressed the chapters unfinished the stories too
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 dull to unfold          "Does he...... ever get the.... girl?" 
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E|------------------------3-------------2------------------------------------|

Verse 2:

Well this basement?s    a   coffin       it?s       buried         alive.
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   I?ll   die   in   here   just    to     be       safe
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I?ll  die  in  here             just . . . to  . . . be . . 
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b|----0----------------0--------------------0--------------------------------|
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


    safe
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b|--8------------------------8-----------------------------------------------|
g|--0------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
D|--0------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
A|--x------------------------x-----------------------------------------------|
E|--8------------------------8-----------------------------------------------|

        Cause your gone            I   get   nothing	
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b|-----------------10------------------------12------------------------------|
g|------------------0-------------------------0------------------------------|
D|------------------9-----------------------*10------------------------------|
A|-----------------10-----------------------*10------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|                                    				  *use first finger to barre
               
and you're off with barely a sigh
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               i never said goodbye            
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

But i've hidden a note it's  pressed between pages that You've marked to find
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b|-------3-------------------8--------------------------3--------------------|
g|-------0-------------------0--------------------------0--------------------|
D|-------0-------------------7--------------------------2--------------------|
A|-------2-------------------8--------------------------3--------------------|
E|-------3-------------------------------------------------------------------|

your way back.  It says, "Does he...... ever get the.... girl?"   
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b|-------3----------------3-------------3----------------3-------------------|
g|-------0----------------0-------------0----------------0-------------------|
D|-------2----------------0-------------0----------------2-------------------|
A|-------3----------------2-------------0----------------3-------------------|
E|------------------------3-------------2------------------------------------|

But i've hidden a note it's  pressed between pages that You'll read if you?re
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      so inclined        "Does he...... ever get the.... girl?" 
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b|-------3----------------3-------------3----------------3-------------------|
g|-------0----------------0-------------0----------------0-------------------|
D|-------2----------------0-------------0----------------2-------------------|
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E|------------------------3-------------2------------------------------------|

Ending:

the hours they creep, the  patterns repeat,
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b|--10---------------------12------------------------------------------------|
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A|--10--------------------*10------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

     dont be concerned you know i'll be fine on my
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     own...                    i never      said    "dont      
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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     go"                    (dont go)
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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(lightly pick)
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A|--10--------------------*10------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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     "does    he                ever        get      the
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     girl?"
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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b|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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b|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------0-----------0---------0--Let Ring----------------------------------|
D|---9-----------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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