Nada Surf
"Blankest Year" from "The Weight is a Gift"

tabbed by Dan Farrelly (dfarr@udel.edu)

standard tuning, listen to song for strumming, it's up and down strokes alternating, 
simple

Intro/Verse/Outro Chords:

   Ab E  B  F#
e--4--7--2--9---|
B--4--9--4--11--|
G--5--9--4--11--|
D--6--9--4--11--|
A--6--7--2--9---|
E--4------------|

Chorus/Bridge Chords:

   C#m B  F#  E
e--4---2--2---0--|
B--5---4--2---0--|
G--6---4--3---1--|
D--6---4--4---2--|
A--4---2--4---2--|
E---------2---0--|

Intro:

Ab E B F# E

Ab      E            B     F#       E       
       x2
   Oh to hell with it,     I'm gonna have a party

Ab E B F# E


Chorus:
C#m
 I had the blankest year
B                 F#
 I saw life turn into a TV show
C#m
  It was totally weird
B                 F#
 The person I knew I didn't really know


Verse:

Ab E B F# E

Ab              E
 Time don't move
B   F#        E
    We're the only ones who do
Ab       E
 Bending Reason
B   F#          E
    'Cause it's all we hold on too


Chorus x 1


Bridge:

start strumming C#m

            F#
And now it's lonely
     E                     B
Thank God the band's doing well
             F#
But you don't own me
     E                 B
I'd like to return this spell
                  C#m
'Cause it's not my size
        B                F#
And your lies are so much bigger
       C#m
Than my Lies
         B                F#
And your ties are made of things that shouldn't make ties


Outro:

Ab E B F# E

Ab      E       B          F#       E       
       x 3
     Oh fuck it, (fuck it) I'm gonna have a party

let the E ring on the last time through then end on G# hit once