• Song:

    Against The Grain

  • Artist:

    Newton Faulkner

Tabbed by Jordan Lapping

Tuning: DGDGAD

[Guitar tuned down a further semitone to match recording]


 CHORDS USED [in order of appearance]:
     F#5   B5     F#5      Eb5    Abm11   F#5   B5
Db]----0-------0-------0-------2-------0-------0-------0---- | 
Ab]----5-------3-------2-------2-------3-------5-------5---- | 
Gb]----0-------0-------0-------4-------0-------0-------0---- | 
Db]----4-------3-------0-------2-------0-------0-------0---- | 
Gb]----0-------0-------0-------4-------2-------4-------5---- | 
Db]----------------------------2---------------------------- | 

    C#5  F#5    C#5   C#5   Eb5     Bb5      B5     A5
Db]----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------(b9)------0-------x---- | 
Ab]----x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------4---- | 
Gb]----5-------4-------2-------0-------0-------8-------(b9)------0---- | 
Db]----0-------0-------0-------4-------0-------(b9)------10------x---- | 
Gb]----x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------3---- | 
Db]----7-------5-------4-------0-------2-------(b9)------10----------- | 


 INTRO:
F#5 - B5 - F#5 - F#5 (x2)



 VERSE 1:
         F#5         B5     F#5         F#5
  I have tried but it's hard to fight it
               F#5      B5    F#5         F#5
  I can't just watch as it falls apart
              F#5     B5          F#5           F#5
  If we could break the mould, make it in from the cold
            F#5      B5       F#5         F#5
  Lose your mind, never lose your heart



 PRE-CHORUS 1:
           Eb5
  I don't mind working hard for it
                 F#5
  I'll bend the hands 'til the space appears
                 Eb5
  I'll move the pieces until we all fit
               F#5                  Abm11      F#5
  From near to far and from far to near



 CHORUS 1:
        B5                             F#5
  And I know that I'm going against the grain
        Abm11     F#5    B5
  And I know this makes no sense
        B5               F#5         Abm11   F#5    B5
  The changes I've tried to make, they make no differ - ence
        B5                F#5                     Eb5
  But I know that I'll try again, although it's so hard
   F#5   B5
  Hard, hard



 TRANSITION:
F#5 - B5 - F#5 - F#5 (x2)



 VERSE 2:
        F#5     B5     F#5         F#5
  Given time it'll finally focus
           F#5        B5      F#5         F#5
  And in a moment that's been and gone
             F#5             B5        F#5           F#5
  And in the afterglow, from my head to my soul
        F#5    B5    F#5         F#5
  I can see all I have ignored



 PRE-CHORUS 2:
               Eb5
  And I don't mind working hard for it
                 F#5
  I'll bend the hands 'til the space appears
                 Eb5
  I'll move the pieces until we all fit
               F#5                  Abm11      F#5
  From near to far and from far to near



 CHORUS 2:
        B5                             F#5
  And I know that I'm going against the grain
        Abm11     F#5    B5
  And I know this makes no sense
        B5               F#5         Abm11   F#5    B5
  The changes I've tried to make, they make no differ - ence
        B5                F#5                     Eb5
  But I know that I'll try again, although it's so hard
   F#5   B5
  Hard, hard



 TRANSITION:
F#5 - B5 - F#5 - F#5 (x2)



 BRIDGE:
     C#5                     F#5
  If life's so short then we're wasting time
  C#5                   F#5
  Love is the last thing on our minds
  C#5        F#5          C#5       C#5
  It's so simple but so hard to see
      C#5       Eb5
  And you are not alone in this
   Bb5                B5
  Sense of loss and loneliness
  C#5               F#5          C#5       C#5
  Take your shoes off, run towards the sea



 CHORUS 3:
        B5                             F#5
  And I know that I'm going against the grain
        Abm11     F#5    B5
  And I know this makes no sense
        B5               F#5         Abm11   F#5    B5
  The changes I've tried to make, they make no differ - ence
        B5                F#5                     Eb5
  But I know that I'll try again, although it's so hard
   F#5   B5
  Hard, hard



 TRANSITION:
F#5 - B5 - F#5 - F#5 (x2)



 OUTRO:
             F#5    A5       F#5
  I know the sun will keep on shining down
      A5                    F#5
  As long as you're around
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