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                The First Days Of Spring - Noah and the Whale
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Tabbed by: Cal

Listen to the song for timing, and here is a video of how it is played for exact 
timing etc: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgNIGBCC5RY

Tuning: Standard

   G (320003@1)                                    D/A (x00232@1)              C/Ge|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (3x555x@1)B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0--------0----------2---------4---------------------------------------|
D|---0--------0----------0---------0---0------4--------4---------2-------2---|
A|------------------------------------------5---5----5---5\3---3---3---3---3-|
E|-3--------3---------3---------3---------5--------5---------3-------3-------|

   Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)     C+9
e|---------------------------0------B-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------3-----R-----------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------0------0-----0----U-----------------------------------------|
D|-----2--------0------0--------2---S-----------------------------------------|
A|---2--------0------------------3--H-----------------------------------------|
E|-0--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|

Main Riff X LOTS!
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0---2h4---2p0------0---2h4---2p0----0---0-----0---0--------------------|
D|---0---0-----0--------0---0-----0----------5---------5----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------3---------------------------|
E|-3------------------3------------------0------------------------------------|

And I do believe...
e|--------------------------------------0---0-------0------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------1----------------------------|
G|---0---0----0---0----5---5---5---5---------------------0---0---0---0-------|
D|-----5--------5--------5-------5----2---2---2---2--------------------------|
A|-------------------3-------3-----------------------------------------------|
E|-0--------0------------------------------------------3---3---3---3---------|

Main riff again

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1---1---1---1---5---5---5---5-------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------3---3---3---3---------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0---0---0-------------------------------------------------------------|


G (320003@1)                 GIt's (320003@1)the first day of spring
    Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)   GMy (320003@1)life is starting over again
GWell (320003@1)the trees grow, the river flows
          Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)And its water will wash away my sins
       CFor (x32010@1)I do believe that everyone
                                 GHas (320003@1)one chance to fuck up their lives
        C (x32010@1)                            
Like a cut down tree, I will rise again
                                             GI'll (320003@1)be bigger, and stronger than ever... before

        AmIf (x02210@1)I'm still here hoping 
      C (x32010@1)             GThat (320003@1)one day you may come back
        AmIf (x02210@1)I'm still here hoping 
      C (x32010@1)             GThat (320003@1)one day you may come back

G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em   C (x32010@1) 
G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em   G (320003@1)          GThere (320003@1)is hope, in every new seed
           Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)         GAnd (320003@1)every flower, that grows on the earth

And though I love you, and you know that

The last bit: 4:30 onwards. Guitar 2 play a G on the 6th string every half beat.

Riff 1 X4
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0-2---------------0-0~-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------2~-2--2---2------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3~-----------------------(3)--(3)--(3)------------------------------------|

Riff 2 X4
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0----3-0---0-------3-0------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2----------2----0--------2-0--------------------------------------------|
D|--------2------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------(3)--(3)--(3)--------------------------|

Final Riff

|G,,Em,C+9,| play evenly and let ring.
 
e|-3--3--3--0-------------------------------------|
B|-3--3--0--3-------------------------------------|
G|-0--0--0--0-------------------------------------|
D|-0--0--2--2-------------------------------------|
A|-2--2--2--3-------------------------------------|
E|-3--3--0--x-------------------------------------|

end by playing on bass:
D---------|
A---3-----|
E-0----3--|


Okay so these are the main parts: listen to the song for timing etc. Enjoy!