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Band: Silverchair
Song: Without You
Album: Diorama

Retuning your guitar to open D tuning (DbAbDbAbDbDb) to properly play
this song can be such a hassle. So this tab is for all the Silverchair
fans who want to play this song accurately, but without the tedious task
of straining those guitar strings.

Drop D tuning (1/2 step down)

Symbols:

/ = Slide up
h = Hammer on
x = Mute string

Intro/Verse

Eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|--7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
Db|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Ab|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Db|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

"Miles away, there's hopeless smiles brighter than mine,
And I need for you to come and go,
Without the truth falling out"

Pre-chorus

Guitar 1:                           Guitar 2:

Eb|--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-----------|   Eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-----------|   Bb|------10-------7-------10-------8----|
Gb|--x-x-x-x-x--2-2-2-----------|   Gb|---------9-------7--------9-------7--|
Db|--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4--2/5-5-5--|   Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2--2/5-5-5--|   Ab|----7--------7-------9--------5------|
Db|--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x--2/5-5-5--|   Db|--7--------7-------9--------5--------|

"Old incisions refusing to stay, 
Like the sun through the trees on a cloudy day"

Eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|--7-7-7/9-9-9/12-12-12/14--| \
Db|--0-0-0/0-0-0/0--0--0-/0---|  Let last chord ring
Ab|--5-5-5/7-7-7/10-10-10/12--| /
Db|--0-0-0/0-0-0/0--0--0-/0---|

Chorus

Eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|--7-7-7--------------------| \
Db|--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7--|  Repeat 3x
Ab|--5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7--| /
Db|--0-0-0-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7--|

"And you brighten my life like a polystyrene hat,
But it melts in the sun like a life without love,
And I've waited for you, so I keep holding on... 

Eb|--x-x-x-----------|
Bb|--x-x-x-----------|
Gb|--2-2-2-----------|
Db|--4-4-4--2/5-5-5--|
Ab|--2-2-2--2/5-5-5--|
Db|--x-x-x--2/5-5-5--|

...Without you, without you"

[Play Intro/Verse]

Interlude

Eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|--15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
Gb|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
Db|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
Ab|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
Db|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|

"Teeeeeelephooooooone" :-)

[Play Verse]

[Play Pre-chorus]

[Play Chorus]

Bridge                           On "blooming like winter" play:

Eb|---------------------------|  Eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|  Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|--------------------7-7-7--|  Gb|---------------------------|
Db|--9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-0-0-0--|  Db|--9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Ab|--9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--|  Ab|--9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Db|--9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-0-0-0--|  Db|--9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

"Feels like the wind blows,
Holding you with us,
She takes no other,
False light and ashes,
Blooming like winter"

[Play Chorus]

Outro

Guitar 1:

Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--10h12-10h12-10--7h8-7h8-7--5h7-5h7-5--7h8-7h8-7-----------------|
Gb|--11----11----11--7---7---7--6---6---6--7---7---7-----------------|
Db|--12----12----12--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--0-5-5-5/9-9-9--|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------0-5-5-5/9-9-9--|
Db|---------------------------------------------------0-5-5-5/9-9-9--|

Guitar 2:

Eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------|
Db|--0-0-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-0-x--0-5-5-5/9-9-9--|
Ab|--0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-0-5--0-5-5-5/9-9-9--|
Db|--0-0-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-0-x--0-5-5-5/9-9-9--|

Guitar 1:

Eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|
Db|--2h4-x-2h4-x-0-4----0-3--|
Ab|--2h4-x-2h4-x-0-2----0-3--|
Db|--2h4-x-2h4-x-0-x----0-3--|

Ending riff

Eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|------------12-11--| \
Db|--0-0-0-2-3-0--0---|  Let that last chord sing, baby
Ab|--0-0-0-2-3-10-9---| /
Db|--0-0-0-2-3-0--0---|

Believe it or not, this is my first tab. Helpful comments are appreciated.
I pretty much know this song forwards and backwards. I've been wanting to
put this tab out for awhile now because I haven't seen a good version of
this song tabbed in standard tuning. And I know how much it sucks retuning
the guitar, so now you don't have to :-)
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