• Song:

    Black Dresses

  • Artist:

    Spill Canvas

  • Album:

    Sunsets & Car Crashes

The Spill Canvas - Black Dresses

Tabbed by: Jeremy Snook
Email: sightnowchanging@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Note: An X below the tab's notes means you need to palm mute that note. An X ON the tab 
means you just do not play that not during the strum.

Chords:

   E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)C (x32010@1)A (x02220@1) A2 (x02420@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
e|-0--0--0--0---0--0--|
B|-7--0--0--8---0--0--|
G|-0--7--0--0---4--0--|
D|-5--0--7--10--2--9--|
A|-7--5--x--0---0--0--|
E|-0--7--8--x---x--10-|

Intro:

  Sweep/strum these
        V           V           V
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----7-7/8\7p0------------------------------------|
G|------0---------7-7/9\7p0---------------0h7------|
D|------5-----------0---------7-7p0--7p0-----9-----|
A|------7-----------5-----------x------------------|
E|--00--0-------77--7-------88--8--88---88---------|
    xx          xx          xx     xx   xx

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----7-7/8\7p0--------------------------------------------------|
G|------0---------7-7/9\7p0---------------0h7--------------------|
D|------5-----------0---------7-7p0--7p0-----9~--7~--4/5\4/5/7~~~|
A|------7-----------5-----------x--------------------------------|
E|--00--0-------77--7-------88--8--88---88-----------------------|
    xx          xx          xx     xx   xx

/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off

Intro strumming:
E B C A
E B C C
E B C A
E B C C

Verse:

E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)   C (x32010@1)            A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1) BIn (x2444x@1)muddy grass we stand side by side
         C (x32010@1)      Awith (x02220@1)our knuckles interlocked
E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)     C (x32010@1)       A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BBlack (x2444x@1)dresses flood the c  emetery
        C (x32010@1)        Ain (x02220@1)this cliche tragedy
A (x02220@1)                           AJust (x02220@1)do as you're instructed and....
C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)           ATake (x02220@1)this razor and cut your palms

                         E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)       CI'll (x32010@1)do the same until a river of crimson begins to flow
                   D (xx0232@1)          ANow (x02220@1)drip your ruby red over the casket
  E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)        AA (x02220@1)funeral for my once loved youth

Pre-chorus:

   E (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1)        CMy (x32010@1)secret is fatally gorgeous
A (x02220@1)         AI'd (x02220@1)die for you
            E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)           CBut (x32010@1)in this Bonnie and Clyde kind of romance
A (x02220@1)             Atell (x02220@1)me what would you do?
   E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)      CMy (x32010@1)secret is fatally gorgeous
A (x02220@1)      AI'd (x02220@1)die for you
             E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)       CBut (x32010@1)when your precious life is at stake
        A (x02220@1)       B (x2444x@1)        Ctell (x32010@1)me would you die for me too?

Chorus:

E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)          CThe (x32010@1)quivering liquids in your stomach
                          Awill (x02220@1)eat away at the bad habits that have made you
       E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)                 Ca (x32010@1)real character in the story of your now distant life
A2 (x02420@1)             A2Goodnight (x02420@1)and goodbye, quickly

The rest of the song is pretty much just these things repeated (the verse, pre-chorus, 
chorus). Listen to the song and I'm sure you can figure it out. You can also watch my 
cover on Youtube to see how I play it (www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOshpjZ6H7Q). Good luck!

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