------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWEET PAYNE - The Hold Steady ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:gushingblood Email:mattmcgrath1@hotmail.co.uk Tuning:Standard From "Almost Killed Me" "I always dream about a unified scene" A Payne avenue lives up to its name some nights it's painful and strange. D The whole city seemed sane in the day. N.C. But some nights it seems distressed and deranged. A F#m The east side is where we met with those guys C#m D that said they'd get us high but that changed. E Now they're down in the basement. D They're bashing out his brains. A E Kids are getting cut up with the motorcycle chains. A St. Paul had it all when we called. D They were maxing out on medicine. A A shaved head. The blood on the bed. D Those guys you'd recognize. E They had the same tattoos as gideon. A F#m Strong stuff and she had more than enough. C#m D She was slumping over smiling and sailing off with cherubim. E D the cityscape skins are kinda kicking it again. A E They're gonna show these kids some discipline. F#m Gideon's been living up in bay city, michigan. N.C. He's been workng at the michelin. E E E E F#m He got messed up with some messed up magicians. We got so highsome nights michigan looked just like a mitten E E E E F#m some nights we got fried. Strung out on residuals and visuals and laser shows. Reach into the speaker and try to hold on to the quarter notes. e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-7-9--10----12--14--14----19-17-17-17-17-19-17-14-12-10-10-| G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| x1 e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--9--10----12--14--14----19----17----14----12----10------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| x3 A I always dream about a unified scene. D E I always dream about a unified scene. A There's james king and king james and james dean. D E At a table in the corner of my unified scene. A They want a double order of love and respect. D E They said they just got back from up in hostile, massachussetts. A Girl I've seen your friend,she looks nothing like jada pinkett. D E I think you got something in those cigarettes. F#m A Gideon was living up in south minneapolis. E B He was the cowboy on the crosstown bus. F#m A E B All the little phillies at the yukon club are gunning for the goldrush. F#m A We got tangled in electrical fences. E B We got wrapped up in the indian fringes. F#m A E All the little phillies at the yukon club are gunning for the goldrush. B They just can't get enough. Solo: e|----------------------------------14----12-------------------------------------| B|-12b14----17----14------------------------------15----14--15p14p12h14-15-14-12-| G|---------------16-14--14h16p14-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|------14------14------14------14------14------14-16-16b17b16p14-| D|-14h16---14h16---14h16---14h16---14h16---14h16------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------14---| B|-17p14--17p14--17p14--17p14--17p14--17p14-14h15h17-15-14--17-| G|------14-----14-----14-----14-----14-------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| That's about 2/3 of the end solo. Quite frankly it's very difficult and tedious to tab. may come back to it on a rainy day, but it's fairly easy to improve. END --- Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")