• Song:

    I Held Her In My Arms

  • Artist:

    Violent Femmes

  • Album:

    I Held Her in My Arms

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                I HELD HER IN MY ARMS - Violent Femmes
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Tabbed by: Rafa88offspring
Email: rafa88offspring@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard (EADgbe)

Here's a great tune by the Violent Femmes :)

Intro
A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)                 DI'm (xx0232@1)gnawing on the knowledge
A (x02220@1)               DThat (xx0232@1)I have been burnt
        A (x02220@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)I'm learning things that I
        A (x02220@1)       DShould've (xx0232@1)already learnt
A (x02220@1)             DEveryone (xx0232@1)I ever knew
A (x02220@1)             DWas (xx0232@1)so kind and coy
A (x02220@1)          DI (xx0232@1)was with a girl
            A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)      
But it felt like I was with a boy

AI (x02220@1)can't even remember
DIf (xx0232@1)we were lovers
   A (x02220@1)              EOr (022100@1)if I just wanted to
      ABut (x02220@1)I held her in my arms
  DI (xx0232@1)held her in my arms
  AI (x02220@1)held her in my arms
              EBut (022100@1)it wasn't you

Repeat Intro

A (x02220@1)         DI (xx0232@1)will not kill
    A (x02220@1)              DThe (xx0232@1)one thing that I love
A (x02220@1)              DIn (xx0232@1)this world of wreckage
A (x02220@1)      DI (xx0232@1)look above
A (x02220@1)      DHelp (xx0232@1)me Lord
A (x02220@1)          DHelp (xx0232@1)me understand
A (x02220@1)               DWhat (xx0232@1)it means to be a boy
A (x02220@1)               DWhat (xx0232@1)it means to be a man

Chorus

Interlude
A-D (the same pattern as the verses)

Repeat Verse 1

Chorus x2

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| /   slide up
|    slide down
| B   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| B   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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