This is Remember to Breathe by Dashboard Confessional, its an amazing
song, its very simple but powerful. With this tab if you can't read
music you should still have no trouble understanding it, but if you
can read music hopefully the extra details I use here will help. Enjoy
This song is originally a half step down but I made a few changes to
let it sound the fullest and easiest to play especially if you are
singing along. Most tabs require you to hit the G note on ur (Eb)
string, which would mean putting ur finger on the 4th fret, like
shown below
Guitar 1 just repeats this (rhythm not shown)
Eb|---0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0---
Bb|---0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0---
Gb|---4----4----4----4--|--4----4----4----4---
Db|---2----2----2----2--|--2----2----2----2---
Ab|---4----0----X----0--|--4----0----X----2---
Eb|---0----0----4----0--|--0----0----4----0---
^ ^
^^^that note^^^
But the problem with that is you are a half step below the Ab on the
string above it and that makes it hard to mute that string which is
symbolized by the X. So what I did was drop the Ab string down a half
step to the G so now the tab looks like this.
Guitar 1 just repeats this (rhythm not shown)
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
Eb|---0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0---|
Bb|---0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0---|
Eb|---0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0---|
Eb|---0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0---|
G |---5----1----0----1--|--5----1----0----3---|
Eb|---0----0----0----0--|--0----0----0----0---|
This will allow you to not mute any strings and let you hear the voices
the entire song, it helps it flow better, also its easier to sing when
you only have to use one finger on the guitar.
Another thing I did was to change the tuning. I left the little e string
at Eb, then I also left the Bb the same. But the Gb string is dropped
way down to an Eb, and the Db string is tuned up to an Eb, so those two
strings are the exact same note. You can tune ur Gb string UP to the Eb
but I just put on new strings and I would hate to pop one so soon haha.
So heres how the whole 2 measure phrase goes in 4/4 time.
The accents are symbolized by up arrows and come in on 1 and the + of 2
Guitar 1 just repeats this (strum straight 1/8th notes the whole time)
Eb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Ab|-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
^ ^ ^ ^
Now thats basically the entire song just keep repeating that the whole
time, and improv with it, its very easy and fun to play.
Now heres the hard part. The guitar 2 part could possibly be played
on a mandolin, but its more fun on guitar for me, and sounds basically
the same. First I will show you the essentials of the notes, then I'll
show you the background ghost notes underneath it. Unless you are a
super fast picker, this one is easiest to just pluck with your thumb,
index and middle finger. Use your thumb on the Eb string, but what should
be the Gb string, the 3rd one from the bottom if you are counting up. Then
use your index on the Bb string and your middle finger on the smallest Eb
string, just as your hand would normally rest on the strings.
Guitar 2(Begin after first guitar plays 1 bar)
eb|-12---11---7---12---11---7---11---12---7---14-|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|
It repeats this part twice
Here is the rhythm, assume these are 16th notes
Eb|------12-------12----------11-------11--------7-|
Bb|----0-----0--------0-----0-----0--------0-------|
Eb|-0-----------0--------0-----------0--------0----|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Then it goes like this
Eb|------11-------11----------12-------12--------7-|
Bb|----0-----0--------0-----0-----0--------0-------|
Eb|-0-----------0--------0-----------0--------0----|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Then the Galloping F's haha
Eb|-----14-----14-----14-----14-----14---|
Bb|---0----0------0------0------0------0-|
Eb|-0--------0------0------0------0------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
End with
eb|--0-0-0-0-|
Gb|--0-0-0-0-|
Bb|--0-0-0-0-|
Db|--0-0-0-0-|
Ab|--0-1-0-3-|
Eb|--0-0-0-0-|
Heres the whole song as a Chord Chart, but the chords refer to above,
not the literal chords.
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-Remember to Breathe-------|
|----Dashboard Confessional-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
Intro - C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
C Ab G Ab
She fixes her lips they
C Ab G Eb
Always look perfect
C Ab G Ab
Never a smudge line
C Ab G Eb
Never too
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
Much
C Ab G Ab
I try on my blue shirt
C Ab G Eb
She told me she liked it... once
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
(play intro again)
C Ab G Ab
She wonders what I'll wear
C Ab G Eb
She knows just what she'll wear
C Ab G Ab
She always
C Ab G Eb
wears blue
C Ab G Ab
Some sneakers or flip flops
C Ab G Eb
I'm starting to panic.... wait, wait
C Ab G Ab
Remember she asked you
C Ab G Eb
Remember to........
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
Breathe
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
And everything
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
Will be okay
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
okay okay
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
Alright... Alright
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
Alright... Alright
C Ab G Ab C Ab G Eb
Alright... Alright
Outro
G Ab G Eb
