Something New

Something New
by The Airborne Toxic Event
from the 2008 album The Airborne Toxic Event


Standard Tuning

The intro has been tabbed decently elsewhere, so I won’t reiterate that here.  
Here’s the guitar part:


   D
    
e|--5-5-(5)5-7--9--9-9-7777-9-7----|
B|--7-7-(7)7-7--7--7-7-7777-7-7----|
G|--7-7-(7)7-7--7--7-7-7777-7-7----|
D|--7-7-(7)7-7--7--7-7-7777-7-7----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
        (play chord in parenthesis 2nd time onward – 16th notes)

   G

e|--3-333-5--3--3-3--33-3-3-5-5----|
B|--3-333-3--3--3-3--33-3-3-3-3----|
G|--4-444-4--4--4-4--44-4-4-4-4----|
D|--5-555-5--5--5-5--55-5-5-5-5----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

For the intro play:

|D-sequence|D-sequence|G-sequence|D-sequence|

During the verses, you can play the above rhythms or just the plain chords, which are these:


       D 
What's passed these hands?
All these drugs and one night stands
      G                                 D
So I tremble when I think of what she'd do
She'd say something like:
 D
"You're no good,
You're like the junkies in this neighborhood"
       G                              D
We all need a fix, I guess I need one too
        Em      A
But I'm trying madly to calm these nerves
               D
With something new

              D
I've got this heavy debt, I've got nothing left
But this daunting weight slung ‘round my neck
            G
You got the callous mouth, all your endless doubts
              D    
We spent these fifteen weeks, trying to work it out
       Em                  A           D
Do you think we're getting to something new?

(Intro chord sequence on “new”)
|D-sequence|D-sequence|

             N.C.
Oh God, not another fight
I'm always trying to get the details right
  G                                  D 
I remember when you told me you felt saved
         G                               D
And you promised you'd lay flowers on my grave
     Em                A
Just like they used to do
                D
Is it something new?

        D
And now here I stand
With these blood soaked hands
On these sleepless nights that never end
          G
All these songs I sing
All these hope I cling to
D
Desperately wondering
       Em              A           D
Are we finally getting to something new?

(Intro chord sequence on “new,” continuing over final lyrics.)

Is it something new?
Are we finally to something new?