This is Scarling.'s song In The Pretend World, from So Long, Scarecrow.
This was tabbed on an acoustic, so there are no notes as far as effects go: feel
free to suggest some in the comments.
This is in standard tuning. [ E A D G B E ]
CAPO 1
Chords used:
Dm/C [x 5 7 5 6 5]
C/Bb [x 3 5 3 5 3]
Bb [1 1 3 3 3 1]
F [1 3 3 2 1 1]
Slightly muted, straight eighths down-strokes:
Dm/C C/Bb Bb F X 2 [intro, same pattern occurs through song]
V1
Dm/C C/Bb
In the pretend world
Bb F
We all are very awake
Dm/C C/Bb
In the pretend world
Bb F
We all look sterile and fake
Dm/C C/Bb
In this atmosphere
Bb F
We all could chatter for days
Dm/C C/Bb
In the pretend world
Bb F[let ring, then: ]
We never admit our mistakes
[For the prechorus/chorus, you can either continue the same strum pattern, just
less muted, or strum the A, D, B strings as such: A D B A D B A D]
Dm/C C/Bb
But in the real world
Bb F [and repeat ad nauseum]
Were hiding alone and ashamed
And we cant live while
Because were addicted to pain
You see I cannot feel this
No matter how you try
In the real world
We cant deny
V2 [back to palm-muted]
In the pretend world
We gaze into empty eyes
We have to amuse ourselves
With adultery tales and white lies
[PreC/C: cleaner or strum pattern]
But in the real world
Where fools tormented for sport
We just stitch up our mouths
So we cant admit or retort
You see I cannot say this
Please don't ask me why
In the real world
We cant deny
You see I cannot feel this
No matter how you try
In the real world
We cant deny
You see I cannot say this
Please don't ask me why
In the real world
We cant deny
[palm muted, softly: ]
In my pretend world
We all are very awake
In this atmosphere
We all look starstruck and vague
You see I never loved you
No matter how you tried
In the real world
There's no goodbye
