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Hot Coals - Cold War Kids
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tabbed by: adslam3
This tab is from a video of Nathan singing and playing acoustic on "A-Sides Presents" at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcWXiPIpL1E but it should go fine with the album version
Make sure your doing mostly barre chords until the end. Chord chart at bottom.
INTRO
G - Em - Bm - Bm (2 times)
VERSE
G
I don't feel a thing
Em Bm
Walking on hot coals
G Em Bm
No sensitivity in a fog of war
G
Try to unwind
Em Bm
To enjoy the good life
G
But the pressure that I hold
Em Bm
On my shoulders goes
CHORUS (If you don't want to play this riff then it's same as verse)
Riff played over the chorus (2 times) riff starts on "reason"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-11-9-9/12\7\4-4-4--4--6-7--4--|
D|-x--x--x--x-x/x-\x\x-x-x--x--x-x--x--|
A|-10-10-9--7-7/10\5\2-2-2--2--4-5--2--|
E|-------------------------------------|
G Em Bm
I suspect the reason I am loved
G Em Bm
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
VERSE
G
Nowadays you're supposed to talk
Em Bm
Problems on and on
G
Whatever happened to the old -fashioned
Em Bm
Strong and silent type
G Em
What they didn't know is once you get us in
Bm
Touch with our feelings
G Em
You would never hear the end
Bm
Once you pull the pin
CHORUS
Riff played 4 times
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-11-9-9/12\7\4-4-4--4--6-7--4--|
D|-x--x--x--x-x/x-\x\x-x-x--x--x-x--x--|
A|-10-10-9--7-7/10\5\2-2-2--2--4-5--2--|
E|-------------------------------------|
G Em Bm
I suspect the reason I am loved
G Em Bm
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
G Em Bm
If I set you free, If I let go
G Em Bm
Tell me would I still be the one you want
BRIDGE
A D Bm
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5--7b-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6--7b-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7b-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A D
Bm A D
Even a broken clock
Bm A D
Is right twice a day
Bm A D
Even a busted lock
Bm (On this part on the album, one guitar hold the Bm and the other goes back to verse)
Can keep a thief away
VERSE
G
He's not the type and soldiers
Em Bm
Don't go to hell
G
It's a place reserved for the
Em Bm
Twisted and evil
G Em
Now you ask how I'm feeling
Bm
I told you then
G Em Bm
You're gonna torture me slowly with it
CHORUS
Riff played 4 times
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-11-9-9/12\7\4-4-4--4--6-7--4--|
D|-x--x--x--x-x/x-\x\x-x-x--x--x-x--x--|
A|-10-10-9--7-7/10\5\2-2-2--2--4-5--2--|
E|-------------------------------------|
G Em Bm
I suspect the reason I am loved
G Em Bm
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
G Em Bm
If I set you free, If I let go
G Em Bm
Tell me would I still be the one you want
ENDING (From here out, play open chords)
G - Em - Bm - Bm
G Em Bm Bm
I am falling behind
G Em Bm Bm
I am falling behind
G Em Bm Bm
I'm falling falling behind
G Em Bm
I suspect the reason I am loved
G Em Bm
I suspect the reason I am loved
G Em Bm
If I set you free, If I let go
G Em Bm
Tell me would I still be the one you want
CHORDS
VERSE
E A D G B e
G: - 10 12 12 12 10
Em: - 7 9 9 8 7
Bm: 7 9 9 7 7 7
A: 5 7 7 6 7 7
D: - 5 7 7 7 5
ENDING
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bm - 2 4 4 3 2
