This tab is for Kevin Devine's acoustic version of the song à la this Troubador video of Kevin's performance
posted on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obAn8A8zrug
Tuning: Half Step Down
Chords:
Bb(1) Bb(2) C(1) C(2) C(3) Dm(1) Dm(2) Dm(3) C#/C A(1) A(2) A7(1) A7(2) F(1) F(2) Gm
D#|--x-----1------x-----3------0-----x------5-----1-------3-------5-----0----0-----5-------1------8-----3------|
Bb|--x-----3------x-----5------1-----x------6-----3-------5-------5-----2----2-----5-------1------10----3------|
F#|--x-----3------x-----5------0-----x------7-----2-------5-------6-----2----0-----6-------2------10----3------|
C#|--8-----3-----10-----5------2-----12-----7-----0-------5-------7-----2----2-----5-------3------10----5------|
Ab|--8-----1-----10-----3------3-----12-----5-----x-------4-------7-----0----0-----7-------3------8-----5------|
D#|--6-----x-----8------x------3-----10-----x-----x-------x-------5-----x----x-----5-------1------x-----3------|
x Mute note
** I supply versions of the same chord in order to give you a more detailed voicing for each section of the
song. You can play it however you want to. Kevin likes to change his chord voicings all the time.
Intro: [3 beats] Slide from 1st fret into Bb chord (1/688xxx)
Verse 1:
Bb(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
I know you're underneath there/ Waiting on an air supply
Bb(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
To feed your darkest secret/ The one that's keeping us alive
Bb(1)(muted) C(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
You blame me; I don't blame you/ We've traded places over time
Bb(1)(muted) C(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
Anger's only fear gone desperate/ That's why I keep an eye on mine
Pre Chorus 1:
One Strum Bb(1), three beat pause/ One Strum A(1) three beat pause
D#|---------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------8---10-----------8----------|
F#|---7-7--10----------7-7--10------------|
C#|--------------------------------7------|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus continues with the following chords, 4 beats each:
Bb(1) \ F(1) / Bb(1) \ A(1)(three beats) A7(2) (one beat)
Chorus:
F(1) A(2)
I never know where I should be,
Bb(2) C(2) C#/C
But you tell me answers I just can't believe
Dm(3) C(3) Dm(3) A(2)A7(1)
Bb(2) F(2)
I can't believe you
Dm(3) C(3) Dm(3) A(2)A7(1)
Bb(2) F(2) Dm(2) \ to open
I can't believe you na-a-aaoooooooooooooooooow
Verse 2:
Bb(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
33! - I don't feel that old, but/ The calendar can't tell a lie
Bb(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
Equal measures, sweet & vicious/ The story I make of my life
Bb(1)(muted) C(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
I plead "Peace!" then build the bomb back/ The second that the treaty's signed
Bb(1)(muted) C(1)(muted) Dm(1)(muted)
Letting go is an active practice/ I'm working at it all the time
Pre Chorus 2:
Bb(1) \ A(1) A7(2)
Chorus 2:
F(1) A(2)
You taught me to call worrying work
Bb(2) C(2) C#/C
But that kind of action's a paralysis curse
Dm(3) C(3) Dm(3) A(2)A7(1)
[no lyrics]
Bb(2) F(2)
I can't believe you
Dm(3) C(3) Dm(3) A(2)A7(1)
I can't believe you now
Bb(2) F(2)
I can't believe you now
Bridge:
Gm A(2)
Back to the door, hands to your head,
Bb(2) Bb(2)
You said exactly what you meant
Gm A(2)
I never thought the end was "The End"
Bb(2) C(3) A(2) Dm(3)
I figured that somehow we'd be back here again
Outro:
Bb(2) F(1) Bb(2) A(2)
I can't believe you
Dm(3) C(3) Dm(3) A(2)A7(1)
I can't believe you now
Bb(2) F(1) Bb(2) A(2)
I can't believe you now
Bb(1 C#/C A(2) Dm(3)
I can't believe you
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| x Mute note
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