This is the way I play Note to Self on my acoustic. Enjoy!
Standard Tuning: EADGBe
Chord Reference:
E5/G# D5/F# G G7m
e|x| e|x| e|x| e|x|
B|x| B|x| B|x| B|3|
G|x| G|x| G|4| G|0|
D|6| D|4| D|5| D|4| Similar to an open C, but placed on the third fret
A|7| A|5| A|2| A|5|
E|4| E|2| E|x| E|x|
[Intro]
F G F G *Dead Strum*
F G Am* E5/G#
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Holt's above my hideout
N.C.
I dug this hole beneath the floorboards
N.C.
Buzzing bad and locked in
N.C.
Try to not recall
F Am
Counting numbered days
G F
From the wheel we cried to clutch
F Am
Looking for some inspired land
Gm* D5/F# Riff 1*
But all I found were empty cans and cigarette butts
[Mid-Verse Riff]
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------1-----------1-|----------1----------1---|
G|---------0-----------0----|-------0----------0------|
D|------2-----------2-------|----0----------0---------|
A|---3-----------3----------|-2----------2------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|(x4)
Lining dirty parking lots in Ottawa
(Glazed eyes, trying to rub away at the sketches of the...)
Daytime
When every second of sun's the same
G (palm mute)
What's the point of staying awake?
[Fill]
F Am G F
F Am Gm* D5/F#
[Verse 2]
F (palm mute)
Your hands are out and I see
Am (palm mute) Gm* (palm mute)
You're asking me for a vowel but I am weak and I am stubborn
G7m (palm mute)
So I'll say "This is all I have right now"
E5/G# (palm mute)
But I want to make something good
Am* (palm mute)
I want to make something better
F (palm mute)
Something that cannot leave the ground
F (let ring)
Unless we lift it up together
[Chorus]
C G
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away
Am F
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day
C
It's a note to self mislaid
G Am
You ate the words you always used to say
G F
There will be no more fucking around today
[Breakdown]
*let each chord ring except the E. I quickly transition from E to Gm when I play this*
Am F E Gm* Gm* F E Gm*
[Verse 3]
Am F G F
Drunk and worthless, spewing bullshit all across the stage
Am F
Wake up and we find new hiding places
G F
Trying desperately to escape
G Am* B*
The glare from our stupid, spineless
(I don't believe you, you're all the same)
C* G* C* G
Words just whining, every fucking day
F
What do I really want to say?
[Chorus]
N.C. G
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away
Am F
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day
C
It's a note to self mislaid
G Am
You ate the words you always used to say
G F
There will be no more fucking around today
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| * represents barre chords
| (palm mute) represents palm muted chords
| N.C. represents a rest
| x Dead note
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