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ON ANY GIVEN DAY - Carbon Leaf
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Tabbed by: Fofefa
Email: just ask me for it
ok i actually know pretty much everything EXCEPT for the chorus. carbon leaf is an
band and they sound really scottish lol. i've listened to this song a thousand times, and i
this is how it goes:
Tuning: standard tuning
Intro:
e|--5h3--3--2h3--3----7--5---0h2-----5------|
b|---------------------------------3--------|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------| (x6)
a|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
I WOKE, I BROKE FREE DROVE A LONG TIME
IT DIDN'T PURGE YOU FROM MY MIND
HANG UP THE HALO, MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT
CHALK IT UP TO A STARRY NIGHT
TO BE SET FREE, TO LIVE AND LEARN
DID WE PASS OR FAIL THE TERM?
YOU WROTE A NOTE WITH CHALK ON MY DOOR
A MESSAGE I'D KNOW LONG BEFORE:
e|---0h2---2---0h2--2-----7--5---0h2------5-|
b|------------------------------------3-----|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------| (x2)
a|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
e|---0h2--2---0h2--2-----2------------------|
b|-----------------------3-----2------------|
g|-----------------------2-----2------------|
d|-----------------------------2------------| (x4)
a|-----------------------------0------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
GIVE ME YOUR REASON, GIVE ME YOUR RHYME
SO I CAN TEMPO ME TO YOUR TIME
SO I CAN SCRATCH YOUR SURFACE AND BE
A DEEPER PART OF THE MYSTERY
TO BE UNDONE, TO BE ALONE
TO LIVE LIFE IN MONOTONE
I REACH THE BEACH AND TRY TO IGNORE
THE WARNING I'D KNOWN LONG BEFORE
e|---0h2---2---0h2--2-----7--5---0h2------5-|
b|-------------------------------------3----|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------| (x2)
a|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
ok next is the chorus. i don't know the chorus, but its mostly chords.
Chorus
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I've been down to the sea
I've been down to the sea
And so all of the lovers will say
Forever star-crossed will we stay
Still I can't help feeling castaway
on any given day
Still I can't help feeling you'll run away
on any given day
then (after the chorus)...
e|--5h3--3--2h3--3----7--5---0h2------5-----|
b|---------------------------------3--------|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------| (x2)
a|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
then...
e|---0h2--2---0h2--2-----2------------------|
b|-----------------------3-----2------------|
g|-----------------------2-----2------------|
d|-----------------------------2------------| (x4)
a|-----------------------------0------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
I WINDOW SHOP FOR YOU IN MY MIND
A FLANNEL SHIRT AT THE FIVE AND DIME
A LEATHER COAT CUT BIG CITY STYLE
BOOTS FROM PLASTIC CROCODILE
A PINECONE DIPPED IN GLITTER GLUE
A PENNY 1942
A NECKLACE WITH A CHEAP GREEN STONE
BAREFEET, COLD SAND. CHILL TO THE BONE
e|---0h2---2---0h2--2-----7--5---0h2------5-|
b|------------------------------------3-----|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------| (x2)
a|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
Chorus (which i still don't know)
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I've been down to the sea
I've been down to the sea
And so all of the lovers will say
Forever star-crossed will we stay
Still I can't help feeling castaway
on any given day
Still I can't help feeling you'll run away
on any given day
SOLO TIME: (i think someone else had it right too)
e|---2-3----7--5------2-3-------7--5--------|
b|-0----------------0-------------------3---|(you can slide down here too)
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------| (x4)
E|------------------------------------------|
MY EYE ON YOU. MY EYE ON YOU. MY EYE ON YOU ALWAYS.
MY EYE ON YOU. MY EYE ON YOU. MY EYE ON YOU ALWAYS.
(lol sounds like a stalker)
Then he sings the end of chorus (lyrics below), which i still don't know:
Still I can't help feeling castaway
on any given day
Still I can't help feeling you'll run away
on any given day
then...
e|--5h3--3--2h3--3----7--5---0h2-----5------|
b|--------------------------------3---------|
g|------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------| (x6)
a|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
I LIFE MY HANDS UP, SMELL TO REVEAL
YOUR PERFUME ON THE STEERING WHEEL
YOU'RE NEXT TO ME ASLEEP AND I SMILE
I THINK I'LL DRIVE ON FOR A WHILE
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL FIND ME GONE
At the very end of the song just play a d chord (23200x)
Key:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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hope this helps! if someone can figure out the chorus then just personal message me and
give you my email. later -fofefa
