xDashboard Confessional - Hands Down (So Impossible EP)
Tabbed by Franklin Gervacio
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TUNING: Standard Tuning (half step down)
6 5 4 3 2 1 (String Number)
|Eb|Ab|Db|Gb|Bb|eb| (Low to high)
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NOTE: This tab is based upon the acoustic version that can be heard on the So
Impossible EP, where they play it a half step down from standard tuning. I've
arranged it for one guitar here.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Intermediate
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[INTRO] - / or \ means to slide up(/) or down(\) to the next note.
*Repeat this bar
eb|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb|-------1----------1-2--|---------------1----------1-2--|
Db|-----4---2------4------|-----4/6\4---4---2------4------|
Ab|---2----------2--------|---2-------2----------2--------|
Eb|-0----------0----------|-0------------------0----------|
eb|--------------------|----------|
Bb|--------------------|----------|
Gb|---------------1----|----------|
Db|-----4/6\4---4---2--|-----4-1--|
Ab|---2-------2--------|---2-2-2--|
Eb|-0------------------|-0--------|
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[VERSE 1] - Palm mute the chords after first letting it ring out.
*Repeat these two bars
eb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|--5-5-5-5-/-4-4-4-4--|
Eb|-0-----------------------|--0-0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0--|
P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
"Your legs are..."
eb|-------------------------| MUTE
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----| "We're doing nothing at all."
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|
Eb|-0-----------------------|
P.M. P.M. P.M. Mute
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[CHORUS] - Sometimes Chris likes to use (x02220) instead of (577655).
*Repeat
eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
Bb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| So won't you kill me? So I die happy.
Gb|--1--|--4--|--6--|--4--| My heart is yours, to fill or burst.
Db|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| To break or bury, or wear as jewelry.
Ab|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| Which ever you prefer.
Eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--|
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[VERSE 2] - A slight variation of the first verse.
*Repeat these two bars
eb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|--5-5-5-5-/-4-4-4-4--|
Eb|-0-----------------------|--0-0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0--|
P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
"Stay quiet,stay near..."
eb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|--5-5-5-5-/-4-4-4-4--|
Eb|-0-----------------------|--0-0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0--|
P.M. P.M. Mute Mute
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[CHORUS] - Sometimes Chris likes to use (x02220) instead of (577655).
*Repeat
eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
Bb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| So won't you kill me? So I die happy.
Gb|--1--|--4--|--6--|--4--| My heart is yours, to fill or burst.
Db|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| To break or bury, or wear as jewelry.
Ab|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| Which ever you prefer.
Eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--|
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[BRIDGE] - For alternate voicings, try playing the same chords with the B and
high e strings open.
*Repeat
eb|--4--|--5--|--7--|--7--|
Bb|--4--|--5--|--7--|--7--|
Gb|--6--|--6--|--9--|--8--| "Hands down, this is the best day..."
Db|--6--|--7--|--9--|--9--|
Ab|--4--|--7--|--7--|--9--|
Eb|--4--|--5--|--7--|--7--|
Final phrase
Eb|--4--|--5--|--0--|
Bb|--4--|--5--|--0--|
Gb|--6--|--6--|--1--| "And I knew that you meant it, that you mean it...."
Db|--6--|--7--|--2--|
Ab|--4--|--7--|--2--|
Eb|--4--|--5--|--0--|
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| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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