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Positive Jam - The Hold Steady
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Tabbed by: Shrodes
Such a good song, by such a great band.
This one kicks off their debut... fairly easy to play
Didn't tab the solos, as I was playing this on acoustic.
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Intro / Verse
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e|---1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-1-----|
B|---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-----|
G|---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----|
D|---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
After the final two strums, return to the standard D-minor at the start of what's shown above.
This ends at the line "put it all down on technology and lost everything we invested"
goes into:
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Chorus
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e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|----------------7---|
D|--8-8-8--5-5-5--7---|
A|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5---|
E|--6-6-6--3-3-3------|
And on the final time it goes:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|--8-8-8--5-5---|
A|--8-8-8--5-5---|
E|--6-6-6--3-3---|
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Ending
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e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|--5-5---5-5----|
A|--5-5---5-5----|
E|--3-3---3-3----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "all the sniffling indie kids.
Steady" then:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|--7-7---7-7----|
A|--7-7---7-7----|
E|--5-5---5-5----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "all you clustered up clever
Hold Steady" then:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|--8-8---8-8----|
A|--8-8---8-8----|
E|--6-6---6-6----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "...and so I started a band, man" then:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--10--10---10--10----|
A|--10--10---10--10----|
E|--8---8----8---8-----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "Hold Steady" then end on:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|---7----|
D|---7----|
A|---5----|
E|--------|
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