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Bend and Not Break

Dashboard Confessional
Tab
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"Bend and Not Break"

Capo 2

Capo 1 if in standard tuning

Intro:

Guitar 1

Eb:------7-------7-------7--------7-------7-------7-------7--------7----|
Bb:--0-------0-------9-------10-------7-------7-------9-------10--------|
Gb:----9---9---9---9---9---9----9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9----9---9--|
Db:---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab:---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb:---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

Eb:------0-------0-------0-------0----|
Bb:--7-------7-------7-------7--------|
Gb:----9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
Db:-----------------------------------|
Ab:-----------------------------------|
Eb:-----------------------------------|

Verse:

Eb-0000-00-00

Bb-0000-00-00

Gb-9999-99-44

Db-9999-99-66

Ab-7777-XX-00

Eb-0000-99-00

Prechorus pt.1 : ("try to understand...")

Eb-00-00-00-00

Bd-00-00-00-00

Gb-99-99-66-66

Db-99-99-77-77

Ab-77-66-77-77

Eb-00-00-55-55

Prechorus pt.2 : ("im the king of them...")

Eb-00-00-00-55

Bd-00-00-00-55

Gb-99-66-66-55

Db-99-66-77-77

Ab-77-44-77-77

Eb-00-00-55-55

Chorus ("wont you hold me now..."):

1st Time

Eb-0000-00-00-00

Bb-0000-00-00-00

Gb-9999-66-11-66

Db-9999-66-22-66

Ab-7777-44-00-44

Eb-0000-00-00-00

2nd Time

Eb-0000-00-00-00

Bb-0000-00-00-00

Gb-9999-66-11-44

Db-9999-66-22-44

Ab-7777-44-00-22

Eb-0000-00-00-00

Chorus:

Eb-00-00-00-00

Bd-00-00-00-00

Gb-99-99-66-66

Db-99-99-75-77

Ab-77-66-77-77

Eb-00-00-55-55

Bridge:

Eb:------------------------------------------------------|
Bb:--------------9--9--9--9--10--10--10--10--7--7--7--7--|
Gb:--------------9--9--9--9--9---9---9---9---9--9--9--9--|
Db:--------------9--9--9--9--0---0---0---0---0--0--0--0--|
Ab:--7--7--7--7--0--0--0--0------------------------------|
EB:--0--0--0--0------------------------------------------|

Pre-outro:

Eb:----------------------------------------------------|
Bb:-------------------------------------10-9-----------|
Gb:---------11-9----------11-9------9--------11-9-8-9--|
Db:-------9------9------9------11-----9----------------|
Ab:----11------------11-----------0--------------------|
Eb:--0-------------9-----------------------------------|

Outro: (screaming "won't you hold me now")

Eb-0000-0000-00-00-00

Bb-0000-0000-22-11-00

Gb-1111-6666-11-22-11

Db-2222-6666-22-22-22

Ab-2222-4444-00-00-00

Eb-0000-0000-00-00-00

End: play verse while as he sings "Now" then finish with 079900

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