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If You Cant Leave it Be Might As Well Make it Bleed

Dashboard Confessional
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

intro

eb|--0---|
Bb|--0---|
Gb|--8---|
Db|--8---|
Ab|--6---|
Eb|--0---|

verse

eb|--0--0---|
Bb|--0--0---|
Gb|--1--8---|
Db|--2--8---|
Ab|--2--6---|
Eb|--0--0---|

after-verse

eb|--0--0--0---|
Bb|--0--0--0---|
Gb|--9--6--4---|
Db|--7--7--2---|
Ab|--5--4--3---|
Eb|--0--x--x---|

bridge

i: palm muted

eb|-------------|
Bb|-------------|
Gb|--1-2-2-4----|
Db|--2-4-4-2----|
Ab|--2-3-4-3----|
Eb|--0----------|

ii:

eb|-0-0-0-0---|
Bb|-0-0-0-0---|
Gb|-1-2-2-4---|
Db|-2-4-4-2---|
Ab|-2-3-4-3---|
Eb|-0-x-x-x---|

Order:

verse

What you found sure upset you,

never saw it coming did you?

It's easy to be surprised

with both your eyes sewn closed.

Handled with great precision,

another faultless execution,

you're the subject of this exhibition,

a will cadaver, a willing cadaver.

after-verse

Scalped, sutured, made whole again.

verse

These cuts are leaving creases.

Trace the scars, to fit the pieces,

to tell your story, you don't need to say a word.

So call off the cavalry,

you can't save a wretch like me.

Clean this with kerosene,

if you can't leave it be, might as well make it bleed.

after-verse

Scalped, sutured, made whole again.

bridge i

Your wires are frayed, can't fire right,

you look better when out of sight,

you were not made to stand and fight

there's something better wrong with you.

Your wires are frayed, can't fire right,

you look better when out of sight,

you were not made to stand and fight

there's something better wrong with you.

Your pulse is anemic, you're tired of the fire,

you're bruising too easy, and falling behind,

and no one is waiting for you,

and no one is waiting for you.

bridge ii

and no one is waiting for you,

and no one is waiting for you.

verse

So call off the quarantine,

you can't save the rest from me.

Clean this with kerosene,

if you can't leave it be, might as well make it bleed.

So call off the quarantine,

you can't save the rest from me.

Clean this with kerosene,

if you can't leave it be, might as well make it bleed.

after-verse

Scalped, sutured, made whole again.

bride ii

Your wires are frayed, can't fire right,

you look better when out of sight,

you were not made to stand and fight

there's something better wrong with you.

Your wires are frayed, can't fire right,

you look better when out of sight,

you were not made to stand and fight

there's something better wrong with you.

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