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Eight Months Till May

Keepsake (US, Coral Springs, FL)
Tab

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

Song

Keepsake is a great band and no one knows about them. I'm sure there are other people

out there that like them so here is "Eight Months Till May".

Intro: Start after they play the drum beat 2x

e|---10-12-10------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-----------(repeat until 0:30)---------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse: (Played with a Flanger or Chorus effect)

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------12------4----5-----7--------|
D|----12--12---4-4--5-5---7--7------|
A|-10--------2-----3-----5----------|
E|----------------------------------|

Verse continued: (after he says "we can't play these games")

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12-------4------5--------7------------------------------|
D|------12------4------5--------7-(Play 2x-mute-play 2xagain)|
A|-10------0-2----0-3-----0-5--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

Guitar 1 Guitar 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------12--11-12-14-------------------|
D|-5-5--4-4--5-5--7-7---------xx--x--xx-xx-------------------|
A|-5-5--2-2--3-3--5-5---------10--9--10-12-------------------|
E|-3-3-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2: (exactly the same as Verse 1)

Chorus 2: (Same as Chorus 1)

"Drum Interlude"

When guitar comes in:

Guitar 1 Guitar 2

e|---10p12h10------------------------------------------------|
B|-8---------------------8-----8-----------------------------|
G|------------------------------------(play-4x)--------------|
D|-------------------5-5---5-5-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

(repeat Chorus)

"Interlude part" Gt. 1

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12-12--4-4--5-5--12-12--4-4--5-5--7-(6)-------------------|
A|-10-10--2-2--3-3--10-10--2-2--3-3--5-(x)-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Gt. 2 for "Interlude part": (Comes in after 2x of Gt. 1)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8-----8-----8----8----7h8----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5----5-5---5-5---5-5--5-5-----(play 4x)-----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

"Well I, Woke up today":

Gt. 1 Gt. 2

e|------------------------------7-5--------------------------|
B|---------------------------------8-7-8-7-8-7-8-------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12-4-5-7--------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-2-3-5-(PLAY 8X)----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

"Won't you-stay-just a little bit longer" part:

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------4-4--5-5--7-7-------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--2-2--3-3--5-5-------------------------------------|
E|-3-3----------------------------------------------------|

THAT IS IT. I WILL HAVE THE ENDING SOLO PART SOON

TABBED BY: STEPHEN BURN

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