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Bruise

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

Song

Oleander - Bruise

Tabbed by Henson_09@hotmail.com

Send any corrections or improvements to me. Cheers

Apologies for any mistakes, I had to tab it out on my acoustic.

Intro riff

e|----|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|----|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|----|7-8-10-8s7-7-8-10-8s7-7-8-10-8s7-10-8-10-8-7b1/2-------------
D|----|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|----|-------------------------------------------------------------
E|----|-------------------------------------------------------------

Verse (actually a bass first but can be done on guitar)

e|-------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------Bass Riff
D|-------------------------------------------------------during verse
A|-1--1----3--3----5--5----6--6--------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------
e|----------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------- Guitar riff comes in
G|-s3----s5-----s7----s8------------------------ 2nd time around.
D|---------------------------------------------- not sure about the
A|---------------------------------------------- effects being used.
E|---------------------------------------------- Let notes ring.

She holds her head within her hands

quietly reeling

If only he could understand

What she's feeling

She moves into me

To kiss my shoulder

with emergency for me to hold her (me to hold her)

Chorus

(I'll leave you to figure out the strumming pattern, very simple though)

Bb Dsus2 E F#m

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------3------4------------------------------------------------
G|--3------2------3-------2----------------------------------------
D|--3------0------1-------4----------------------------------------
A|--1------0------1-------4----------------------------------------
E|------------------------2----------------------------------------

It's all I want when I'm lost

It's all I need when I'm down

It's all I have when I lose

It's just a bruise

Intro Riff

Verse

(bass riff, then similar guitar riff again I think but not 100% sure)

He holds his head within his hands

contemplating

If only she could understand

Without waiting

She moves into me

To kiss my shoulder

With emergency for me to hold her (me to hold her)

Chorus (same as before)

It's all I want when I'm lost

She's all I need when it's old

She's all I have when I lose

It's just a bruise

Bridge (all barre/power chords)

F G D# C

And its all we ever know (every moment)

F G D#

And is................I will go

Solo

Some weird stuff first then verse guitar riff plays twice

e|----------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------
G|-s3----s5-----s7----s8------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------
e|-13-------13--------15--13--11--15--13--11----
B|----15-11----15--11--------------------------- 2nd time around
G|----------------------------------------------  play this. Let
D|----------------------------------------------  notes ring
A|----------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------

Chorus (same chords)

It's all I want when I'm down

She's all I need when it's old

It's all I have when I lost

It's just a bruise

She's everything

When I lose, its just a bruise.

That's it guys, I've left out the strumming patterns as I couldn't be bothered to tab

them out in all honesty. Send me any corrections or improvements that you may find as

I'm sure there are many. Cheers

Alex h.

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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