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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.

0:00

Db|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
Db|-----4-----5-----7-------7-------|-----4-----5-----7-----5-----5---|
Ab|---5----/7----/9-----9-----9---9-|---5----/7----/9-----4-----4---4-|
Db|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
Ab|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
|-----4-----5-----7-------7-------|-----4-----5-----7-----5-----5---|
|---5----/7----/9-----9-----9---9-|---5----/7----/9-----4-----4---4-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----5---|
|---4-----4---4----4-----4---4----4-----4---4-|
|-0--------------0--------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

0:19

D5 F5 E5

|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|-10--10-10--10-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--------------------------------|

It's only self rejection

With a mean left

D5 D5- F5 E5

|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-6-|-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|-10--10-10--10-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--------------------------------|

F5 G5

|--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|
|--8---8--8---8-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|
|-10--10-10--10-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|--8---8--8---8-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|----------------------------------------|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|

Cold carbon copied coping

And it's mean theft

That's been left behind

0:41

Acoustic (play eight times each chord)

Bm D x4

   ||----0--------0----------||
   ||----0--------0----------||
   ||-o--2--------0--------o-||
(  ||-o--4--------0--------o-||
(  ||----2--------0----------||
(  ||-------------0----------||

(

( Electric guitar x4

(  ||------------------------||
(  ||------------------------||
(  ||-o--------------------o-||
   ||-o--------------------o-||
   ||----2-/4--5-------------||
   ||-------------0--2--4----||

Paint pastel princess

Bo and arapax

The shelves when they're broken

I'll beg you, beg you

1:04

|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
|-----4-----5-----7-------7-------|-----4-----5-----7-----5-----5---|
|---5----/7----/9-----9-----9---9-|---5----/7----/9-----4-----4---4-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

1:10

D5 D5add4 F5 E5

|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|-10--10-10--10-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--------------------------------|

Waste life when youth is sweeter, neater

Content with contents

D5 D5add4 F5 E5

|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|-6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|--0---0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|-10--10-10--10-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--8---8--8---8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|--------------------------------|

F5 G5

|--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-|
|--8---8--8---8-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|
|-10--10-10--10-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|--8---8--8---8-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|----------------------------------------|-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|

Cultures cringing at accents

And it's too tense, camp out

1:33

Acoustic (play eight times each chord)

Bm D x4

   ||----0--------0----------||
   ||----0--------0----------||
   ||-o--2--------0--------o-||
(  ||-o--4--------0--------o-||
(  ||----2--------0----------||
(  ||-------------0----------||

(

( Electric guitar x4

(  ||------------------------||
(  ||------------------------||
(  ||-o--------------------o-||
   ||-o--------------------o-||
   ||----2-/4--5-------------||
   ||-------------0--2--4----||

She tastes the candy

Sugarless, cancerous

Crave cocaine cop shows

I'll beg you, beg you

1:55

||----0-x-0-x-0--0-0--0-|-0-x-0-x-0--0-0--0----|| x4
||----4-x-7-x-9--9-9--9-|-9-x-7-x-5--5-5--5----||
||-o--5---5---7--7-7--7-|-7---5---4--4-4--4--o-||
||-o--0---0---0--0-0--0-|-0---0---0--0-0--0--o-||
||----------------------|----------------------||
||----------------------|----------------------||

But it's all the same to me (x4)

2:18

|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|-6--6--4-6--6--4-6-7-|-6--6--4-6--6--4-6-4-|
|-4--4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|
|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-0--0---------------|
|-6--6--4-6--6--4-6-7-|-6--6---------------|
|-4--4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4---------------|
|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-0--0--0-3-5-7--7-0-|
|---------------------|-------0-3-5-7--7-0-|
|---------------------|-------0-3-5-7--7-0-|

|->distortion on

2:29

F G A D x4 F G A F D

||----------------7-6-4--2-4-6-4-4----||-----------|
||------------------------------------||-----------|
||-o--------------------------------o-||-----------|
||-o--3-5-7-7-0---------------------o-||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----------------------||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----------------------||-3-5-7-3-0-|

|violin arranged|

| for guitar |

2:46

D F G#F#D#D x3 D F G#F#D#

||-----------------------------------||-----------------------|
||-----------------------------------||-----------------------|
||-o-------------------------------o-||-----------------------|
||-o--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-3-6-4-1-0--o-||-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-6-4-1-|
||----0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-3-6-4-1-0----||-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-6-4-1-|
||----0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-3-6-4-1-0----||-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-6-4-1-|

*** *** *** *** *** *:palm mute

3:05

||------------------------------------|-------------------------0----------|| x2
||--------4-----5-----7-------7-------|-----4-----5-----7-----5-----5------||
||-o----5----/7----/9-----9-----9---9-|---5----/7----/9-----4-----4---4--o-||
||-o--0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0---|-0-----0-----0-----0--------------o-||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||

3:16

||----0-x-0-x-0------|-0-x-0-x-0--0-0--0----|| x2
||----4-x-7-x-9------|-9-x-7-x-5--5-5--5----||
||-o--5---5---7------|-7---5---4--4-4--4--o-||
||-o--0---0---0--0-0-|-0---0---0--0-0--0--o-||
||---------------0-0-|----------------------||
||---------------0-0-|----------------------||

[3:25] x4

||----0-x-0-x-0--0-0--0-|-0-x-0-x-0--0-0--0----||-0-|
||----4-x-7-x-9--9-9--9-|-9-x-7-x-5--5-5--5----||-5-| (keep this chord)
||-o--5---5---7--7-7--7-|-7---5---4--4-4--4--o-||-4-|
||-o--0---0---0--0-0--0-|-0---0---0--0-0--0--o-||-0-|
||----------------------|----------------------||---|
||----------------------|----------------------||---|

But it's all the same to me (x4)

3:57

Acoustic (play eight times each chord)

Bm D x4 B5

   ||----0--------0----------||---|
   ||----0--------0----------||---|
   ||-o--2--------0--------o-||-2-|
(  ||-o--4--------0--------o-||-4-|
(  ||----2--------0----------||-2-|
(  ||-------------0----------||---|

(

( Electric guitar x4

(  ||------------------------||---|
(  ||------------------------||---|
(  ||-o--------------------o-||---|
   ||-o--------------------o-||---|
   ||----2-/4--5-------------||-2-|
   ||-------------0--2--4----||---|

Paint pastel princess

Bo and arapax

The shelves when they're broken

I'll beg you, beg you

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