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Day I Turned My Back on You

The Bouncing Souls
Tab

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Song

Band: Bouncing Souls

Song: The Day I Turned My Back on You

Album: Anchors Away

Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

'= play open version of chord

~= ring out chord

Chords:

G' C2' D' Em'

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

Intro:

G'~ C2'~ G'~

I created this thing in my mind,

G'~ C2'~ D'~

Lookin' at it now I don't see why

G'~ C2'~ G'~ Em'~

I threw away everything I had

C2'~ D'~ G'

And greener pastures is just a lie

Verse 1:

G C G

I realize all these things and now it's too late

G C D

I guess that's part of the price I gotta pay

G C G G/F# E

I betrayed myself when I betrayed you...

Chorus:

C D G

I threw my life away

C D G

The day I turned my back on you

Solo 1:

e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D--5--5-5-4-2-0---------------------------------------|
A----------------3-2--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-2-0--2-0---------|
E---------------------------------------------3--2-3--|
e----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------|
D----5-5-4-2-0--2------------------------|
A--5--------------2--2-3-3-3-2-0---------|
E--------------------------------3--2-3--|

Verse 2:

G C G

I turned and I ran away,

C D

I turned and ran away from the truth

G C G E

The truth in everything

C D G

Everything we used to do

Bridge:

C D G

I never had reason to doubt you

C D G

I love everything about you

C D G G/F#-E

If I could just take it back I would...

Chorus

Solo 2:

e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D--5--5-5-4-2-0---------------------------------------|
A----------------3-2--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-2-0--2-0---------|
E---------------------------------------------3--2-3--|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
B--7h8-8-7h8-8-7h8--7h8-8-7h8-8--8--8-8-8-7-5~--------|
G--7---7-7---7-7----7---7-7---7--7--7-7-7-7-4~--------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------|
B--8--8-8-8--10b-10b-10r--7--8--8--8-8-8-8--|
G--7--7-7-7---9---9---9---7--7--7--7-7-7-7--|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

Verse 3:

G C G

Believing my own lies,

C D

I lost myself and I lost everything

G C G G/F#-E

If I could just take it back I would...

Chorus

G,C,G-G/F#-E,C,D,G

That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests email me:

oddmenout4@yahoo.com. Go to my band's site: www.theoddmenout.com

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