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Your Gravest Words

The Lawrence Arms
Tab

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

Song

Hello, i like this song and id like people to play it cos its a damn beautiful tune.

here goes, correct me if im wrong......chris has quite a unique style.

palm mute = ~

let chord ring out = ^

intro:

e/----------------------------------(Di)---------

b/----------------------------------(st)---------

g/-------------------8888-99-8------(or)-88-66-4-
d/----9999-8888-9999-99-9-9999-8888-(ti)-88-66-4-

a/----9999-9999-7777-77-7-9999-9999-(on)-66-44-2- :repeat twice

e/----7777-7777-----------7777-7777-(!!)---------

verse 1:

e/------------------------------------------------------

b/------------------------------------------------------

g/----------------9~~~~~~~~~~8~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~^

d/----9~~~~~~~~~~-9~~~~~~~~~~8~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~^

a/----9~~~~~~~~~~-7~~~~~~~~~~6~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~^

e/----7~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------

all these, words trip,over cracks in the sidewalks

e/----------------------------------------------

b/----------------------------------------------

g/---------------8^^^^^---8~~6~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~

d/------8^^^^^--9^^^^^----8~~6~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~

a/-----9^^^^^--7^^^^^-----6~~4~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~

e/----7^^^^^------------------------------------

Uptown, one year, im distantly distressed

e/--------------------------------------------------------------------

b/--------------------------------------------------------------------

g/----8~~6~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--8~~6~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

d/----8~~6~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--8~~6~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e/----6~~4~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--6~~4~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

a/--------------------------------------------------------------------

im finally, coming close to ghost, im dancing on ur gravest words

repeat:im toasting all the coldest stares, all the lonliest of eyes

chorus:

e/-----------------------------------------------------------

b/-----------------------------------------------------------

g/------------9--------------8----6------------4-------------
d/----9-------9--------------8----6------------4-------------
a/----9-------7--------------6----4------------2-------------
e/----7------------------------------------------------------

I am a satellite, never getting signals right,

repeat:U are a constilation, i can barely make u out tonight

e/---------------------------------------------

b/---------------------------------------------

g/----8~~~6~~~~4^^^^^^^^^^6^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

d/----8~~~6~~~~4^^^^^^^^^^6^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

a/----6~~~4~~~~2^^^^^^^^^^4^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

e/---------------------------------------------

The city lights.....are burning to bright

Then back to the intro:

Verse 2: same as Verse 1

Brigde:

e/--------------------------------------------------------------------------

b/--------------------------------------------------------------------------

g/--------------8^^^^^8^6^4^^^-8-----6---------------4----------------------
d/------8^^^^^-9^^^^^8^6^4^^^^-8-----6---------------4----------------------
a/---- 9^^^^^-7^^^^^6^4^2^^^^--6-----4---------------2----------------------

e/----7^^^^^----------------------------------------------------------------

and the dreamers, walk slowly through the crowd,

repeat: nothing, can stop us now

then another chorus which the song ends on

end.

thanx uve been great

tom paine

painey21@hotmail.com

Comments

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

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