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Act of Contrition - Bright Eyes
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Tabbed by: Yoshima
Email: derby@fsmail.net
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st Fret
The chords used in this song are;
(relative to capo on 1st)
......C....Csus2/B...Am.......F.......G.......e|----0-------0-------0-------1-------3------|B|----1-------1-------1-------1-------3------|G|----0-------0-------2-------2-------0------|D|----2-------0-------2-------3-------0------|A|----3-------2-------0-------3-------2------|E|----------------------------1-------3------|
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The following pattern is played twice for the intro and also forms the
main theme of the song;
the bass notes being plucked with the thumb and the highest four strings
are strummed;
.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..........................e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------------------|B|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1------------------|G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------|D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3p2h3p2h3p2-----|A|---3----------2----------0--------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------|
This main theme is the repeated through the verse....
The air was all dust, a night so untamed
The ground opened up and swallowed all of the rain
and it swallowed you too- into distance unknown
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>Then....
(Continue repeating main theme until)................ F
As they sat down for dinner they waited for you to get home
...............G..............
yeah, they set a place for you.
...C.....Csus2/B.....Am.....................F................G..............
So don't be..........lieve everything that you read, in that diary of yours.
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>>Repeat main theme twice and then continue repeating it throughout next verse
And this nervousness, it isn't all your fault
it's just these shaking hands won't do what I want them to.
And I've tried to guess what it is you thought about
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>>Then....
(Continue repeating main theme until).................. F
that act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept,
............G...........
what are you crying for?
.....C.....Csus2/B...Am.................F...
Just dust..my........heart and you will find
...................G..............
there are no fingers printed there
.........C....Csus2/B...Am..............F.....
just the un...touched...place that lies inside
..........G.................
of every lonely boy tonight.
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>>Then.... repeat main theme x3
>>Then 4th time round play this...
.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..........................e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------------------|B|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1------------------|G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------|D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3--2--0---------|A|---3----------2----------0--------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------|
>>Then...
(Strum) F.......G....
>>Then....
............(Play main theme)...........F...
And all this open air has caused me to choke
.......G.....................
on your new-found hope for me.
>>Then
Repeat main theme about six times, and if you have one, randomly tap a type-writer until end.
