Act Of Contrition by Bright Eyes, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Act Of Contrition

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Bright Eyes is an indie rock band consisting mainly of American singer, guitarist, and songwriter Conor Oberst. Bright Eyes also features multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, keyboard player Nate Walcott and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha, Nebraska, United States' indie music scene. Having been deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner, Conor Oberst has been recording music since the age of 13.

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

Hello.... I took about 2 hours and improved the chords to this song. Everything is
more thorough, and all the chord changed are exact, I just finished listening to the song.
this helps a little better.

Credit to Yoshima for tabbing the original version of this, with some of his
still intact.

Happy jamming =) -LM
Questions? email = [email protected]

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Bright Eyes – “Act of Contrition”

The chords used in this song are relative to a capo on the 1st fret:

......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-------0-------2------|
E|----x-------x-------x-------x-------3------|

The following pattern is played 4 times for the intro and also forms the main theme of
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------------------| INTRO:
G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------| <--- 4x
D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3p2h3p2h3p2-----| <--- note that
A|---3----------2----------0--------------------------| 3p2h3p2h3p2
E|----------------------------------------------------| is copied
throughout the
WHOLE song.
This main theme is the repeated through the verse...

C Csus2/B Am
The air was all dust
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
A night so untamed
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
Csus2/B Am
The ground opened up and swallowed, all of the rain
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am
And it swallowed you too...
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
Into distance unknown

C Csus2/B Am (let ring)
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 (let ring)
G
So don't...be....lieve everything that you read, in that...diary of
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
yours.

C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 C
Am
And this... ner – vous - ness,
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
It isn't... all your fault
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
It's just these sha - king hands won't do

C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
what I want them ... to.

C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
And I've tried to guess what it,
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
Is you thought about

C Csus2/B Am (let ring)
F
That act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept.
G
What are you...crying for?
C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F
Just dust...my heart and you will find
G
There are no fingers printed there
C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F
Just the un...touched...place that lies inside
G C Csus2/B Am
3p2h3p2h3p2
Of every...lonely boy...tonight.

***If you have one, start randomly tapping a type-writer until end***

C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3 – 2 - 0 <--- notice this change on the D string.

.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..................F.......
e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0-----------1------|
B|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1-----------1------|
G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2-----------2------|
D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3--2--0--3------|
A|---3----------2----------0-------------------0------|
E|---------------------------------------------x------|

F (4 bars)
G
G (3 bars, and on the offbeat before the 4th bar: “And all.....”, so that you
on “all” with the G chord, signifying that “all” is the 4th bar

G C Csus2/B Am (let ring)
F
And all this o... pen ...air has caused me to choke
G C Csus2/B
3p2h3p2h3p2
On your...new-found hope...for me.
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2.

Let that last note ring out and that’s it.

THE END.