Silverstein
This is How the Wind Shifts
2013
Massachusetts (Acoustic)
Tuning: Half Step Down
(tab for the solo is at bottom)
CHORDs: Gadd11:
Am: D: (I'll abbrev. to G11) G:
eb |-------| |---x---| |-------| |-------|
Bb |---1---| |---3---| |---1---| |---0---|
Gb |---2---| |---2---| |---0---| |---0---|
Db |---2---| |---0---| |---0---| |---0---|
Ab |---0---| |-------| |---2---| |---2---|
Eb |-------| |-------| |---3---| |---3---|
F: C: Em: G: G#m#5:
|---(1)---| |-------| |--------| |---3----| |-------|
|----1----| |---1---| |----0---| |---3----| |-------|
|----2----| |---0---| |----0---| |---0----| |-------|
|----3----| |---2---| |----2---| |---0----| |---2---|
|----3----| |---3---| |----2---| |---x----| |---2---|
|----1----| |-------| |----0---| |---3----| |---4---|
INTRO:
Am, D, G11, Gmaj
VERSE:
Am
She's cutting out the bruises
F Gmaj Am
Forgetting her excuses for being here again
F C Gmaj Am
With a suitcase packed and waiting by the door
In her head
F Gmaj
Convinced herself she hasn't lost
Am
Enough to quit
F Am
But tonight she lays here thinking
PRE-CHORUS:
Gmaj F
What if I just left
G11 Gmaj Em F
In the middle of the night
Gmaj Gmaj
Back to California
G11 (Just bottom 3 strings)
And never look back
CHORUS:
Am F
She'll fantasize about it
Gmaj G F
Every single day but she can't find it
G Am
In her heart to run away
C
And no one's listening
Am F
With Northern Massachusetts
C G
On his knees to stay
He's begging
F G Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain
F G
It won't happen agaaaaaain"
VERSE:
Am
He's putting out the fires
F C
And he's making her believe
Gmaj Am
He's really changed
This time
F Gmaj Am
But it's obvious it's just another line
Lapse and relapse
F C Gmaj
And again she lays beside him thinking:
PRE-CHORUS:
F Gmaj G11 Gmaj Em F
I'll pretend in the middle of the night
Gmaj Gmaj
My eyes are closed I'm sleeping
G11 (Just bottom 3 strings)
But I won't come back
CHORUS:
Am F
She'll fantasize about it
Gmaj G F
Every single day but she can't find it
G Am
In her heart to run away
C
And no one's listening
Am F
With Northern Massachusetts
C G
On his knees to stay
He's begging
F G Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain
Am Gmaj
It won't happen agaaaaaain
F Gmaj
It won't happen again
BRIDGE:
Am
How long can this last?
G#m#5
The final straw was the hospital
F
At least she told herself that
Gmaj
But she just can't find the strength to end it!
PRE-CHORUS:
F Gmaj
I just left
G11 Gmaj Em F
In the middle of the night
Gmaj Gmaj
Back to California
G11 (Just bottom 3 strings)
I'll never look back
FINAL CHORUS:
Am F
She'll fantasize about it
Gmaj G F
Every single day but she can't find it
G Am
In her heart to run away
C
And no one's listening
Am F
With Northern Massachusetts
C G
On his knees to stay
He's begging
F G Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain
C Am (SOLO)
It won't happen agaaain
Am F
She'll fantasize about it
Gmaj G F
Every single day but she can't find it
G Am
In her heart to run away
C
And no one's listening
Am F
With Northern Massachusetts
C G
On his knees to stay
He's begging
F G Am Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain
SOLO:
eb |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb |------------5-8----6-5-5-----6-5--------------------6---------5-4-5--------|
Gb |---5----7---------------------------7------5-4-5-------4-------------------|
Db |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
Ab |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|