From the sleepy sprawl of America's 'Mile-High City', Denver, Colorado, United States, comes The Fray, a foursome whose melodic piano rock songs and soaring vocals resonate with sprawling tapestries and tales of hopefulness and heartache. Formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade (vocals, piano) and Joe King (guitar, vocals), The Fray earned a loyal grassroots following through impressive area gigs and the support of local radio, which led a listener-driven campaign to get the band a record contract.
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!
The tab that I saw for Over My Head right now is decent, but I wanted to change a few things so I'm just tabbing my own version that I think sounds great (probably not what they play, in other words). Lemme know what you think.
Capo 1st fret for both guitar parts, all chord shapes relative to capo.
CM7/E I never knew Em7GCM7/E I never knew that everything was falling through Em7GCM7/E That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue Em7GAmGD To turn and run when all I needed was the truth CM9/E But that's how it's got to be Em7GCM9/E It's coming down to nothing more than apathy Em7GCM9/E I'd rather run the other way than stay and see Em7GCM9/EAmD The smoke and who's still standing when it clears and
[Chorus]
CGEmG Everyone knows I'm in CG Over my head EmD7sus4 Over my head CGEmG With eight seconds left in overtime CG She's on your mind EmD7sus4CM9/EEm7G Em7G She's on.. your.. mind
[Verse]
CM9/E Let's rearrange Em7GCM9/E I wish you were a stranger I could disengage Em7GCM9/E Just say that we agree and then never change Em7GAm11GD Soften a bit until we all just get along CM9/E But that's disregard Em7GCM9/E You find another friend and you discard Em7GCM9/E As you lose the argument in a cable car Em7GAmGD Hanging above as the canyon comes between and
[Chorus]
CGEmG Everyone knows I'm in CG Over my head EmD7sus4 Over my head CGEmG With eight seconds left in overtime CG She's on your mind EmD7sus4 She's on your mind CGEmG Everyone knows I'm in CG Over my head EmD7sus4 Over my head CGEmG With eight seconds left in overtime CG She's on your mind EmD7sus4 She's on.. your.. (CHANGE OF RHYTHM)
[Bridge]
CM9/EEm7GCM9/E And suddenly I become a part of your past Em7GCM9/E I'm becoming the part that don't last Em7GAm11 I'm losing you and its effortless (RHYTHM BACK TO NORMAL) CM9/EEm7G Without a sound we lose sight of the ground CM9/E In the throw around Em7GCM7/E Never thought that you wanted to bring it down Em7GAmGAm11 I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves and
[Chorus]
CGEmG Everyone knows I'm in CG Over my head EmD7sus4 Over my head CGEmG With eight seconds left in overtime CG She's on your mind EmD7sus4CM9/E She's on.. your.. mind Em7GCM9/E Everyone knows Em7GCM9/E She's on your mind Em7G Everone knows I'm in CM9/E Over my head Em7 I'm in over my head G I'm over my CGEmG Everyone knows I'm in CG Over my head EmD7sus4 Over my head CGEmG With eight seconds left in overtime CG She's on your mind EmD7sus4CM9/E She's on.. your.. mind.. Em7GCM9/E Em7GCM9/E Em7GCM9/E Em7G CM7/E
last time of above 4x: e|-------2-2-3-3----------------------| B|-5-5-5------------------------------| G|---------------2-4-4-4-2-4-5-4-2-4~-| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
Annnnnd that's it. E-mail me at [email protected] w/ any corrections/comments that you post here, and please keep in mind that this is just a nice sounding (or at least I think sounds nice) version of it, it's not meant to be perfect. Thanks and Enjoy. THE FRAY rocks.
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| x Dead note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | ~ Vibrato