Tabbed by: Aays
E-mail: blankepitaph@live.ca
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
[Chord reference]
(low to high)
[Intro & Verse]
F#m7 2x4200
Esus2sus4 0x4200
Dmaj7 x5767x
B7sus4 x2425x (I arpeggiate as 7x7xx0, personally)
B x2444x
[Chorus]
Bm7 x2423x
E7 020100
Amaj7 x0212x
Dmaj7 x5767x
Ebm7-5 x6767x
E7 (7th) x7979x
F#m7 (9th) x 9 11 9 10 x (spaces for clarity)
B x2444x
[Climax]
F#m 244222
E7 020100
C#7 x4646x
E7 (7th) x7979x
D7 x5757x
B7 797877
[Transition + Brief Key Change]
(these chords are not really what's on the recording - this is my closest approximation)
Bbm 68x6xx
Ebm x68x7x
F# (9th) x 9 11 x 11 x
[Intro & Verse]
F#m7 Esus2sus4 (x4)
F#m7 Esus2sus4 F#m7 Esus2sus4
The notebook's aside, and every sentence I write
Dmaj7 B7sus4 B
Swiftly crossed out before long
F#m7 Esus2sus4 F#m7 Esus2sus4
And every word that I say, feels so foolish the next day
Dmaj7 B7sus4 B
So I keep my eager tongue on a leash
[Chorus]
Bm7 E7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
For a fool has his way with his words all the time
Ebm7-5 E7 (7th) F#m7 (9th)
Lest the wise man can utter a sound
Bm7 E7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
So I keep all my words locked away for the day
Ebm7-5 E7 (7th) B (hold)
And I sing them when no one's around
Bm7 E7
Yeah, I sing them when no one's around
[Verse]
F#m7 Esus2sus4 (x4)
F#m7 Esus2sus4 F#m7 Esus2sus4
Hear the music of the city, see the ladies looking pretty
Dmaj7 B7sus4 B
It can make you feel light on your feet
F#m7 Esus2sus4 F#m7 Esus2sus4
Put those words to a song, and you still might get it wrong
Dmaj7 B7sus4 B
It's always better if you taste the real thing
[Chorus]
Bm7 E7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
For a fool has his way with his words all the time
Ebm7-5 E7 (7th) F#m7 (9th)
Lest the wise man can utter a sound
Bm7 E7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
So I keep all my words locked away for the day
Ebm7-5 E7 (7th) B (hold)
And I sing them when no one's around
Bm7 E7
Yeah, I sing them when no one's a
[Climax]
F#m
-round!
E7 C#7
E7 (7th) D7 B7
(E7 and D7 are played in quick succession here)
[Transition + Brief Key Change]
Bbm Ebm F# (9th)
If I say love, you might think, of your heartache
Bbm Ebm F# (9th)
Or the bliss that a lover can bring
[Chorus Reprise]
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Ebm7-5
If I say God, you might think, of a man
E7 (7th) B
Sitting high, in the clouds
Bm7 E7
Or a glory that the word fails to
[Outro]
F#m7 Esus2sus4
-sound!
(Repeat chords until outro)