Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall (Acoustic)
(updated 01/04/2010, i've added the solo and some lead parts, there's a harmony
lead at the end of the solo but i left it out)
check out the acoustic version on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQlvW4V8mI8
reasonbly good cam views u can learn from it.
tuning: C G C F A d (1 step down, dropped C)
[Intro]
F - G - F - G - Am-G - F
F - G - F - G - Am-G - Am
[Verse]
Am F G
With blood shot eyes I watch you sleeping
Am F G
The warmth I feel beside me is slowly fading
Am F G
Would she hear me if I called her name?
Am F G
Would she hold me if she knew my shame?
[Pre-chorus]
d|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7---|
A|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8--| x4
F|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
Am
There's always something different going wrong
F G
The path I walk's in the wrong direction
Am
There's always someone fucking hanging on
F G
Can anybody help me make things better?
[Chorus]
d|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| |
F|------------------------------------| |
C|------------------------------------| |
G|------------------------------------| |
C|------------------------------------| |
|-- x2
d|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7---| |
A|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8--| |
F|--------------------------------------| |
C|--------------------------------------| |
G|--------------------------------------| |
C|--------------------------------------| /
F G
Your tears don't fall
F
They crash around me
G Am - G F
Her conscience calls the guilty to come home
F G
Your tears don't fall
F
They crash around me
G Am - G Am
Her conscience calls the guilty to come home
[Verse]
Am F G
The moments died, I hear no screaming
Am F G
The visions left inside me are slowly fading
Am F G
Would she hear me if I called her name?
Am F G
Would she hold me if she knew my shame?
[Pre-chorus]
Am
There's always something different going wrong
F G
The path I walk's in the wrong direction
Am
There's always someone fucking hanging on
F G
Can anybody help me make things better?
[Chorus]
F G
Your tears don't fall
F
They crash around me
G Am - G F
Her conscience calls the guilty to come home
F G
Your tears don't fall
F
They crash around me
G Am - G Am
Her conscience calls the guilty to come home
[Solo]
Am - Am - F - G x4
(V) (V) (V=Vibrato)
d|--------------------------------------------------------| (S=Slide)
A|------------------------8-6h8p6-5-6--5---5--------------|
F|----------5-7p5---5--------------------7----7-5-7--5-4--|
C|-------s7-------7---7~----------------------------------|
G|--(0)---------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|
(V) (V) (V) (V)(V) (V)
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|--s7~--s9--s10--s5--3~---3h5p2~--0~----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
(V)(V)(V)(V)
d|------------------12----12---12--10----10----10----------|
A|--s10-12-13---------13----13---13--12----12----12--------|
F|------------12--------14----14-------12----12------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
(V) (V) (V)
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------8-6h8p6-5-6--5---5-------------------|
F|-----------------------------------7----7-5-7--5-4-------|
C|--s7~--9--10--5~-----------------------------------s7~---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
Am F G
Would she hear me if I called her name?
Am F G
Would she hold me if she knew my shame?
[Pre-chorus]
Am
There's always something different going wrong
F G
The path I walk's in the wrong direction
Am
There's always someone fucking hanging on
F G
Can anybody help me make things better?
[Chorus/Outro]
F G
Your tears don't fall
F
They crash around me
G Am - G F
Her conscience calls the guilty to come home
F G
Your tears don't fall
F
They crash around me
G Am - G Am
Her conscience calls the guilty
Guitar1
(V)
d|-----------------------|
A|------8~---------------|
F|--7-9-----9-7-9-5~~----|
C|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
C|-----------------------|
Guitar2
(V)
d|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
F|-------9~--------------|
C|--9-10----10-9-10-7~~--|
G|-----------------------|
C|-----------------------|
F G
Your tears don't fall
F
They crash around me
G Am - G F
Her conscience calls the guilty to come home
F - G - F - G - Am-G - F
Your tears don't fall
[Ending]
F
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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| ~ Vibrato
| s Slap
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