View Guitar Chords for Violet - chords ver. 2
BAND: Bad Astronaut (or Joey Cape) SONG: Violet STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe Tabbed by: Shaun Booth Email: [email protected] Key: F is a low F: 133211 (the 211's are optional to your playing) Fh is a high F: x81010xxx (an octave up) It sounds better to play barre chords for most of the chords except maybe the Dm.F Tonight the drunks Gare infected, A#we're Con our wFay As if they drop Gby to see meA# unCinvitFed A# C Fh C A# And I am a wallflower, maybe a better father This is a CjobF For seconds I Gmiss the Bentleys ToA#day mCaybe they'll cFall, You describe Gevery prison you A#pass tChrough them aFllA# Then he Casked you for your Fhead and I Aadd9vowed to burn your bed Dm Try to pretenGd, but this is your A#life, somehCow, it feels right----------------------- bridge: (see an alternative way to play this bit at the end)F I'm calling this evolution, CI'm falling for institution Dm Warm submissioCn enveloping A#youD|-0-2-3--2-0-----| A|------------3-1-| (violin fill) E|----------------| (repeat chords) Tomorrow I'll survive the questions Knives buried with cold indifference My world is true rendered by you (violin fill x2)HAadd9ere they come aA#gain, I could Cnever find the wFords So I dCisguised them in A#verse C Fh Until it comes out dumb and wrong, The simplest sCong,A# if you sing aClong--------------------------- *bridge: alternative playing method the way i originally learnt that bridge section: * * # G|-10-10-7-7-77-5-55-555-3~-| D|-10-10-7-7-77-5-55-535-3~-| A|--8--7-5-5-55-3-33-333-1~-| -then play the violin fill E|--------------------------| *played 16 times #note the little change here The Joey Cape version of the song on the Tony Sly split has an extra section to it:F(Marry me Kristen, A#marry me Kristen GI want to Cbe the only one)(use the "bridge" chords for this) I'm painting a revolution I'm falling for institution Warm colors enveloping blue D|-0-2-3--2-0-----| A|------------3-1-| E|----------------| ("bridge" chords again) Shot of comfort in a warm convention Medicinal injection 36 years ended by you * D|-0-2-3-2-0---5-3-2-0-3--| A|-----------3------------| E|------------------------| *as this 3 is played, the F chord for the next section is played, so you can play them simultaneouslyF Tonight the drunks Gare infected A#We're Con our Fwaykey: / = slide up \ = slide down ~ = let ring X = mute just listen to the song to get the timing email me if you have any questions/queries will post a youtube video soon