I tried posting a correction to the other tab up here but it didn't let me post
the whole thing, so here it is brand new. Other one is great, just a few
lyrical / tab changes. This one should be exactly how it is recorded.
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Standard Tuning
Capo 3
This tab is done relative to the Capo.
Watch for the occasional x at the end of the bar noting to repeat it a certain number of
(x2, x3, x4)
h= hammer on
p= pull off
s= slide
Intro
E|-------0------------------------------0---------------3----------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0---1---------1p0----|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0------0--------------0-0--------------|
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2---------------2------------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2-----------------------|
E|----------------1-------1-----------------------1-------1--------|
E|-------0------------------------------0-----------|--------------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0-----|--1-----------|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0------0----------------|--0-----------|
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2-------------|--x-----------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2--------|--x-----------|
E|----------------1-------1-------------------------|--1-----------|
Verse
“You always loved the colors and the detail, so here is mine…
I snuck out down at dark Seventeenth Street late last night…”
E|-------0------------------------------0---------------3----------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0---1---------1p0----|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0------0--------------0-0--------------| x2
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2---------------2------------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2-----------------------|
E|----------------1-------1-----------------------1-------1--------|
Pre Chorus
“I took my little orange book lamp and the notebook with the stars on the front…
The sleeping bag that my ex gave to me to keep me warm…
And a black fountain pen to write the words that it was…”
E|--0----------3----------1----------3----------0----------3-------|
B|--1----------0----------1----------0----------1----------0-------|
G|--2----------0----------2----------0----------2----------0-------|
D|--2----------0----------3----------0----------2----------0-------|
A|--0----------2----------3----------2----------0----------2-------|
E|--0----------3----------1----------3----------0----------3-------|
“Too late to say out loud…”
E|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
“And my eyes turned green like they do when I’m crying…
And my heart, it went to blue cause you told me that I might not be…
What you need you want to try more out…
But you're the only thing I can't stop thinking about…”
E|--0------------0--------------0------------------1---------------|
B|--1------------0--------------1------------------1---------------|
G|--0------------3--------------2------------------2---------------| x4
D|--2------------0--------------2------------------3---------------|
A|--3------------2--------------0------------------3---------------|
E|---------------0---------------------------------1---------------|
Bridge (strum)
“Yeah I… like you… a lot… and I think it's worse than that…”
E|---------|---------|---------|----1------------------------------|
B|----1----|----0----|----1----|----1------------------------------|
G|----0----|----3----|----2----|----2------------------------------|
D|----2----|----0----|----2----|----3------------------------------|
A|----3----|----2----|----0----|----3------------------------------|
E|---------|---------|---------|----1------------------------------|
Intro
E|-------0------------------------------0---------------3----------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0---1---------1p0----|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0------0--------------0-0--------------|
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2---------------2------------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2-----------------------|
E|----------------1-------1-----------------------1-------1--------|
E|-------0------------------------------0-----------|--------------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0-----|--1-----------|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0------0----------------|--0-----------|
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2-------------|--x-----------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2--------|--x-----------|
E|----------------1-------1-------------------------|--1-----------|
Verse 2
“You said you love it when all the words in a song move really fast and
your ears have to choose just one little phrase to hold onto…”
E|-------0------------------------------0---------------3----------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0---1---------1p0----|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0---------------------0-0--------------|
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2---------------2------------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2-----------------------|
E|----------------1-------1-----------------------1-------1--------|
“And you love it when all the chords are really simple so you can play
it on the guitar, and then when it goes to a funny one at the end you like that too…”
E|-------0------------------------------0-------------------8------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0---6---------6------|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0---------------------5--5------5------|
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2-----------6-----6---6------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2-----------------------|
E|----------------1-------1----------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus
“And so I'll build you a song, and I know you're gonna love it…
‘Cause I'm putting in all the pieces that you said you wanted in it…
And I'm writing it here in my room in just my underwear and an orange t-shirt…”
E|--0----------3----------1----------3----------0----------3-------|
B|--1----------0----------1----------0----------1----------0-------|
G|--2----------0----------2----------0----------2----------0-------|
D|--2----------0----------3----------0----------2----------0-------|
A|--0----------2----------3----------2----------0----------2-------|
E|--0----------3----------1----------3----------0----------3-------|
“’Cause I know that you'd think that was hot…”
E|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
“Yeah hot, like that day that you called sick for work…
Because we'd stayed out too late at the cheesecake factory the night before…
And we held hands on the beach, and I found that crab in a funny shell…
And you took video of me holding it up by the newly-painted blue motel…”
E|--0------------0--------------0------------------1---------------|
B|--1------------0--------------1------------------1---------------|
G|--0------------3--------------2------------------2---------------| x4
D|--2------------0--------------2------------------3---------------|
A|--3------------2--------------0------------------3---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------1---------------|
Bridge (strum)
“And you said I… like you… a lot… and I thought well this couldn’t get much better
E|-------------|---------|------|----1-----------------------------|
B|------1------|----0----|--1---|----1-----------------------------|
G|------0------|----3----|--2---|----2-----------------------------|
D|------2------|----0----|--2---|----3-----------------------------|
A|------3------|----2----|--0---|----3-----------------------------|
E|-------------|---------|------|----1-----------------------------|
Intro
End on
E|-------0------------------------------0--------|-----------------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0--|--1--------------|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0------0-------------|--0--------------|
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2----------|--x--------------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2-----|--x--------------|
E|----------------1-------1----------------------|--1--------------|
Verse 3
“You said you were so happy you met me when you did, because you were starting to think
didn’t like people…
And you told me that when I moved out, I could still stay in your room for weeks…”
E|-------0------------------------------0---------------3----------|
B|-0h1------1p0---1-----1---------0h1-------1p0---1---------1p0----|
G|--0-------------0-0-------0------0--------------0-0--------------| x2
D|-----2--------------2-------2-------2---------------2------------|
A|--3------2-----------------------3-------2-----------------------|
E|----------------1-------1-----------------------1-------1--------|
Pre Chorus
“But now I'm wondering if I imagined it, or if it was ever really there…
‘Cause they say, even in magic nothing truly disappears…
It just gets stuffed up somebody’s sleeve or behind their hand, or on top of their head…”
E|--0----------3----------1----------3----------0----------3-------|
B|--1----------0----------1----------1----------1----------1-------|
G|--2----------0----------2----------0----------2----------0-------|
D|--2----------0----------3----------0----------2----------0-------|
A|--0----------2----------3----------2----------0----------2-------|
E|--0----------3----------1----------3----------0----------3-------|
“You forgot to keep your eye on it; you were looking down instead…”
E|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--1--------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
“So now, I'm the fool up on stage at the magic show…
Searching the deck for my card, while everyone laughs because they know…
That it's in plain sight to see, yeah it's stuck on your forehead…
But I can't think you’re mean, ‘cause I volunteered to be misled…”
E|--0------------0--------------0------------------1---------------|
B|--1------------0--------------1------------------1---------------|
G|--0------------3--------------2------------------2---------------| x4
D|--2------------0--------------2------------------3---------------|
A|--3------------2--------------0------------------3---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------1---------------|
Bridge (strum)
“Yeah cause I… like you… a lot… and I don't know what to do with it now…
“And I… like you… a lot… but I didn't think it’d hurt this bad…
“And I… like you… a lot… and we both know that it’s worse than that…
E|-------------|---------|------|----1-----------------------------|
B|------1------|----0----|--1---|----1-----------------------------|
G|------0------|----3----|--2---|----2-----------------------------| x3
D|------2------|----0----|--2---|----3-----------------------------|
A|------3------|----2----|--0---|----3-----------------------------|
E|-------------|---------|------|----1-----------------------------|
E|--3--0--4--4s7--8--------8---------------------------------------|
B|--1-----3-------5--5-----6---------------------------------------|
G|--------4-------5-----5--5---------------------------------------|
D|--2-----2-------7--------6---------------------------------------|
A|--3-----2-------0--------0---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
And back to the intro chords to end it.