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The Great Escape – Boys Like Girls
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Tuning: D A D F# A d
Alrighty… so the tuning is a lil weird, but this is how you do it, start in standard
drop D it… so it’s DADGBE. You want to do the same thing for the high e string as well.
on the 3rd D string, hold the 4th fret and tune the G string to F#. once there, hold the
fret on the now F# string and tune the 5th string to match, which will produce A. then
you have the open tuning Boys like Girls uses on most of their songs.
ON OTHER TABS OUT THERE, IT’S BOUND TO HAVE THEM. (again requested by youtube peeps, so
u go this is what I play.) also, it’s all by ear, so if there are mistakes well, deal
it, figure it out n let me know!
(listen to song for timing and strum pattern)
Intro
d |-0-----0----------|
A |-0-----0----------|
F#|-0-----0----------|
D |-12----11---------| x2
A |-12----12---------|
D |-0-----0----------|
Verse
v.1 Paper bags and plastic hearts are all belongings in shopping carts
v.2 Tonight will change our lives its so good to be by your side
d |--0------------------0------------0------------------0------------------|
A |--0------------------0------------0------------------0------------------|
F#|--0------------------0------------0------------------0------------------|
D |--12-----------------11-----------12-----------------11-----------------|
A |--12-----------------12-----------12-----------------12-----------------|
D |--0------------------0------------0------------------0------------------|
v.1 It’s goodbye but we got one more night
v.2 But we’ll cry we wont give up the fight
d |-------0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
A |-------0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
D |-------9---------------5------------------------------------------------|
A |-------9---------------5------------------------------------------------|
D |-------9---------------5------------------------------------------------|
v.1 Lets get drunk and ride around and make peace with an empty town
v.2 We’ll scream loud at the top of our lungs and they’ll think its just cause
we’re young
d |---0-----------------------------0--------------------------------------|
A |---0-----------------------------0--------------------------------------|
F#|---0-----------------------------0--------------------------------------|
D |---0-----------------------------7--------------------------------------|
A |---0-----------------------------7--------------------------------------|
D |---0-----------------------------7--------------------------------------|
v.1 We can make it right
v.2 We’ll feel so alive
d |-0~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-0~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-5~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-5~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-5~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Throw it away forget yesterday we’ll make the great escape
d |--------------0-------------0--------------------0---------0------------|
A |--------------0-------------0--------------------0---------0------------|
F#|--------------0-------------0--------------------0---------0------------|
D |--------------9-------------5--------------------0---------7------------|
A |--------------9-------------5--------------------0---------7------------|
D |--------------9-------------5--------------------0---------7------------|
We wont hear a word they say they don’t know us anyway
d |-----------------0----------0--------------------0---------0------------|
A |-----------------0----------0--------------------0---------0------------|
F#|-----------------0----------0--------------------0---------0------------|
D |-----------------9----------7--------------------0---------7------------|
A |-----------------9----------7--------------------0---------7------------|
D |-----------------9----------7--------------------0---------7------------|
Watch it burn let it die cause we are finally free tonight
d |------------0---------------------0-------------------------------------|
A |------------0---------------------0-------------------------------------|
F#|------------0---------------------0-------------------------------------|
D |------------5---------------------7-------------------------------------|
A |------------5---------------------7-------------------------------------|
D |------------5---------------------7-------------------------------------|
Bridge
All of the wasted time the hours that were left behind
d |-0~-------------------------0~------------------------------------------|
A |-0~-------------------------0~------------------------------------------|
F#|-0~-------------------------0~------------------------------------------|
D |-9~-------------------------5~------------------------------------------|
A |-9~-------------------------5~------------------------------------------|
D |-9~-------------------------5~------------------------------------------|
The answers that we’ll never find they don’t mean a thing tonight
d |------0~----------------------------0~----------------------------------|
A |------0~----------------------------0~----------------------------------|
F#|------0~----------------------------0~----------------------------------|
D |------0~----------------------------7~----------------------------------|
A |------0~----------------------------7~----------------------------------|
D |------0~----------------------------7~----------------------------------|
Repeat chorus for the fill, and repeat chorus until ending…
Finish song with intro
Peace, have fun! Easy song to learn/play.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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