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Salty Eyes Tab

by Matches


Song:  Salty Eyes
Band:  The Matches
Album:  Decomposer

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You have options... I prefer to play it with a capo on the 1st fret
 and in the key of A (which is how I have it tabbed), or you can play 
it with a capo on the 3rd fret in the key of G.  I'll put those chords 
at the bottom of the page.

Intro: D A E

Intro riff (violin, I think):

|-10-11-13-15---18-17-13-10-13-13--8--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

verse riff     a few times
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------11-10-------------------|
|-7----7-8-10-7-|--10/12-12-------8----8-8----------|
|---------------|-------------------10-----8--------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------|

	A (w/ riff)
Do you belong to a song?

							D
Does it drag you along by the tongue at the top of your lungs?

	A		      E
Are you drunk?  Have you been drinking?

	A
Do you below the overpass go

						    D
With a fifth in your fist reminiscing the kiss of a love

		 A		 E
that just didn't love as much as you did?


Chorus:

		      F#m E/G# A
But please don't give up, dear walls,

	      D E  F#m
don't let the ceiling fall

	 D	     A		 E
when you belong to a song, salty eyes...


You belong.


THIS LITTLE BRIDGE PART HERE ISN'T 100% ACCURATE, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA:

Guitar 1         (this chord isn't as hard as it looks)
|----------------10---------------------|
|-8-----10-------6----------------------|
|---8------10----7----------------------|
|-----8-------10-8----------------------|
|-6--------------8----------------------|
|-------8--------6----------------------|

Guitar 2
(keep in mind this is WITH the capo)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------2--|
|----------------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------2----|
|----------------2-3-2-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-4------|
|----------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse again...

Chorus again...


(besides the solo...I got bored...Sorry... The song is in Bb so the solo is probably
based on the minor (Gm) scale...

Oh yeah, if you play with a capo at the 3rd fret, these are the chords:

THIS TAB	CAPO 3
A		G

D		C

E		D

F#m		Em

E/G#		D/F#