HOW I REMEMBER (ACOUSTIC)
As recorded by David Bazan
(From the 2007 EP FEWER MOVING PARTS)
Words and Music by David Bazan
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it with a single guitar. Even in the acoustic version, there are actually two playing,
please keep that in mind should you find any discrepancies. The majority of this song
to be played with downstrokes only.
Also, note at the end an alternative way to finger the introduction (which is quite a
harder but may sound better - I play it the first way).
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Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Introduction
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
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1.,2.,3. 4.
4x
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Verse 1
1.,3.
4x
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2.,4.
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I go out in public now
More than you might think,
But only after several drinks.
That's how I remember.
Then if I see any girl
I've ever met before
I run like hell for the door.
That's how I remember.
Breakdown 1
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1. 2.
D.S.
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Memory records selected shorts
And interpretations.
Then it plays them back
As gospel fact.
Verse 2
1.
$
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2.
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That's how I remember.
That's how I remember.
Breakdown 2
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With one eye open you can
focus like a camera on
Whomever you are capturing.
Without exception I prefer it
As a way to document
The objects of my interest.
Verse 3
1.
3x
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2. 3.
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Red and yellow, black and white
Are precious in his sight.
But who he roots for in a fight,
That's how I remember.
So everytime I find a girl
Beaten, gagged and bound
I let her go and write it down.
Outro
1.,2.,3.
4x
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4. 1.
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2.
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That's how I remember.
That's how I remember.
Alt. Intro
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Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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