Apology Tab by Alesana

Apology tab by Alesana

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)



Sweat drips in my eyes // Screams of lust we cry // Tonight you are everything

e||----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5------||
B||------0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _
D||----------------------------------------------------------||           |
A||------------------------------0~--------------------------||           |
D||----5~----------------------------------------------------||           |
                                                                          | x4
e||----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5------||           |
B||------0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----||           |
G||----------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _|
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----2~----------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||

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You're everything! You're everything

e||----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5------||
B||------0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||

to me / no more, as I wake (from this perfect dream)
I'll escape from Eden's walls
I cannot stay / and live this lie
For I must / think / only of myself

e||--------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9----|| x3
A||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9----||

e||------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7----||
A||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7----||
                               PM - - - |

And to think that you will not be scared or surprised
if I'd severed all these ties, this is the end!

e||----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------||
D||----9~--------------5~------7~----||
A||----9~--------------5~------7~----||
D||----9~--------------5~------7~----||

e||----------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------||
D||----9~-----------9--5~------7-7-7-7~----||
A||----9~-----------9--5~------7-7-7-7~----||
D||----9~-----------9--5~------7-7-7-7~----||

I'll lose myself in anguish for tonight // Help me get over you

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
A||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
A||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

I feel so numb

e||--------5-3-2-0-------5-3-2--------||
B||----0-3-----------0-3-------3-3----||
G||-----------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------||

to / see this bitter end
(It has come to this) End of beautiful illusions
(Broken pieces) Will not mend
(One last kiss) To / save our past / now

e||--------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9----|| x3
A||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9----||

e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------7~-----6~--------||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----5~-----5~--9~----||
A||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----5~-----5~--7~----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7----5~-----5~--7~----||

I'll lose myself in anguish for tonight // Help me get over you
One last false apology // Help me get over you

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||           |
A||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||           |
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||           |
                                                                         | x2
e||---------------------------------------------------------||           |
B||---------------------------------------------------------||           |
G||---------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _|
D||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
A||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

Now we must let go (We must let go)

e||----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5------||
B||------0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------0~--------------------------||
D||----5~----------------------------------------------------||

e||----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5-----------------||
B||------0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0---------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------||
A||----2~------------------------2~-----------2---0-0------||
D||---------------------------------------------------0----||

e||----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5----2---0---5------||
B||------0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----0---0---0----||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------0~--------------------------||
D||----5~----------------------------------------------------||

Urgency / overwhelms me as I / must restrain / my flood of tears!

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
A||----9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
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e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----9~------9-5~-----7~-------9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9----||
A||----9~------9-5~-----7~-------9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9----||
D||----9~------9-5~-----7~-------9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9----||

I refuse to be slave to your false beauty again

e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----6-6-6-7-7-7-9-9-9-7------------------7-7-7-----------------4-4-4-4----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---9-9-9-11-11-11-7-7-7-11--8-8-8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4----||
A||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||

e||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------9-9-9-----------6-6-6-7-7-7-9------------7-7-7-9-9-9-7--------------------------||
D||----11-11-11-12-12-12-9-9-9-12--9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4~---||
A||----9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4~---||
D||----9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4~---||
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I'll lose myself in anguish for tonight // Help me get over you
One last false apology // Help me get over you

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||           |
A||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||           |
D||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||           |
                                                                         | x2
e||---------------------------------------------------------||           |
B||---------------------------------------------------------||           |
G||---------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _|
D||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
A||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

In my mind blood drips from your eyes // A beautiful last goodbye

e||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----9-9-9---9-9-9---5-5-5---5-5-5---7-7-7---7-7-7---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---9~----||
A||----9-9-9---9-9-9---5-5-5---5-5-5---7-7-7---7-7-7---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---9~----||
D||----9-9-9---9-9-9---5-5-5---5-5-5---7-7-7---7-7-7---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---9~----||
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Outro:

Guitar 1:

e||-----------------------------------||
B||----------3------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _
G||----0-3-0---2-3--------------------||           |
D||-----------------------------------|| x8        |
A||-----------------------------------||           |
D||-----------------------------------||           |
                                                   | x2
e||-----------------------------------||           |
B||----------3------------------------||           |
G||----0-3-0---3-2--------------------|| x8        |
D||-----------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _|
A||-----------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------||

e||----------||
B||----------||
G||----0~----||
D||----------||
A||----------||
D||----------||

Guitar 2:

e||-----------------------------------3~----------1~----------||
B||-----------------------------------------4~----------3~----||
G||----3~----0~----3~----2~--3~-------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------|| x2
A||-----------------------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------||

e||----10~---6~----10~---8-10-12~-----19~----15~----17~----13~----||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------||

e||----10~---6~----10~---8-10-12~-----19~----17~----15~----17~----||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------||

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