Self Starter by Anberlin

Name: Self Starter
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Tuning: Drop D (D A D G)

Intro: x2

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|


Verse 1: x2

Bass returns at 0:40

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------6---8-------------------------------8---10---|
D|10-------10p8h10p8h10---------------10-------10p8h10p8h10----------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------6---8---------------------------8---6---|
D|6-------6p5h6p5h6---------------6-------6p5h6p5h6---------------|


Chorus:

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


Verse 2: x2

Bass returns at 1:30

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------6---8-------------------------------8---10---|
D|10-------10p8h10p8h10---------------10-------10p8h10p8h10----------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------6---8---------------------------8---6---|
D|6-------6p5h6p5h6---------------6-------6p5h6p5h6---------------|


Chorus:

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


Bridge:

Break until 2:11

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-------4---4---3-------4---4---3-------4---4---3-------4---4---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-------4---4---3-------4---4---3-------4---4---3-------4---4---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---1-------3---3---6~|


Chorus:

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


Outro:

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10\-------------------------------------------------------------|



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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| ~  Vibrato
| \  Slide down

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Last Updated: September 10, 2025