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by Bayside
From The Walking Wounded (2007)

Transcribed by Jason Florentino
February 2011

I'm kinda sick so I thought I'd finally figure out this song.
This is what I've got so far I'm way too lazy and (believe it or not) too busy to lift
the solo and all the cool backing shit that they do. But it's enough for you to sing
with it. And that's all I want to do right now!

Enjoy!

Notes in parentheses are harmonies (they're optional)
That "beat" line below the tab denotes down beats. Or when you should tap your foot.

Played fast. With kind of a shuffle feel.

Chords: A minorAm              B5B5  C5C5  FF
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------(13)--(10)------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------9----------12----9--------------------------9--------9--------12---(9)----|
D MajorD|--------10---10-12-10----10-------9h10p9----------10-------10-------10--------10-----|
A augmentedA|------0-------------------------0--------12-10-8-----8---8----8---8----8----8----8---|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Beat:  x  x  x   x   x  x  x  x   x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x

You can play either full chords or power chords.
Should still work.

A minorAm
Nothing feels right
       FF                     Am(intro riff)
but my fake smiles paint pictures like everything's fine
A minorAm
the cheap line wasn't told
        FF                A minorAm
so they've got spindles spinning bad songs into gold
 C majorC    FF	       G+G    FF    G#G#
and who decides what's wrong or right?

D MajorD	       G+G
when the puzzle pieces twist
        A minorAm         FF
and seem like they won't fit their match
D MajorD        FF      A minorAm C majorC FF
i'll be waiting, i'll be waiting
A/D
and all the best songs
FF
what's the best about them?

INTRO RIFF

A minorAm
i thought i was part of something more
   FF                 A minorAm
but more money, less substance, more demand

not for great songs, that no one understands
  FF
you can't lay brick on wet cement
      A minorAm         C majorC
or build castles out of sand
 FF    G+G    FF   G#G#
but who decides?

D MajorD	       G+G
but when the puzzle pieces twist
          A minorAm        FF
and seem like they won't fit their match
      D MajorD       G+G
then i will try and try again
         A minorAm      FF
and hope that someone understands
D MajorD        FF
i'll be waiting, i'll be waiting

A minorAm           G+G
and they can say they love you
    C majorC          FF
but it still won't change a thing
     FF     F#F#	 A#A#  A augmentedA
cause the tides may turn tomorrow
  FF     G+G    C majorC
and i won't be there to look

A minorAm
i can say
C majorC
i've got to say
 Something around F?
dollar by dollar your soul gets smaller
 Possibly G#?
trending what we've fought to make ours

C majorC           C/BC/B
they don't care about

they don't care
    FF
it's a good thing that trends fade away
   A minorAm       G+G
it's so much cooler in the shade

And repeat that C majorC > C/BC/B > FF > A minorAm > G+G until the end!
End on C majorC (both when they stop in the middle and at the end the song)

And just for kicks, here's the start of that solo. it should be in C.

V(pinch harmonic?)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------13------15-17-17b18r17-------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------12-14-------------------------15----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------14h15----------------------------------15----14h15p14-------------------|
A augmentedA|----15-------------------------------------------------------17-15 .etc.-------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Much love, Jason.