Vital Vessals Vindicate tab by The Dear Hunter

Tabs

Tuning:Standard

Another amazing Dear Hunter song. Most of the song is not played on guitar so you get
some liberty as far as your interpretation. If any chords are wrong, please comment or e-
mail me.

Piano Intro: C majorC       G+G

C majorC                       G+G
Salt in the sky in the sweet summer air while mammoths depart

 C majorC                     G+G
Abandon dispair with thirsty affairs of the heart

A minorAm                        FF
But the chances of escaping my heart are inadequate, and

A minorAm                      FF
when all is said and done I'm left with my history

C majorC  G+G  FF G+G  A minorAm     DmDm  FF      G+G
Goodbye, my eyes shed heavy tears. One for every

C majorC  G+G  E minorEm       A minorAm   FF    G+G       C majorC
soul still sitting on the fence between pain and arrogance

C majorC                 G+G
Ebb to the left flow to the right. The exit's unflawed

C majorC
The boys on the train

                G+G
The almighty tongue with prose spilled in vain


 C majorC  G+G  FF G+G  A minorAm     DmDm  FF    G+G
Goodbye, my eyes shed heavy tears. One for every

C majorC  G+G  E minorEm     A minorAm     FF    G+G
soul still sitting on the fence between pain and arrogance

C majorC    FF      DmDm   G+G      E minorEm   A minorAm   FF     G+G
We fall beneath the sea of dreams and fail to breathe until we resurface

C majorC    FF      DmDm   G+G     E minorEm   A minorAm       FF  AbAb
We fall beneath the sea of dreams and fail to breathe until we awaken again


There is a little chromatic slide here

 C majorC   BB  Bb majorBb  A augmentedA   AbAb     G+G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------|
A augmentedA|3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------4-4-4-3-3-3----------------------------------------|

AbAb
Sing softly sing me to the lake

G+G
Sing softly bring me to the lake

Guitar Riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------2-5-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-2--2-5-3------2-3-----3-2-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2-3-----3-----------------------3-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

DmDm       G+G     DmDm      G+G
Through all of this I've felt just the same

  DmDm        G+G  C majorC
The flame is gone the fire remains

String Interlude: Here are the chords. The strings have a lot of passing
notes here so each chord will be a little weird at times. Several measures
per chord.

C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF C majorC  G+G  E minorEm  FF

Piano Outro: Just a quick interpretation

Repeat until the end.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------12-14-17-14--|
A augmentedA|---12-14----12-14---12-14----12-14-----10-12----10-12---10-12--------------|
E MajorE|12-------10-------9-------10--------12-------10-------8-------10-12-15-12--|


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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