Then I'll Be Smiling chords by Matt Nathanson
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 6th
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Artist: Matt Nathanson Song: Then I'll Be Smiling Chords: G: 3x0033 G/B: x20033 C: x32010 Cadd9: x30033 D: xx0232 D/F#: 200233 D/C#: x40232 Am7: x02010 Bmadd#5: x2403x E7: 020xxx A: 50xxxx
The main riff throughout the song goes like this (D* for purposes of this tab):
E|--3--------3--------2----2--------|
B|--3--------3--------3----3--------|
G|--0--------0--------0h2--2h4p2p0--|
D|--0--------0--------0----0--------|
A|--3--------x----------------------|
E|-----------3----------------------|
Intro:
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
Verse 1:
Cadd9 G D*
Trailed by a mess
Cadd9
Of masking tape
G
Construction paper
D*
And the best of intentions
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
He tried to patch up every hole as he went
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
Back and forth and back again
Cadd9 G D*
And his friends half full of half concerns
Cadd9 G D*
Embarrassed looks and tired words
Bmadd#5
They burrowed deeper
Cadd9 D*
Into the ignorant little lives they preferred
Bmadd#5 Cadd9
And he envied their distance
D*
Their lack of concern
He thought
Pre-Chorus:
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
E7 A
Then I'll be smiling
Interlude:
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
Verse 2:
Cadd9 G D*
He cursed himself
Cadd9 G D*
And his instinct to nurse every idea to health
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
And all of the falls that he'd spent
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D*
Trying to coax his name from the mouths of success
He thought
Pre-Chorus:
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
E7 A
Then I'll be smiling
Chorus:
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
They litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Then they ask if I'm good enough
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Litter me with small awarenesses
D
Just to wake me up
D/C#
Why do the fools wake me up
Interlude:
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
Pre-Chorus:
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
Am7 G/B C
Once I shed the whole of me
E7 A
Then I'll be smiling
Chorus:
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
They litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Then they ask if I'm good enough
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Litter me with small awarenesses
D
Just to wake me up
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
And they have the gall to ask if I'm good enough
G D/F# G/B Cadd9
They litter me with small awarenesses
D
Just to wake me up
D/C#
Why do the fools wake me up
Outro:
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D Last updated:
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