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Nothing Is Easy - The Whigs
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Tabbed by: adslam3
Second time tabbing this...not sure why it was rejected. Slight changes
made.
There is a CHORDS version at the bottom with LYRICS
Tuning: Standard
I'm not showing how many times each part is played, but strumming
is close, you can figure it out, it's not a hard song.
INTRO VERSES (0:10-0:42)(0:59-1:29)(2:37-END) song end on G+G
G+G G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
e|--3-----|--3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1--------------------------------|
BB|--3-----|--3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3--------------------------------|
G+G|--0--x16|--0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0-----|--0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--2-----|--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--3-----|--3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------|
CHORUS (0:43-0:58)(1:30-2:26)
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1----------|
BB|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1----------|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2----------|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3----------|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3----------|
E MajorE|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1----------|
NOTE: At 2:26, you are going to end on the first G+G of the chorus then when
the music starts up again at 2:29 you play the G+G - FF - G+G - FF pattern to
end the chorus.
SOLO RIFF 1 during chorus(1:55-2:202)(2:11-2:18)
e|------------3------------0-------------------------------------------------|
BB|--3h5-3-0---3--3h5-3-0---1-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------5-0----------5-0-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------0------------2-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------2------------3-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------3------------0-------------------------------------------------|
SOLO RIFF 2(2:31)at end of chorus- listen to get the rhythm
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--3/9/5/9/11/12-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo riff 2 may be on slide guitar.
CHORDS VERSION:
INTRO: G+G
VERSE
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
Oh the weeds of my head, I'm combing them down. The shiny brown shoes,
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
Arriving again, I guess, arriving again, I guess.
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
And she's a regular broad alone in her room. You're right, I'm there too,
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
Arriving again, I guess, arriving again, I guess.
Oh.
CHORUS 1
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF
VERSE 2
G+G FF
It's easy to see why you know where I am.
E minorEm DmDm
I run on my tiptoes to find you again
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
And I will, and I will.
G+G FF
The scratch on my back means you know where I am.
E minorEm DmDm
I run on my tiptoes to find you again,
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
And I will, and I will.
Oh.
CHOURS
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF
C majorC A minorAm
Well nothing is easy.
C majorC A minorAm G+G (SOLO RIFF 1)F G+G FF
Don't you know nothing's not the easy way out?
C majorC A minorAm
Well nothing is easy.
C majorC A minorAm G+G (SOLOR RIFF 1)F G+G FF
Don't you know nothing's not the easy way out?
C majorC A minorAm
Well nothing is easy.
C majorC A minorAm G+G (Pause)
Don't you know nothing's not the easy way out?
G+G FF (SOLO RIFF 2) G+G FF
VERSE 3
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
Oh me in my bed and you in the ground. You're lying there still,
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
Arriving again, I guess, arriving again, I guess.
G+G FF
It's easy to see why you know where I am.
E minorEm DmDm
I run on my tiptoes to find you again,
G+G FF E minorEm DmDm
And I will, and I will.
-Keep repeating the same G+G - FF - E minorEm - DmDm pattern until the end.
Finish on G.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato