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Despite The Tears by The Seedy Arkhestra
Despite The Tears
CHORD CHART
INTRO: E B Bm C# F#m C#/E# (B7)
VERSE 1
E B Bm C#
He found a letter from his lover
F#m C#/E# (B7)
she said she's never coming home
E B Bm C#
his things were lying on her doorstep
F#m C#/E# (B7)
and his tears, they fell like rain
CHORUS 1
E (E7)
and in his mind, he knew
Am Bm C
he'd love her always
F#m B E (B7)
despite the tears
VERSE 2
E B Bm C#
and in this town where few knew love
F#m C#/E# (B7)
he'd spend his nights all alone, crying
E B Bm
and all the love he'd once shared with her
C#
was gone, long, long, long gone
F#m C#/E# (B7)
and he knew a part of him was dying
CHORUS 2 (slightly crazier guitar part)
E (E7)
and in his mind, he knew
Am Bm C
he'd love her always
F#m B E (B7)
despite the tears
BRIDGE
D A B
(continued B7) D
don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
A B7
lover we tried, we tried, we tried
CHORUS 3
E
yet in his mind he knew
Am Bm C
he'd love her always
E
yet in his mind now in his mind
Am
he knew he'd love her
Bm C
he knew he'd love her always
F#m B E
despite the tears
E
[noodling ad nauseum]
NOW IN TAB FORM¦
MAIN RIFF/VERSES
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---------------------------------------------2-2-------2-2-----------------|
------4-4-------4-4------4-4------1-1------2---------1---------------------|
----6----------4-------4---------3-------4---------3-----------------------|
--7---------6--------5---------4---------------------------2-2-2-2-2[etc]--|
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[Sometimes he repeats the root of the chord]
CHORUS:
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---0--0------->9--------->10--->12----13---------------------|
---1--1------->7---7----->9---->11--------12-----------------|
---2--2------->9-----9--->10--->12------------14--[etc]------|
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--4-4-4-[etc]------------------2-2-2-[etc]-------------------|
-----------------2-2-2-[etc]------------------2-2-2-[etc]----|
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Chorus 2 is the same thing except I like to put a G# on top of the first E chord and the
& Bm chords are arpeggiated in a frantic way.
BRIDGE
-------------0---5----------5--6--7---------|
--7--7--7----5-----5--------------7---------|
--7--7--7----6--------6--6--------8---------|
--7----------7--------------------9---------|
--5----------0--------------------9---------|
----------------------------------7---------|
------------0---5--------5-6-7---------------------|
--7--7--7---5-----5----------7---------------------|
--7--7--7---6-------6--6-----8------6--------------|
--7---------7----------------9--------9-7-6--------|
--5---------0----------------9--------------9-7-7--|
-----------------------------7---------------------|
OUTRO
Noodling based on the standard shape E chord
--0---------------|
--0---------------|
--1---------------|
--2---------------|
--2---------------|
--0---------------|
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