Tab Realm

Beside The Others by Tickle Me Pink




                            Beside The Others







Tuning: CGCGCe Drop C tuning with 2nd string (b) tuned up half step

Do not be intimidated by this song! It is very simple.
Throughout the song, the same chords are used repeatedly, in various dynamics and
The verses are finger-picked, the choruses are strummed, the pre-chorus right after the third
is palm muted, and the outro is strummed. All of it is the same note structuring except 
the bridge.

In the verses, after finger-picking through the chord, he lightly strums with his thumb
couples times, which I denoted with a T. Also, before the choruses, he usually pauses
strumming the chord on the 5th fret. I showed this by emboldening the T that he strums last.

He happens to pick up a pick to strum the choruses, but you may or may not want to do that.

You should know, I based most of this here tab on the acoustic version that came with
CD, although it shouldn™t be too different from the album™s version. Also, the high e
probably is tuned to c, but he uses it only in the bridge.

{Verses}
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-|
G|---0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-|
C|--0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0-|
G|-2-----2--0-----0--------------------2-----2--0-----0-------------------|
C|-------------------5-----5--4-----4--------------------5-----5--5-----5-|
	T        T        T        T        T        T       -T-       T

{Choruses}
e|------------|
C|-0--0--0--0-|
G|-0--0--0--0-|
C|-0--0--0--0-|
G|-2--0-------|
C|-------5--4-|

This is a simplified version of the bridge that sounds similar to get you through.
{Bridge}
e|----------------------------------------------------|
C|-4---5-4---4-2---4-2----2-0-----2-0-----0-----2---0-|
G|---5----5------4-----4------2-------2-------4---4/5-|
C|-0--0----0---0---0-----0--0---0-------0-------------|
G|------------------------------------------4-----4/5-|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
					       T

{Ending} Last phrase of the song:
e|--------------------------|
C|-0--0------0------0-----0-|
G|-0--0------0------0-----0-|
C|-0--0----0------0-------0-|
G|-2--0-------------------0-|
C|-------5------4------2--0-|









How could she be
With a wretch like me
I'm a broken shell of a man that never was
I'd trade all that we've made
Just for one more date with destruction

I'm not being fair to you
I'm lyin' to myself
It hurts to see her face sitting on my shelf
Beside the others

You're the cutest thing
I've seen
You're all a man could need
But I'm lifeless

I need to tell you no
I just can't let her go
'Cause I'm selfish
So selfish

I'm not being fair to you
I'm lyin' to myself
It hurts to see her face
Sittin' on my shelf
Beside the others

If I could tell you one thing
I think that you should know
I'm not afraid to love you
Just of letting go

If love and comfort
Are the same thing
Then why can't I ever find my way out?
I want to say we're strong
We can carry on

But I'm dragging you down
Ya I'm bringing you down
I'm dragging you down with me

I'm not being fair to you
I'm lyin' to myself
It hurts me to see her face
Sitting on my shelf

If I could tell you one thing
I think you should know
I'm not afraid to love you
Just of letting go
Just of letting go
Just of letting go










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






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