TAB by Song : 41109
Tab List Area
1 Pages 1 Results
Violet by Bad Astronaut
Violet
STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe
Key: F is a low F: 133211 (the 211's are optional to your playing)
Fh is a high F: x81010xxx (an octave up)
It sounds better to play barre chords for most of the chords except maybe the Dm.
F G Bb C F
Tonight the drunks are infected, we're on our way
G Bb C F
As if they drop by to see me uninvited
Bb C Fh C Bb
And I am a wallflower, maybe a better father
C
This is a job
F G
For seconds I miss the Bentleys
Bb C F
Today maybe they'll call,
G Bb C F
You describe every prison you pass through them all
Bb C F Aadd9
Then he asked you for your head and I vowed to burn your bed
Dm G Bb
Try to pretend, but this is your life,
C
somehow, it feels right
-----------------------
bridge: (see an alternative way to play this bit at the end)
F C
I'm calling this evolution, I'm falling for institution
Dm C Bb
Warm submission enveloping you
D|-0-2-3--2-0-----|
A|------------3-1-| (violin fill)
E|----------------|
(repeat chords)
Tomorrow I'll survive the questions
Knives buried with cold indifference
My world is true rendered by you
(violin fill x2)
Aadd9 Bb C F
Here they come again, I could never find the words
C Bb
So I disguised them in verse
C Fh
Until it comes out dumb and wrong,
C Bb C
The simplest song, if you sing along
---------------------------
*bridge: alternative playing method
the way i originally learnt that bridge section:
* * #
G|-10-10-7-7-77-5-55-555-3~-|
D|-10-10-7-7-77-5-55-535-3~-|
A|--8--7-5-5-55-3-33-333-1~-| -then play the violin fill
E|--------------------------|
*played 16 times
#note the little change here
The Joey Cape version of the song on the Tony Sly split has an extra section to
it:
F Bb
(Marry me Kristen, marry me Kristen
G C
I want to be the only one)
(use the "bridge" chords for this)
I'm painting a revolution
I'm falling for institution
Warm colors enveloping blue
D|-0-2-3--2-0-----|
A|------------3-1-|
E|----------------|
("bridge" chords again)
Shot of comfort in a warm convention
Medicinal injection
36 years ended by you
*
D|-0-2-3-2-0---5-3-2-0-3--|
A|-----------3------------|
E|------------------------|
*as this 3 is played, the F chord for the next section is played, so you can play
them simultaneously
F G
Tonight the drunks are infected
Bb C F
We're on our way
key:
/ = slide up
= slide down
~ = let ring
X = mute
--------------------
version 2
Chords Used:
F C Bb Gsus4 Csus4 F5 C Dm Am
e |-1----0----1-----3-----5--------------1----0------|
B |-1----1----3-----5-----6----5----5----3----1------|
G |-2----0----3-----5-----5----3----2----2----2------|
D |-3----2----3-----5-----7--------------------------|
A |-3----3----1-----3-----8--------------------------|
E |-1---------1-----3-----5--------------------------|
Riff 1(Violoncello):
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-0-2-3---2-0------|
A|-------------3-1--|
E|------------------|
Riff 2:
e|---6-----5-----3------|
B|-----6-----6---5-5----|
G|-7-----7-----7-----7--|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
F C Bb F
Tonight the drunks are infected, we're on our way
F C Bb F
As if they drop by to see me u-n-i-n-v-i-t-e-d
Bb Gsus4 Csus4 Gsus4 Bb
And I am a walflower, maybe a better father
Gsus4
This is a job
F C
For seconds I miss the Bentleys
Bb F
Today maybe they'll call,
F C Bb C F
You describe every prison you pass through them all
Bb Gsus4 Csus4 Gsus4 Bb
Then he asked you for your head and I vowed to burn your bed
Gsus4 Bb
Try to pretend, but this is your life,
Gsus4
somehow, it feels right
F5 C
I'm calling this evolution, I'm falling for institution
Dm Am Bb
Warm submission enveloping you
Riff 1
F
Tomorrow I'll survive the questions
C
Knives buried with cold indifference
Dm C Bb
My world is true rendered by you
Riff 1 A# Riff 1
Gsus4 Bb Gsus4 Csus4
Here they come again, I could never find the words
Gsus4 Bb
So I disguised them in verse
Gsus4 Csus4
Until it comes out dumb and wrong,
Riff 2
The simplest song,
Bb C
If you sing along
----------