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Keep Watch For The Mines by Dashboard Confessional
Keep Watch For The Mines
Intr0- G-D/F# 2x
Verse-
D
Don't act like you've been silent
D/G-D/F# D/G-D/F# D/G-D/F# D
I know how you spread that web of contradictions
D/G - D/F# D/G-D/F# D/G -D/F# D-C-D
Wide, like so much cover fines
REfrain-
Guitar-
|---------------5------5---2-----2------2-------2----|
|---3---3---------3-----3---3------3-----3--------3--|
|----2----2------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-----0-------------0-----0------0-------0-----|
|-------------3------3-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
D-C-D
Keep watch for the mines.
D D
Keep watch for the mines.
D0 verse-
Be careful who you wave that tongue at 'round here.
I've seen smarter acts than yours get disappeared.
If you keep swinging that knife up over this town
You are bound to get your own back stabbed
REfrain-
Guitar-
|---------------5------5---2-----2------2-------2----|
|---3---3---------3-----3---3------3-----3--------3--|
|----2----2------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-----0-------------0-----0------0-------0-----|
|-------------3------3-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
D-
Keep watch for the mines
C D
The concealed dangers.
D D
The traps and the chords of the wires
C D
With their sharp razors.
D D
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
C D
Of the gravediggers.
D D C
And if you told, the answer needs no questioning,
D D
The answer is a lie.
Chorus2- D D/A D/G 6x
Keep watch for the mines.
Keep watch for the mines.
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out?)
(will they bleed everyone out?)
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out before they die?)
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out?)
(will they bleed everyone out?)
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out before they die?)
Keep watch for the mines.
Do Refrain
The concealed dangers,
The traps and the coils of the wires
With their sharp razors.
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
Of the gravediggers.
And if you're told, the answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie.
D D/G-D/F# D/G-D/F# D/G-D/F# D
Keep watch for the mines.
D D/G-D/F# D/G-D/F# D/G-D/F# D
Keep watch for the mines.
Tuning-1/2 step down
D/G--3xx23x
D/F#-2xx23x
D - xx032x 0r x577xx
C- x3201x 0r x355xx
D/A--x0x23x
Don't act like you've been silent
I know how you spread that
Web of contradictions
Wide like so much cover fire
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Be careful who you
Wave that tongue at around here
I've seen smarter acts than yours
Get disappeared
If you keep swinging that knife
All over this town
You are bound
To get you own back stabbed
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With the sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
Of the grave diggers
And if you're told
The answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Will they bleed everyone out?
Will they bleed everyone out?
Keep watch for the mines
Will they bleed everyone out
Before they die?
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With the sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
Of the grave diggers
And if you're told
The answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Will they bleed everyone out
Before they die?
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With the sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
Of the grave diggers
And if you're told
The answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
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version 2
Tuning:
e-> Db tune down 1 step
B-> Db tune up 1 step
G-> Db tune down 2 1/2 steps
D-> Db tune down 1/2 step
A-> Ab tune down 1/2 step
E-> Db tune down 1 step
Intro is (from normally e to E) x3 000555 x1(mute)000444. You play that three times.
Verse:
[********staccato************] x3 mute x3 mute x2 x2
Db|--0-----0------0----0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------------|
Db|--0-----0------0----0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------------|
Db|--0-----0------0----0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------------|
Db|--11----12-----5----7----5---4---5---4---5---4---5---4------------------|
Ab|--x-----x------5----x----5---4---5---4---5---4---5---4------------------|
Db|--11----12-----5----7----5---4---5---4---5---4---5---4------------------|
e|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
B|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
G|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
D|--0-----10----4-----0-----10----4------------------------------------|
A|--0-----x-----4-----0-----x-----4------------------------------------|
E|--0-----10----4-----0-----10----4------------------------------------|
***Repeat first verse twice***
Chorus:
e|-0-----0-----0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-----0-----0---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-----0-----0-----*Repeat 4 times*------------------------------------|
D|-0-----10----4---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----x-----4---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----10----4---------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:Play this rapidly in 16th notes (same pace as "Again I Go Unnoticed" by Dashboard
if you've heard it)
x12 x12 x24
e|---0-----0------0------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-----0------0------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-----0------0-----*Repeat 6 times*---------------------------------|
D|---0-----3------5------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0-----3------5------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0-----3------5------------------------------------------------------|
For the end, you just play the chorus and then the verse twice
*Ending chord is open on every string*
Don't act like you've been silent
I know how you spread that
Web of contradictions
Wide like so much cover fire
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Be careful who you
Wave that tongue at around here
I've seen smarter acts than yours
Get disappeared
If you keep swinging that knife
All over this town
You are bound
To get you own back stabbed
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With the sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
Of the grave diggers
And if you're told
The answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Will they bleed everyone out?
Will they bleed everyone out?
Keep watch for the mines
Will they bleed everyone out
Before they die?
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With the sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
Of the grave diggers
And if you're told
The answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
Will they bleed everyone out
Before they die?
Keep watch for the mines
The concealed dangers
The traps and the coils of the wires
With the sharp razors
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
Of the grave diggers
And if you're told
The answer needs no questioning
The answer is a lie
Keep watch for the mines
Keep watch for the mines
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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version 3
Tuning:
e-> Db tune down 1 step
B-> Db tune up 1 step
G-> Db tune down 2 1/2 steps
D-> Db tune down 1/2 step
A-> Ab tune down 1/2 step
E-> Db tune down 1 step
Chords: For the purpose of the song I'll label them by the note that sets them apart
A C# chord.
G F# C C# A Open/C#
db|-0--0---0---0---0----0------|
Db|-0--0---0---0---0----0------|
Db|-0--0---0---0---0----0------|
Db|-5--4--11--12---7----0------|
Ab|(5)(4)--x---x---x----0------|
Db|-5--4--11--12---7----0------|
You also might want to try other chords that would fit with the key. There were many
I just couldn't figure out. One chord I couldn't really fit was the 2nd chord in the
I Put an A there simply because it was used in the bridge and verse and it sounded okay there.
Intro: G F# x2
Verse-
C C# G A G F#
Don't act like you've been silent
G F# G F# G F# C C# G A G F#
I know how you spread that web of contradictions
G F# G F# G F# Open/C# A G
Wide, like so much cover fire
Chorus-
Open/C# A G
Keep watch for the mines.
Open/C# A G
Keep watch for the mines.
Verse 2-
Be careful who you wave that tongue at 'round here.
I've seen smarter acts than yours get disappeared.
If you keep swinging that knife up over this town
You are bound to get your own back stabbed
Chorus 2-
Open/Db
Keep watch for the mines
A G
The concealed dangers.
Open/Db
The traps and the chords of the wires
A G
With their sharp razors.
Open/Db
The ditches and the trenches and the smiles
A G
Of the gravediggers.
Open/C# A
And if you told, the answer needs no questioning,
G
The answer is a lie.
Bridge- Open/Db, A, G 6x (quick strumming)
Keep watch for the mines.
Keep watch for the mines.
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out?)
(will they bleed everyone out?)
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out before they die?)
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out?)
(will they bleed everyone out?)
Keep watch for the mines.
(will they bleed everyone out before they die?)
Keep watch for the mines.
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