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No News Is Bad News by Dashboard Confessional
No News Is Bad News
Tuning (this tab): Half-Step Down [ D# G# C# F# A# D# ]
Tuning is Half-Step Down
INTRO:
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1:I sit and wonder of your pause
2:what makes you so sure our sins are not the start
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1:of something holy
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1: divine
2: -
Verse1:
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1:I don't like the sound of this, no news is bad news
2:and all is quiet and all your looks give no betrayal to what you shield or hide
3:wider walls have not protected
4:anything or anyone the way I will protect your burning heart
PreChorus:
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1:I know you're careful, cause i've been burned before and i know how it makes you careful,
2:and i know your symptoms are complicated from holding against the impulse
Chorus:
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1:But if you're alone, are you lonely, well you just dont have to be lonely anymore
Verse2:
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1:I don't like the looks of this, without you there's no truth
2:but all my doubt and all my trust is no betrayal to what I feel inside
3:wider walls, have not protected
4:anything, or anyone the way I will defend your beating heart
PreChorus:
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1:I know you're careful, cause I've been burned before and I know how that makes you careful
2:and I know your symptoms are complicated from holding against the impulse
Chorus:
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1:But if you're alone, are you lonely, well you just dont have to be lonely anymore
BridgeOutro:
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1:-
2:-
3:I sit and wonder of your pause
4:what makes you so sure our sins are not the start
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1:Of something, holy,
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1:divine
2:-
3,4,5,6:I don't like the sound of this, no news is bad news
7:-
8:-
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version 2
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Ab - 466544
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
Ebm - x68876
C#/F - 143xxx
B - x24442
Verse 1:
C# F#
I sit and wonder of your pause
C#
What makes you so sure
F#
Our sins are not the start
Ebm F#
Of something holy divine
Interlude: C#--F#-- x2
Verse 2:
C#/F
I don't like the
C#
sound of this
B Bbm
No news is bad news
C#/F
And all is quiet
C#
And all your looks
B
Give no betrayal to
Bbm
what you shield or
C#/F C# B
hide Wider walls have
Bbm
not protected
C#/F C#
Anything or anyone
B Bbm
The way I will protect
your burning heart
Refrain:
Bbm
I know your careful
Cause I've been
C#
burned before
Bbm
And I know how it
Ab Bbm
makes you careful
And I know your symptoms
C# Bbm
Are complicated from holding
Ab
against the impulse
Chorus:
Bbm F#
But if you're alone
C#
Are you lonely?
Well you just
Ab
don't have to be
Bbm F# C#
lonely Anymore
Verse 3:
C#/F
I don't like
C#
the looks that
B
About you
Bbm
There's no truth
C#/F
But all my doubt
C#
and all my trust
B
Is no betrayal to
Bbm C#/F
what I feel inside
C# B
Wider walls have
Bbm
not protected
C#/F C#
Anything or anyone
B Bbm
The way I will defend
your beating heart
(Repeat Refrain And Chorus)
Interlude: C#--F#-- x2
Bridge:
C# F#
I sit and wonder of your thoughts
C#
What makes you so sure
F#
Our sins are not the start
Ebm F#
Of something holy divine
Interlude: C#--F#-- x2
Outro:
C#
I don't like the
sound of this
F#
No news is bad news
(Repeat x4)
Interlude: C#--F#-- x2, C#(hold)
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version 3
Standard tuning, half a step down (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)
D G2 G D/G Bm A D/F# C G/B
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Intro D G2 G D/G
Verse D/F# G C G/B
Pre-chorus Bm D Bm A
Chorus Bm G2 D A
Bridge - same as intro
Intro - lead
eb|-----5---------|
Bb|-5/7---5-5\3-3-|
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