This is a sublimely beautiful song by one of Australia's finest bands going around. It's
opening track on The Panics' last album Sleeps Like a Curse. Although it's not a
song I thought I'd try and come up with a tab in any case and this sounds pretty good on an acoustic.
If you want to play this song as it sounds on cd then you'll need to work out the
patterns of the chords, or you can just strum along like I do.
Standard tuning
Chords used -
E (022100)
B (x24442)
C#m (x46654)
Amaj7 (x02120)
E (x7645x)
B (x9987x)
C#m (x111190x)
x Mute string
INTRO:
E B C#m B E B C#m B
e--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-|
b--5-5--5-7--7-0----7--7-5--5-7--7-0----7--7-|
g----4----8----9----8----4----8----9----8----|
d----6----9---11----9----6----9---11----9----|
a----7----9---11----9----7----9---11----9----|
E----x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x----|
Verse 1:
E B
I'm staying stubborn in retreat
C#m B
I was standing on your corner pondering defeat
E B
An old lady fixed my collar, said her steps were getting steep
C#m B
I said "I live by the top but not permanently"
E B
I know you follow, I can hear you
C#m B
And the patter of your feet
E B
I'm looking like I'm still half asleep
C#m B
And it feels like you're standing on me
CHORUS:
[Amaj7] Why do you [E]ask me? I don't [B]know my [C#m]way
[Amaj7] Why do you [E]keep me hear? I have [B]no more cards to [C#m]play
VERSE 2:
E B
I've got eyelids like concrete and they're too numb to blink
C#m B
You drain the life out of me, I've forgotten how to think
E B
I was sitting on a fortune now I'm staring down a sink
C#m B
I've got one too many itches and you're just another sting
E B
You can I hope that I might
C#m B
But I never feel a thing
E B
You can I hope that I might
C#m B
But I never feel a thing
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO FOR BREAK
VERSE 3:
E B
A strange thing happened in my mind
C#m B
All your words turned to scribble by the time I recognize
E B
I never looked right in the reflection in your eyes
C#m B
I'd wait to hear your voice but I never could reply
REPEAT CHORUS
Then repeat verse chords till end
Tabbed by pettyisking - danecouchman@hotmail.com
http://www.thepanics.com.au/
opening track on The Panics' last album Sleeps Like a Curse. Although it's not a
song I thought I'd try and come up with a tab in any case and this sounds pretty good on an acoustic.
If you want to play this song as it sounds on cd then you'll need to work out the
patterns of the chords, or you can just strum along like I do.
Standard tuning
Chords used -
E (022100)
B (x24442)
C#m (x46654)
Amaj7 (x02120)
E (x7645x)
B (x9987x)
C#m (x111190x)
x Mute string
INTRO:
E B C#m B E B C#m B
e--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-x--0-|
b--5-5--5-7--7-0----7--7-5--5-7--7-0----7--7-|
g----4----8----9----8----4----8----9----8----|
d----6----9---11----9----6----9---11----9----|
a----7----9---11----9----7----9---11----9----|
E----x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x----|
Verse 1:
E B
I'm staying stubborn in retreat
C#m B
I was standing on your corner pondering defeat
E B
An old lady fixed my collar, said her steps were getting steep
C#m B
I said "I live by the top but not permanently"
E B
I know you follow, I can hear you
C#m B
And the patter of your feet
E B
I'm looking like I'm still half asleep
C#m B
And it feels like you're standing on me
CHORUS:
[Amaj7] Why do you [E]ask me? I don't [B]know my [C#m]way
[Amaj7] Why do you [E]keep me hear? I have [B]no more cards to [C#m]play
VERSE 2:
E B
I've got eyelids like concrete and they're too numb to blink
C#m B
You drain the life out of me, I've forgotten how to think
E B
I was sitting on a fortune now I'm staring down a sink
C#m B
I've got one too many itches and you're just another sting
E B
You can I hope that I might
C#m B
But I never feel a thing
E B
You can I hope that I might
C#m B
But I never feel a thing
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO FOR BREAK
VERSE 3:
E B
A strange thing happened in my mind
C#m B
All your words turned to scribble by the time I recognize
E B
I never looked right in the reflection in your eyes
C#m B
I'd wait to hear your voice but I never could reply
REPEAT CHORUS
Then repeat verse chords till end
Tabbed by pettyisking - danecouchman@hotmail.com
http://www.thepanics.com.au/
