------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard I'm fairly sure this is in an alternate tuning but I only tab songs in standard, sounds accurate to me. the bass notes are played very quietly in the intro and first 2 verses. Capo 4 Intro: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-----------3s5---------5-----------5-----------5s3---------3p1---| G|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------| D|--2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2-----| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------3-----------3-----------6-----------5-----------3---------| G|----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---| D|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---5---6---6---4---4---4-| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|--1-----------1-----------1----------| G|--------0-----------0-----------0----| D|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| Verse (same as the intro x2) Your eyes they tie me down so hard I'll never learn to put up a guard so keep my love my candle bright Learn me hard learn me right Pre-Chorus: e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------1-----------1-----------| G|--0-----------------0-----------0-----------0-----| D|--------0-----------------------------------------| x2 A|--------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| E|--3---3---3---------------------------------------| this ain't no sham I am what I am intro verse x2 Though I may speak Some tongue of old Or even spit out some holy word I have no strength When you sit me down, and see I'm weak (start strumming here) F C we will run and scream F C you will dance with me F C they'll fulfil our dreams G and we'll be free F C and we will be who we are F C and they'll heal our scars F C G sadness will be far away F, C F, C F, C, G, C F C So as we walked F C through fields of green F C G C as the fairest sun I'd ever seen F C and I was broke F C I was on my knees F C G C but you said yes as I said please G C this ain't no sham G C I am what I am G C I leave no time G C for a cynics mind F C we will run and scream F C you will dance with me F C they'll fulfil our dreams G and we'll be free F C and we will be who we are F C and they'll heal our scars F C G sadness will be far away Am F C do not let my fickle flesh go to waste Am F C as it keeps my heart and soul in its place Am F G and i will love with urgency but not with haste F, C F, C F, C, G, C x2 ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************