Bad Astronaut - Violet
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BAND: Bad Astronaut (or Joey Cape)
SONG: Violet
STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe
Tabbed by: Shaun Booth
Email: concern_in_vain@hotmail.com
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 Tonight the drunks Gare infected, A#we're Con our wFay
As if they drop Gby to see meA# unCinvitFed
A# C Fh C A#
And I am a wallflower, maybe a better father
This is a Cjob
F For seconds I Gmiss the Bentleys
ToA#day mCaybe they'll cFall,
You describe Gevery prison you A#pass tChrough them aFll
A# Then he Casked you for your Fhead and I Aadd9vowed to burn your bed
Dm Try to pretenGd, but this is your A#life,
somehCow, it feels right
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bridge: (see an alternative way to play this bit at the end)
F I'm calling this evolution, CI'm falling for institution
Dm Warm submissioCn enveloping A#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)
HAadd9ere they come aA#gain, I could Cnever find the wFords
So I dCisguised them in A#verse
C Fh
Until it comes out dumb and wrong,
The simplest sCong,A# if you sing aClong
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*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(Marry me Kristen, A#marry me Kristen
GI want to Cbe 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-
*as this 3 is played, the F chord for the next section is played, so you can play
them simultaneously
*
3--| A|-----------3------------| E|------------------------| F Tonight the drunks Gare infected
A#We're Con our Fway
key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = let ring
X = mute
just listen to the song to get the timing
email me if you have any questions/queries
will post a youtube video soon