Kevin Devine - No time flat
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Rough and simple tab. Comment if you have a slicker way to play it.
Notes on the verse chords:
You can just play A, Dmaj7, F#m7, and Bm. It'll sound fine. I'm not gonna cover how
you get the slide sound.
A Amaj7
Dmaj7(just D6alternate , real quick; play the B string of the Dmaj7 open)
F#m(notF#m7 what he actually does; you could just play the F#m7 and focus your
picking/strumming on the D string at first, then the A string)
Bm9(Bm9 iBm7s justBm9 Bm7 wBm7ith three fingers (not barred), plus the second fret of the B-string.
You're making the same figure as the Dmaj7-D6 alternation, plus the B bass note)
The chorus is just D and A, alternating. You can also do the riff, which is something
like this:
e|-----------------------0---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------2----0-2----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2--2-2--4-2-4------------2---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------0-2----0-2-------|
G|--2-2-2-2s4-4--2-2------------------2--------2----2-2-------------2--------|
D|---------------------4-2--------2h4-----2h4--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
AYour skin's in my mAmaj7outh
Dmaj7But I'm D6thinkDmaj7ing aboD6ut
F#mthousands of F#m7things
Bm9That dBm7on't gBm9ot youBm7r name
ASo I'm distant and Amaj7weird
Dmaj7We stop D6and yDmaj7ou're aD6ll ears
F#mBut how can IF#m7 say
Bm9I've jBm7ust beBm9en thiBm7nking that it's Dharder every year
To find excuses that'll Akeep me in the clear
The arbitrary lines I Dimpress in the sand
The proof that piles in my tArashcan
While the skin on my hands is looking Dolder every day
The lies I've told have turned to Aleather on my face
The love I've lost has turned to Dneedles in my heart
But I'm to blame for all the Abad parts
They're the choices I've made (hey hey)
A Amaj7
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
F#m F#m7
Bm9That'sBm7 why IBm9 turn Bm7my face away
A Amaj7
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
F#m F#m7
Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
AI watch the Amaj7debates
Dmaj7Till I cD6an't Dmaj7see strD6aight
F#mTake abortionF#m7 away
Bm9And boBm7th sidBm9es seeBm7m just the same
ASo I'm not sure Amaj7why I vote
Dmaj7'Cause ID6 justDmaj7 don't D6know
F#mWhat difference it F#m7makes
Bm9It seeBm7ms to Bm9me we Bm7get the Dsame shit from them both
Reforms don't work I think it's Atime we tried revolt
But I don't got the guts to Djump up and go first
So I'll just shout until my Athroat hurts
And I curse and I curse at what we Dfucked up in Iraq
You say "Support the troops!A" I do, I want them all brought back
And every building you Dbombed raised from the ground
And blow your contractors the Afuck out
And if you really go and Dreinstate the draft
Just straight away just split the Acountry straight in half
Try arresting everyDone who sends their draft cards back
I'll be returning mine in Ano time flat
DNo time flat
F#mNo time flat
BmNo time flat
C#m(yeah Dyeah Eyeah)
(ba da ba)
A Amaj7
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
F#m F#m7
Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
x2
AIn a sense we're thAmaj7e same
Dmaj7StruggliD6ng toDmaj7 save fD6ace
F#mA question ofF#m7 scope
Bm9How far Bm7you're wiBm9lling toBm7 go
ATo make rights of your Amaj7wrongs
Dmaj7Despite theD6 risDmaj7k involvD6ed
F#mA question ofF#m7 faith...
Bm9 [once, then no chords until D]
'Cause if we wait until we'veD all been burned to ash
To tell the truth about the Ashit buried in our past
We'll split a taxi to that Dfire pit way down south
So let's rise up and open our Amouths
'Cause you remind me that it's hDarder every year
To find excuses that'll Akeep me in the clear
The arbitrary lines I Dimpress in the sand
The proof that piles in my Atrashcan
And if you really go and reinstate the draft
You'll straight away just split the country straight in half
So try arresting everyone who sends their draft cards back
I'll be returning mine in Ano Atime Aflat