Weakerthans - Reconstruction site
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Tuning:
Band: Weakerthans
Song: Reconstruction Site
*Capo on the 2nd Fret (II) (I use an elastic capo; it sucks)
*Tune G string down 1/2 step
*All tabs relative to capo
*Transition after the open F# is quick to the next note
Intro
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F#------0-----0-----0----0--------x2-----------------------------------------|
D|----------2----4-----4-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---2----0-----2-----2------------------------------------------------------|
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strum these more than just playing them as show, but the ratio is 1:1:2
F# B7 C#7
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F#---2-x4---3-x4-----5-x8----------------------------------------------------|
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A|---2------0--------2-------------------------------------------------------|
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Verse (Palm Muted)
F#WelB7l IC#7'm Lost, I'm afraid, a rope tying down a leaky boat
F#To B7theC#7 roof of car on a road in the dark and its snowing
F#If B7I'mC#7 more than a means less, last call for happiness
F#I'mB7 thC#7e dress near the back of your knees and your slip is showing
F#I'mB7 a C#7float in a summer parade
F#Up B7theC#7 street in a town that you were born in
F#WitB7h tC#7he girl at the top wearing tool, and miss somewhere
F#sasB7h, C#7waving like the queen. (medium pace slide)
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Chorus Open Chords
F#WelB7l bC#7eauty's just another word, I'm never certain how it's spelled
F#Go B7telC#7l the nurse to turn the TV back on
F#ThrB7ow C#7away my misery, it never meant that much to me
F#It B7nevC#7er sent a get well card
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Verse (2)
F#AndB7 I'C#7m broke like a bad joke somebody's uncle told
F#At B7a wC#7edding reception in Nineteen Seventy Two
F#WheB7re C#7a little boy under a table with cake in his hair
F#StaB7redC#7 at the grown-up feet as they danced and swayed
F#AndB7 hiC#7s father laughed and talked on the long ride home
F#AndB7 hiC#7s mother laughed and talked on the long ride home
F#AndB7 heC#7 thought about how everyone dies someday.
F#AndB7 whC#7en tomorrow gets here where will yesterday be?
F#AndB7 heC#7 fell asleep in his brand new winter coat.
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F#BuyB7 meC#7 a shiny new machine that runs on lies and gasoline
F#andB7 alC#7l those batteries we stole from smoke alarms
F#DisB7assC#7embles my dispair, never took me anywhere
F#It B7nevC#7er once bought me a drink
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