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Hands Down Guitar Tablature
Hey guys, this is Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional, the best band ever, uh, its in standard tuning but a half step down. It's a great song but a little harder in standard tuning. Have fun
Ace

Here's the intro lick:
E--------------------------------
B-------------------------------- 
G--------1---------1-2-----------
D------4---2-----4---------4/6---                         
A----2---------2---------2------- 
E--0---------0---------0---------  repeat 4x and end it after the 4th time on:
                                                                 D-------4---1-
                                                                 A----2--4--2--
                                                                 E--0----------




Verse: These are the root chords, a second guitar is muting other notes
    "Breath in for luck..." 
E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G-----------6---------------4--------7--6-------  
D--2--------6(PM)---7-------4(PM)----7--6------- 
A--2(PM)----4-------7(PM)---2--------5--4------- 
E--0----------------5----------------------------

-He does a few stops here and there but it's all the same chords

Chorus:
    "My hopes are so high..."
     E     Abm     A     Abm           Repeat chorus:
E-----0-------4------5-------4-------------------
B-----0-------4------5-------4-------------------
G-----1-------4------6-------4-------------------
D-----2-------6------7-------6--------6-7-6------
A-----2-------6------7-------6-------4-----4-----
E---0-0-------4------5-------4------5--------5---        repeat 2x

The second time through the chorus he ends it differently:
     E     Abm     A     Abm           
E-----0-------4------5-------4----------
B-----0-------4------5-------4----------
G-----1-------4------6-------4-----6----  To verse:
D-----2-------6------7-------6-----6--6-
A-----2-------6------7-------6-----4--6-
E---0-0-------4------5-------4--------4-

The second verse and second chorus are exactly the same (except for some stops in the verse) After the second chorus he breaks into the bridge/outro section:

Bridge/outro: These are the chords being played, a second guitar is picking through some other stuff which is at the bottom:

   "Hands down this is the"               End On:
E---0----------0-----------------------   E--0---
B---0----------0--------9--------7-----   B--0---  
G---9---------14--------9--------8-----   G--9---
D---9---------14--------9--------9-----   D--9---   
A---7---------12--------7--------9-----   A--7---   
E--------------------------------7-----   E------

Guitar 2 is playing this during bridge:
E--------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------
G-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-6-8-9-8-9-8-9-6-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-- 
D------------------------------9-------------9----------------- 
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
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