Song: Without You
Band: Silverchair
Album: Diorama
Tabbed by arlen b, 4/12/02, revised 4/05/03
-Mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.geocities.com/kingoftheeskimos
Tuning: Open (-----)
Intro/Verse:
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Miles away
There’s hopeless smiles brighter than mine
And I need for you to come and go
Without the truth falling out
Pre Chorus:
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Bold incisions refusing to stay
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Like the sun through the trees on a cloudy day
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Chorus:
Guitar 1: (Strumming pattern not indicated)
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Guitar 2: (Strumming pattern not indicated)
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You brighten my life like a polystyrene hat
But it melts in the sun like a life without love
And I’ve waited for you so I’ll keep holding on
Without you
Without you
Post Chorus:
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Verse 2: as first verse
Telephone
Socially scared and impaired
If the trees can bloom the wind can blow
Without the fruit falling out
Pre Chorus
Chorus:
Guitar 1: (Strumming pattern not indicated)
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Guitar 2: (Strumming pattern not indicated)
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You brighten my life like a polystyrene hat
But it melts in the sun like a life without love
And I’ve waited for you so I’ll keep holding on
Without you
Without you
Bridge: (Strumming pattern not indicated)
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Feels like the wind blows
Holding you with us
She takes no other
False light and ashes
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Blooming like winter
Chorus:
Guitar 1: (Strumming pattern not indicated)
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Guitar 2: (Strumming pattern not indicated)
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You brighten my life like a polystyrene hat
But it melts in the sun like a life without love
And I’ve waited for you so I’ll keep holding on
Without you
Without you
Guitar 1:
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Guitar 2:
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Without you
Outro:
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Play that a few times, then:
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PM