This is the tab from the Dave Barnes website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sticks and Stones - Dave Barnes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Chris Case Email: chris@northsouthband.com Website: www.northsouthband.com Tuning: Gmaj9 Dsus4 C Csus2(pulloff) G/B G C9 Em D e|--5------5----3-----3------------3---3---3---0--2--------------------------| B|--3------3----1-----1------------3---3---3---0--3--------------------------| G|--0------0----0-----0------------0---0---0---0--2--------------------------| D|--4------4----2---2p0------------0---0---2---2--0--------------------------| A|--5------5----3-----3------------2---2---3---2-----------------------------| E|--3------------------------------3-------0---------------------------------| Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Csus2 You would have kept those words on your tongue Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Csus2 If you had known what they had done Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Csus2 While your fists stay right, right by your side Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Your words they bruise me deep inside G/B C Dsus4 G G/B C9 I’d rather have sticks and stones and broken bones C Dsus4 Em Than the words you say to me G/B C Dsus4 G G/B C9 Cause I know that bruises heal and cuts will seal C D But your words beat the life from me Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Csus2 Sometimes your words are thick as lead Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Csus2 You swing them strong upside my head Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Csus2 What hasn’t killed has made me strong Gmaj9 C Csus2 Gmaj9 C Csus2 So I’ll take my scars and move along D G G/B C Goodbye is the best way that I know D G G/B C D G/B To forgive and still be letting go (I'd rather have...) | / slide up | \ slide down | B hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================