------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Positive Jam - The Hold Steady ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Shrodes Such a good song, by such a great band. This one kicks off their debut... fairly easy to play Didn't tab the solos, as I was playing this on acoustic. ============= Intro / Verse ============= e|---1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-1-----| B|---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-----| G|---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----| D|---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| After the final two strums, return to the standard D-minor at the start of what's shown above. This ends at the line "put it all down on technology and lost everything we invested" goes into: ====== Chorus ====== e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|----------------7---| D|--8-8-8--5-5-5--7---| A|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5---| E|--6-6-6--3-3-3------| And on the final time it goes: e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--8-8-8--5-5---| A|--8-8-8--5-5---| E|--6-6-6--3-3---| ====== Ending ====== e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--5-5---5-5----| A|--5-5---5-5----| E|--3-3---3-3----| With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "all the sniffling indie kids. Steady" then: e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--7-7---7-7----| A|--7-7---7-7----| E|--5-5---5-5----| With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "all you clustered up clever Hold Steady" then: e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--8-8---8-8----| A|--8-8---8-8----| E|--6-6---6-6----| With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "...and so I started a band, man" then: e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|--10--10---10--10----| A|--10--10---10--10----| E|--8---8----8---8-----| With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "Hold Steady" then end on: e|--------| B|--------| G|---7----| D|---7----| A|---5----| E|--------| ===============================================================================