THE VERB - The Swell Season ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: taylor2714 Tuning: Drop D Verse progression is a changing bass note over a common chord, picking is 16th notes in time. Verse (x4) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------| D|----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------| D|----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0| A|2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0----------------------------------| D|--------------------------------5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--| Verse ends on this chord for one measure: e|----------| B|----------| G|-2--------| D|-2--------| A|-0--------| D|-4--------| Chorus(x2) Difficult timing to count 16ths, you'll hear it in the song 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|------4---4-----4-----4-------4-------5---5-----5-----5-------5| A|------------5-----------5---5---------------5-------5---5---5--| D|0---0---------------0-----------5---5--------------------------| "I'm tired of fighting..." "Your words just rattle..." 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|------2---2-------2---2-------2-------0---0-------0---0-------0| A|4---4-------4---4-------4---4----------------------------------| D|--------------------------------5---5-------5---5-------5---5--| "All joy escapes..." "And I can't make this..." The second half of the chorus changes the picking a bit, but the notes are the same... get a nice upbeat rhythym and it will sound fine. The break after the chorus uses the first two finger positions of the verse, but with a upbeat picking pattern. This should serve as a good starting point to the song, now you just need a someone like to sing it with...