I Tried Tab

by Matt Costa
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author goodpeople [a] 31. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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                             I TRIED - Matt Costa
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Tabbed by: Kyle Kennedy
Email: Kyle_Kennedy@cox.net
 
Tuning: Standard - EADGBe
 
Please rate this tab if you find it helpful / accurate. It certainly isn't perfect but
sounds good enough
 
Listen to the song for the rhythm and strumming patterns
 
Chords
         C          G               F
e |--------------3------------1---------|
B|---1----------3-----------1-----------|
G|---------------------------2----------|
D|---2----------------------3-----------|
A|---3---------2------------3-----------|
E|---X-------- 3-----------1------------|
 
==Intro==
 
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1-----1-------1----------------1-------1------------1----------------------|
G|---------0h2----0----0---0------0h2----0----0---------------------------------|
D|---2-------------------3---2--------------------3-------2---------------------|
A|---3------------------------------------------------------3-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-------1------------------------0h1----0------1--------------------------|
G|----0h2----0-------0----0---------0--------0------2---------------------------|
D|----------------------3---2---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
==Verse 1==
 
C
Rats they run across the field, crows rest in the tree
 
G                                      C
Barking madly at each other
 
C
Standing from the rooftop, I scream 'Won't you bark for me?'
 
G                                                  C
As you turn your back and fly away
 
Riff 1 (this is played during the choruses)
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------5----------------------------------------------|
D|----3------3------5----6-----------6-----5------------------------------------|
A|--------3---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Riff 1                                                 C
Caught on the fence you've left behind
 
Riff 1                                                   C
Dive into an empty blue (?), I've tried
 
G                                               Intro (first half)
Oh I've tried, oh I've tried writing
 
F
With nothing in return
 
 
 
==Verse 2==
 
C
When the wind that freed me from the roots that tied me down
 
G                                                        C
Now I need them back for comforting
 
C
Carvings that we left up, scarred up on this tree
 
G                                                          C
Lingering of thoughts you left with me
 
Riff 1                                            C
Calling the phone that you ignore
 
Riff 1                                                         C
Slowly walking backwards from your door
 
G                                                     Intro Riff (first half)
Oh I've tried, now we're done fighting
 
F
It's time that you return
 
 
 
==Bridge==
 
Riff 1, C
Riff 1, C, G
 
==Verse 3==
 
C
Candlelit, small light inside your window that I see
 
G                                                           C
Hoping that the light still shines for me
 
C
Standing from the curbside, I scream 'Please come back'
 
G                                                    C
As you turn your back and fly away
 
Riff 1                                                  C
Groundhogs digging with their claws
 
Riff 1                                            C
Buying their loves with dirty paws
 
G                                             Intro riff (first half)
Oh I've tried, there's no igniting
 
F
My head is in the dirt
 
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1------------------------------------|
G|-------------------5----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3----5----6----------6-----5--------2---------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------3------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------x------------------------------------|
 
 
| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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2 comments
surfAholic 619
Good tab, just three suggestions: The first hammer-on in the intro is from the 2nd to 3rd fret on the d string. The song uses an Fm and the chorus riff can be played in an F chord, making it easier to strum/pick out the line
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Acousticwannab
nice tab
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