This is how I would play this song, with two guitars.
I don't think the band plays it like this, but it sounds good.
The first guitar plays power chords, the second, the tabed notes.
Verse :
F#5 C#5
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Slip out of my skin deny and try again
G#5 B5
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a green trap kit is where I've been
Stop deciding
Whatever will remain
Both of us will lie again
Captured with a shame
F#5 C#5
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Leave in silence don't cause any pain
G#5 B5
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Liveable but in your brain we'll never be the same again
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blackmail/same_sane_tab.html ]
Chorus :
A5 C#5
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We came up fighting in we're tearing down what
begin
B5 A5 B5
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Tear it down again and no-one else can take
blame
The day before you came
I was affected by the latest bliss
Come on over and take the risk
Solo :
F#5 C#5
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G#5 B5 F#5 ...
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Verse :
This time we built up
A function to get numb
But nothing will remain
And we'll never be the same again
Chorus :
We came up fighting in
we're tearing down what we begin
Tear it down again
and no-one else can take the blame
The day before you came
I was affected by the latest bliss
Come on over and take the risk
Instrumental :
F#5 E5 D5 B5
F#5 E5 D5 B5
F#5 C#5 G#5 B5
F#5 C#5 G#5 B5
Verse :
Someone turns off
The close-up of this scene
And every little thing I've seen
Will never be the same again
Chorus :
We came up fighting in
we're tearing down what we begin
Tear it down again
and no-one else can take the blame
The day before you came
I was affected by the latest bliss
Come on over and take the risk
F#5
end.
