"The 21st" by Blue October
(Transcription by AggiePhil--phil@phildorsett.com)
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Intro & Verses ("The 21st comes so soon every month...")
(Pick; kind of finger Csus2*, then Am, then F, then C)
* on the Csus2 fingering, two fingers will be on the A string at frets 2 and 3
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------3---1-----0-----0h1---------3---1-----0----0h1---------1---1-----1-----1---------1---1-----1h3--------|
g|-----------0---0-----0-----------------2---2-----2------2---0-----2---2-----2-----2---0-----0---0--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------2-----2------2---3---------3-----3-----3--------------------------|
A|-------3---------3-----3-----3-2-3-0----------------------------------------------------3---------3------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------Csus2-------------------------Am-----------------------F-------------------------C----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blue_october/21st_tab.html ]
Chorus (No lyrics sung the first time through)
(Pick; finger G, then F, then Am, then Em)
• You basically just pick through the chords whichever way you want, but here are the
notes that I hit when I do it:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------3-------------1-------------1-------------0-------------3-------------1-------------1-------------0--------|
g|---------------0---------2---2---------2---2---------0---0-------------0---------2---2---------2---2---------0----------|
D|-----------0-----0-----3-------3-0-2-2-------2-----2-------2-------0-----0-----3-------3-0-2-2-------2-----2------------|
A|---------2---------0-3-------------0-----------0-2-----------0---2---------0-3-------------0-----------0-2--------------|
E|-------3-------------------------------------------------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
---------G-------------F-------------Am------------Em------------G-------------F-------------Am------------Em-------------|
Repeat Verses & Chorus