A Night Without Cars Chords & Tabs
Song: A Night Without Cars
Artist: Brandon Boyd
Album: The Wild Trapeze
Tabbed by: rd93
Key:
b = bend
r = release bend
/ = slide up to
\ = slide down to
* = artificial harmonic
Intro/Verse (let all notes ring):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0-----------------------0----------------------|
D|-------7-------7-----------7-------5-------5-------5---------7--------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7-----7-7-----7---------5---5-----5-5-------------5-0------0-2-3-|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--0---------------------------------0-----|
D|----0---------------7-------7-----------7-|
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------3-2---/-7---7-----7-7-----7---------|
Pre-Chorus (I think this part is only bass but you can pick around the lower notes of
these chords):
F# 444xxx
D 00023x
A x02220
F#
You were a prisoner
D A
And so was I
Chorus:
A x02220
G 5x0033
D 00023x
A
Another way out / If there are
G
no such things as walls / You're not a
D
prisoner at all
A
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-------0--------------0-------------------|
A|-0--4-------4--0--4-------4---------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
^repeat this last part as necessary^
Bridge:
Is this even a guitar? Oh well. When you play the part of the bridge after those open D
chords, there is
another guitar that plays through the part before the chords one more time.
Here are backing chords if you want:
C x355xx
A x022xx
G 5x0033
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/brandon_boyd/a_night_without_cars_tab.html ]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-/5-5-5-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0/5-5-5-2-2-2/7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------/8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/8-8-8-8b-8b-8b/10b-10b-10b/12b-12b|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
not sure about this part, just pick while you slide i guess^
e|-/15-15/17/20-20-20-20-20-20-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b-20b\\|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|\5/8-8-8/10-10-10-----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3*brbrbrbrbrb-3-------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------2-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
The outro is the same as the bridge, except there are a couple bends thrown in here and there.
Intro/Verse x3
Pre-Chorus x4
Chorus x2
Intro/Verse x2
Pre-Chorus x4
Chorus x2
Bridge x1
Chorus x2
Outro x1