Artist: Bright Eyes
Song : Middleman
Album : Cassadaga
tabbed by: Johannes Debes
Sorry,but you have to find out the rythm by yourself
The chorus is a bit strange,but I think this version is okay!
play the hole song with capo: 4th freet
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INTRO
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-8------6------10-----10--| 8x
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-8------10-----8------10-----8---| 1x
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-8------6------10-----10--| 2x
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VERSE 1
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I traveled though the atmosphere as a wall of feedback climbed
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The pegs were gold, the band was old, they played..
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in half time....
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Now every dream gets whittled down just like every fool gets wise
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You will never reap of any seed deprived..
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of sunlight...
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CHORUS
(G) (Bm) (G) (Bm)
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So I have become the Middleman. The gray areas are mine
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The in-between, the absentee.Is a beautiful...
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desgise...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bright_eyes/middleman_tab.html ]
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VERSE 2
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So I keep my footlights shining bright just like I keep my exits wide
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'Cause I never know when it's time to go, it's too crowded now...
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inside....
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The dead can hide beneath the ground and the birds can always fly
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But the rest of us do what we must in constant compro....
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mise....
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CHORUS 2 & OUTRO
(G) (Bm) (G) (Bm)
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-----4---------------7---------------4------------7-----|
-----4---------------8---------------4------------8-----|
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-----7---------------6---------------7------------6-----|
So I have become the Middleman.The gray areas are fine
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---4--------4-----------7-6-4-------6---------------|
The "I don't know," the "maybe so".Is the only real.
It is the only true
Is the only real....
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reply...........
(play this part the rest of the song)
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If something isn't correct,you can write a comment or e-mail me
guitartrance@web.de
..THX..and much fun with the tabs...
Hannes
