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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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/matt_costa/i_tried_tab.html ]
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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