Ok so this is my first tab, but its 100% correct and none of the other tabs are.
I named the chord on every heavy strum (down beat) Mr. Drew gives in the original recording
and I also tabbed out the guitar and keyboard intro to the bridge.
So heregoesnothin!
C(4x)
C C
And I sing songs about the past.
C C
How I was raised and I was thrown out on my ass,
F F
Cause I didn't care.
C C
About going to school.
C C
And I saw the look in her eyes.
C C F
My mother nearly cried when I told her that I had wanted to go,
C C
Just to prove them wrong.
Am F
I've been smoking cigarettes since I was only fourteen,
G Am F C(4x)
Just to find an escape from this town that was so mean to me.
C C
And I sing songs about my friends.
C C F F
The way we grew up, and all the lose ends we used to laugh,
C(2x)
Cause we didn't give a damn.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nevershoutnever/the_past_crd_ver_3.html ]
C C
And I saw the look in my brother's eyes,
C C F F
When I told him I was leaving he couldn't help but despise me.
C
He's wanted out his whole life.
Am F
I've been smoking the green since I was merely sixteen,
G Am F C(4x)
Just to find an escape from this town that was so mean to me.
C C
And I sing songs about the past...
(F) Am
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B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5---5-------------------------------------------------------|
C C7
F Am C C7
F
I plead for relief,
Am
This town won't receive
C
All the things that I want.
C7
The things that I need.
F
And I'll beg and I'll beg.
Am
I'm down on my knees.
C
Mama, oh mama,
C7
Let me please leave
F
I plead for relief,
Am
This town won't receive
C
All the things that I want.
C7
The things that I need.
F Fm C
All I ever wanted was love.
