Recycled Air Acoustic Chords & Tabs
Recycled Air Acoustic Chords
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Recycled Air (Acoustic) by Postal Service/Ben Gibbard
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Tabbed By Dan Farrelly (dfarr@udel.edu)
I have seen Ben Gibbard play this acoustic and have a video of him. This is pretty close
how he plays it live acoustic.
Tuning: EADGBe
Capo: 5
Intro:
(Gibbard uses his pinky to finger the 3rd fret on the B string)
(play either version whichever you like better)
version 1
C Fmaj7 C
e|-----------0----------0-----------0----------|
B|-----1-1-3------1-1-3-------1-1-3---3-1-0----|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3-3-----------------------------|
A|---3--------------------3-3------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
version 2
C Fmaj7 C
e|-----------0-----------0-----------0-------|
B|-----1-1-3-------1-1-3-------1-1-3---3-1-0-|
G|-----0-----------2-----------0-------------|
D|-----2-------3-3-3-----------2-------------|
A|---3-3-------------------3-3-3-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Song:
Intro 2x
Start strumming C
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/postal_service/recycled_air_acoustic_crd_ver_2.html ]
C F
I take a breath
C G
And hold the air until there's nothing left
C F
I'm feeling green
C G
Like teenage lovers between the sheets
Intro 2x (While singing - Strum C in between both times)
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba
C F
Knuckles clenched to white
C G
As the landing gear retract for flight
C F
My heads a balloon
C G
Inflating with the altitude
Intro 2x (While singing - Strum C in between both times)
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba
C F
I watch the patchwork farm's
F C
Slow fade into the ocean's arms
C F
And from here they can't see me stare
F C
The stale taste of recycled air
C G Em
I watch the patchwork farm's
Em F C
Slow fade into the ocean's arms
C G Em
Calm down release your cares
Em F C
The stale taste of recycled air
Intro 1x
the end.
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