Silverstein - Massachusetts Acoustic Chords & Tabs

Silverstein
This is How the Wind Shifts
2013

Massachusetts (Acoustic)

Tuning: Half Step Down
(tab for the solo is at bottom)


CHORDs:                         Gadd11:
Am:               D:          (I'll abbrev. to G11)    G:
eb  |-------|     |---x---|     |-------|              |-------|
Bb  |---1---|     |---3---|     |---1---|              |---0---|
Gb  |---2---|     |---2---|     |---0---|              |---0---|
Db  |---2---|     |---0---|     |---0---|              |---0---|
Ab  |---0---|     |-------|     |---2---|              |---2---|
Eb  |-------|     |-------|     |---3---|              |---3---|


    F:              C:            Em:            G:             G#m#5:
    |---(1)---|     |-------|     |--------|     |---3----|     |-------|
    |----1----|     |---1---|     |----0---|     |---3----|     |-------|
    |----2----|     |---0---|     |----0---|     |---0----|     |-------|
    |----3----|     |---2---|     |----2---|     |---0----|     |---2---|
    |----3----|     |---3---|     |----2---|     |---x----|     |---2---|
    |----1----|     |-------|     |----0---|     |---3----|     |---4---|



INTRO:

Am, D, G11, Gmaj


 
VERSE:

              Am
She's cutting out the bruises

F              Gmaj             Am
Forgetting her excuses for being here again

        F                  C      Gmaj     Am     
With a suitcase packed and waiting by the door

In her head

 F                     Gmaj
Convinced herself she hasn't lost

Am
Enough to quit

     F                    Am      
But tonight she lays here thinking



PRE-CHORUS:

Gmaj    F
What if I just left

G11     Gmaj  Em   F
In the middle of the night

Gmaj     Gmaj
Back to California

G11 (Just bottom 3 strings)
And never look back



CHORUS:

Am           F
She'll fantasize about it

Gmaj         G                F
Every single day but she can't find it

        G            Am
In her heart to run away

    C
And no one's listening

Am            F
With Northern Massachusetts

C               G
On his knees to stay

He's begging

F                 G              Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain

                   F    G
It won't happen agaaaaaain"



VERSE:

             Am
He's putting out the fires

           F         C
And he's making her believe

Gmaj         Am
He's really changed

This time

           F         Gmaj          Am
But it's obvious it's just another line

Lapse and relapse

        F                 C    Gmaj  
And again she lays beside him thinking:


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PRE-CHORUS:

F       Gmaj         G11  Gmaj Em F
I'll pretend in the middle of the night

Gmaj                    Gmaj
My eyes are closed I'm sleeping


G11 (Just bottom 3 strings)
But I won't come back



CHORUS:

Am           F
She'll fantasize about it

Gmaj          G                        F
Every single day but she can't find it

        G               Am
In her heart to run away

     C
And no one's listening

Am             F
With Northern Massachusetts

C                G
On his knees to stay

He's begging

F                G                Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain

                    Am          Gmaj
It won't happen agaaaaaain

                    F           Gmaj
It won't happen again



BRIDGE:

Am
   How long can this last?

G#m#5
  The final straw was the hospital

F
   At least she told herself that

Gmaj
But she just can't find the strength to end it!



PRE-CHORUS:

F      Gmaj
I just left

G11      Gmaj  Em   F
In the middle of the night

Gmaj     Gmaj
Back to California

G11 (Just bottom 3 strings)
I'll never look back



FINAL CHORUS:

Am           F
She'll fantasize about it

Gmaj          G                        F
Every single day but she can't find it

        G             Am
In her heart to run away

     C
And no one's listening

Am             F
With Northern Massachusetts

C                G
On his knees to stay

He's begging

F                G                Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain

C                     Am   (SOLO)      
It won't happen agaaain

Am           F
She'll fantasize about it

Gmaj         G                 F
Every single day but she can't find it

        G             Am
In her heart to run away

     C
And no one's listening

Am             F
With Northern Massachusetts

C                G
On his knees to stay

He's begging

F                G               Am       Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain



SOLO:

eb  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb  |------------5-8----6-5-5-----6-5--------------------6---------5-4-5--------|
Gb  |---5----7---------------------------7------5-4-5-------4-------------------| 
Db  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|   x2
Ab  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|