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Split Lip/Chamberlain
The Simple Life
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Tabbed by Strelnikov
Notes - This is an amazing band, one of the original
emo bands, they sound a lot like 90s alt,
possibly even grunge. The emo-ness is in the
lyrics and the voice, mostly. This is their
nice, quiet acoustic song... well, until the
end.
- They're known by both Split Lip, and Chamberlain
but I'm submitting this under Split Lip because
I prefer that name, and that's what it's under
in my iTunes library.
- Standard tuning
- Since this is the first tab of them, here is their site
http://www.chamberlain1.com/
The entire album that this track is on is available there FREE!
Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
s - legato slide
Guitar 1
Q Q Q Q H Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------3---------|
|-------------7---------|-----------0---------| Play 3x
|------------------0----|----------------0----|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--5s----7--------------|--3------------------|
H H W
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------| Then play this
|-----------0--------|-------------------|
|-----------0--------|--2----------------|
|--2-----------------|--3----------------|
First Verse:
Play all of that five times, singing comes in on the second.
Lyrics- Dark streets carry me home now
I've stayed to long
We're brave men to sip the stars dry
And leave sleep alone
Built this house out of a fate driven dream \_ 2x
And these walls aren't what they seemed /
Second Verse:
Play it four times.
Lyrics- Hurt stays when the work is over
We've stayed too long
I'll save what memory lends me
When these days are gone
Built this house out of a fate driven dream \_ 2x
And these walls aren't what they seemed /
Guitar 2
Q Q Q Q W
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7---------|--7----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--5s----7--------------|-------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------7---------|--7s----9----9--------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--5s----7--------------|----------------------|
Q Q Q Q W
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7---------|--7----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--5s----7--------------|-------------------|
H Q Q W
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------7---------|--7----------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
First verse, play this the fourth and fifth times
Second verse, play this the third and fourth times
Both times, it should be played when these lyrics are sung:
"Built this house out of a fate driven dream
And these walls aren't what they seemed."
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Guitar 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/split_lip/the_simple_life_tab.html ]
Q Q H H Q Q
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------7--------|--6------------------|
|----------------------|-----------0---------|
|----------------------|--0-------------0----|
|--5s----7-------------|---------------------|
Play this twice,
both verses, after
H Q Q H Q Q the previous part.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--2------------------|--4------------------|
|-----------0---------|-----------0---------|
|--0-------------0----|--0-------------0----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
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Guitar 1
Q Q H H Q Q
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------7--------|--6------------------|
|----------------------|-----------0---------|
|----------------------|--0-------------0----|
|--5s----7-------------|---------------------|
H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--4------------------|--2------------------|
|-----------0---------|-----------0---------|
|--0-------------0----|--0-------------0----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--0------------------|
|-----------0---------|-----------0---------|
|----------------0----|----------------0----|
|--0------------------|---------------------|
H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--0------------------|--2------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------0---------|-----------0---------|
|----------------0----|----------------0----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Play twice after the previous part, and sing.
For the second verse, only play once, and stop at
the first note in the second to last measure, and
let that note ring and fade.
Lyrics- Light breaks against
And I can't follow you down
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Guitar 1
H Q E E Q Q E E E E
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
|--0--------0----0--0--|--L----0----0--0--0--0--|
|--0--------0----0--0--|--L----0----0--0--0--0--|
|--2--------2----2--2--|--L----2----2--2--2--2--|
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
H Q E E Q Q E E E E
--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
--0--------0----0--0--|--L----0----0--0--0--0--|
--2--------2----2--2--|--L----2----2--2--2--2--|
--2--------2----2--2--|--L----2----2--2--2--2--|
----------------------|------------------------|
H Q E E Q Q E E E E
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
|--2--------2----2--2--|--L----2----2--2--2--2--|
|--0--------0----0--0--|--L----0----0--0--0--0--|
|--0--------0----0--0--|--L----0----0--0--0--0--|
|----------------------|------------------------|
H Q E E Q Q E E E E
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
|--0--------0----0--0--|--L----0----0--0--0--0--|
|--0--------0----0--0--|--L----0----0--0--0--0--|
|--2--------2----2--2--|--L----2----2--2--2--2--|
|--3--------3----3--3--|--L----3----3--3--3--3--|
Play this four times, singing, yelling really.
W
|--3----------------|
|--3----------------|
|--0----------------| The fourth time, strum this chord, instead
|--0----------------| of the last measure, once, and let it ring,
|--2----------------| and that's the end.
|--3----------------|
They throw in bass and drums on this part, too, it's the
unexpected loud, angsty ending. It's really hard to hear
the acoustic guitar through everything, so those chords are
my best guess, play around with it and listen to the song.
Lyrics- Dark streets carry me home now
I've stayed too long
We're brave men to sip the stars dry
And leave sleep alone
Hurt stays when the work is over
We've stayed too long
We're brave men to sip the stars dry
And leave ourselves alone
