This is a great song!
Hats off to DMell123 for an outstanding tab.
Like he mentioned, the chord transitions were
quite hard. I have transposed his tab into
Drop Db with no capo, and it's a lot
easier. I also added some minor changes
here and there (especially the solo) and
added lyrics at the end.
The Silver Cord is one of the best albums
I've ever heard, and I urge you to actually
buy it. This CD was the first CD I bought
in probably 3 years, but it was worth every
penny. Support these guys, they have more
talent then half of the mainstream bands.
Any corrections, let me know. Enjoy!
Drop Db Tuning
"I left my heart in a plastic box..." :00-:56
Guitar 1
Eb|---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
Bb|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
Gb|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-| x7
Db|-2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar II
Eb|-2--0-2--0-2-4--2--0---2-0-2--0-2--4--2--0-----------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------0--------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"The sea..." :57-1:13
Guitar I
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|x2
Db|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Db|-2x16------------------------------7x16--------------------------|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar II
Eb|-0---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Bb|-0---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Gb|-1---------------------------------2-----------------------------|x2
Db|-2---------------------------------2-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Let Ring.
"I miss the Pacific Ocean..." 1:13-1:45
Guitar I
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Listen to song for strum pattern
Guitar II
Eb|-0---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Bb|-0---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Gb|-1---------------------------------2-----------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------2-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Listen to song for strum pattern
"Well I found the cure..." 1:45-1:53
Guitar I
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---------------------------------7--------------7--------------|
Ab|-9---------------------------------7--------------7--------------|
Db|-9---------------------------------7--------------7--------------|
Let Ring
Guitar II
Eb|-x---------------------------------0--------------0--------------|
Bb|-0---------------------------------0--------------0--------------|
Gb|-4---------------------------------2--------------2--------------|
Db|-4---------------------------------2--------------2--------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------0--------------0--------------|
Db|-x---------------------------------------------------------------|
Let Ring.
"You oh, oh oh...." 1:54-2:25
Guitar I
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------7-----------------------------|
Listen to song for strum pattern
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_classic_crime/the_beginning_tab_ver_2.html ]
Guitar II
Eb|-0---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Bb|-0---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Gb|-1---------------------------------2-----------------------------|
Db|-2---------------------------------2-----------------------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------0-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Listen to song for strum pattern
"If a simple seed..." 2:25-2:57
Guitar I/II
Eb|-x---------------------------------0--------------0--------------|
Bb|-0---------------------------------0--------------0--------------|
Gb|-4---------------------------------2--------------1--------------|
Db|-4---------------------------------2--------------2--------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------0--------------2--------------|
Db|-x---------------------------------------------------------------|
Let Ring.
"Let her go..." 2:57-3:13
Guitar I/II
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|x2
Db|-9---------------------------------7--------------2--------------|
Ab|-9---------------------------------7--------------2--------------|
Db|-9x16------------------------------7x8------------2x8------------|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Let her go..." 3:13-4:32
Guitar I
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---------------------------------7--------------2--------------|
Ab|-9---------------------------------7--------------2--------------|
Db|-9x16------------------------------7x8------------2x8------------|
Guitar I/II
Eb|-x---------------------------------0--------------0--------------|
Bb|-0---------------------------------0--------------0--------------|
Gb|-4---------------------------------2--------------1--------------|
Db|-4---------------------------------2--------------2--------------|
Ab|-2---------------------------------0--------------2--------------|
Db|-x---------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 3:45-4:32
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------10-9-------------10-9-------------|
G|-11--9-11--9-11/--13--11--9-----------11--9-----------11--9--------|x2
D|---------------------------11-9------------11-9------------11-9----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-x16--------------------------10-x8----------9-x8---------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-------------------------10--------9----------------------------|
G|-x--------------------------x---------x----------------------------|x2
D|-9-x16----------------------7-x8------6-x8-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I left my heart in a plastic box..." 4:32-End
Guitar I
Eb|---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
Bb|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
Gb|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|x2
Db|-2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar I
E|-0--------------|
B|-0--------------|
G|-1--------------|
D|-2--------------|
A|-2--------------|
E|----------------|
Let Ring.
LYRICS to The Beginning (A Simple Seed)
I left my heart in a plastic box,
On the bedside table.
It will be locked till I get home.
I’ve grown feeble and tired of this world.
Tired of constantly missing my girl.
And I long to smell the sea.
And I long to smell the sea.
The sea, the sea, the sea, the sea, the sea (yeah).
I miss the pacific ocean and northwestern air,
And running each of my fingers through the strands of her hair.
I’ve been all over this country lately,
But I’ve been nowhere, it seems, nowhere.
I’ve found the cure for my landlocked blues,
It’s coming home to you,
It’s coming home to you.
You, oh. You, oh. You, oh. You, oh.
If a simple seed gets just what it needs,
Then a redwood tree can grow,
Up to a hundred feet for the world to see,
And endure the sleet and the snow.
But if my whole life,
Was wrapped and priced,
I wonder what the tag would show.
'Cause every time I’m close to the Holy Ghost,
I always seem to let her go.
I let her go…
I left my heart in a plastic box,
On the bedside table.
It will be locked till I get home.
