Act Of Contrition Chords - Bright Eyes

.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..........................

{tab: e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------------------|}

{tab: B|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1------------------| INTRO:}

{tab: G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2------------------| <--- 4x}

{tab: D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3p2h3p2h3p2-----| <--- note that}

{tab: A|---3----------2----------0--------------------------| 3p2h3p2h3p2}

{tab: E|----------------------------------------------------| is copied}

throughout the WHOLE song. This main theme is the repeated through the verse... C Csus2/B Am The air was all dust 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 A night so untamed C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 Csus2/B Am The ground opened up and swallowed, all of the rain 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am And it swallowed you too... 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 Into distance unknown C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F As they sat down for dinner they waited for you to get home G Yeah, they set a...place for you. C Csus2/B Am (let ring) G So don't...be....lieve everything that you read, in that...diary of C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 yours. C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Am And this... ner – vous - ness, 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 It isn't... all your fault C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 It's just these sha - king hands won't do C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 what I want them ... to. C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 And I've tried to guess what it, C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 Is you thought about C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F That act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept. G What are you...crying for? C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F Just dust...my heart and you will find G There are no fingers printed there C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F Just the un...touched...place that lies inside G C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 Of every...lonely boy...tonight. ***If you have one, start randomly tapping a type-writer until end*** C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3 – 2 - 0 <--- notice this change on the D string. .....C..........Csus2/B....Am..................F.......

{tab: e|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0-----------1------|}

{tab: B|-------1-1-1------1-1-1------1-1-1-----------1------|}

{tab: G|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------2-2-2-----------2------|}

{tab: D|-------2-2-2------0-0-0------2-2-2--3--2--0--3------|}

{tab: A|---3----------2----------0-------------------0------|}

{tab: E|---------------------------------------------x------|}

F (4 bars) G G (3 bars, and on the offbeat before the 4th bar: “And all.....”, so that you on “all” with the G chord, signifying that “all” is the 4th bar G C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F And all this o... pen ...air has caused me to choke G C Csus2/B 3p2h3p2h3p2 On your...new-found hope...for me. C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2. Let that last note ring out and that’s it. THE END.