"Washed Away"
by July For Kings

tabbed by Ian Strascina - istrasci@nmsu.edu

This is as close to the song as I think I can get...  Let me know
any comments or criticisms you may have on it...  Note that I wrote
the chords for the chorus each time because each time there are
slight differences in playing it...


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Key - A#

Tuning - EADGCF


Chords:
                        (no 3rd)
    A(I)   A(II)    A#   A#maj7     A#6    A#5    C    C5
F|---0-------0------0------0---------0------X-----0----X---
C|---0-------0------0------0---------0------X-----0----X---
G|---X-------2------3------2---------0------3-----5----5---
D|---7-------2------3------3---------3------3-----5----5---
A|---7-------0------1------1---------1------1-----3----3---
E|---5-------X------X------X---------X------X-----X----X---


      D    D5    E(#5)    F(I)   F(II)   G(I)  G(II)
F|----0-----X------0------0-------0------0------0-----
C|----0-----X------0------0-------0------0------0-----
G|----7-----7------9------X-------10-----X------12----
D|----7-----7------10-----3-------10-----5------12----
A|----5-----5------7------3-------8------5------10----
E|----X-----X------X------1-------X------3------X-----



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Legend:
        * = Harmonic note
        / = Slide up
        p = pull off


Main riff:  Listen to the music for the strumming pattern at the end ***

                                   D            C             A# (x5)
F|---------------7*--------|----------0--------------0-0------0-----|
C|------------7*-----------|------------0---------0--0-0------0-----|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------5-5------3-----|
D|--------3----------------|--------7-----------5----5-5------3-----|
A|---3/5-------------------|----3/5-----------3------3-3------1-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------X-X------X-----|


             (no 3rd)
     A#(x4)   A#maj7 (x5)     A#6
F|---0----------0--------------0-----------|
C|---0----------0--------------0-----------|
G|---3----------2------p-------0-----------|   ***
D|---3----------3--------------3-----------|
A|---1----------1--------------1-----------|
E|---X----------X--------------X-----------|



Note:  Extra harmonic here!!!

"Oh like daggers when I land..."

F|---------------7*---5*---|
C|------------7*-----------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--------3----------------|
A|---3/5-------------------|
E|-------------------------|



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Verse 1: (Main Riff)


There was blue-green clay
On the banks that day
As we left the world behind
It was upstream then
Like it's upstream now
And this live long outside
There's a tressle across the water
Like my hands across that year
And for a moment the green was mine


Chorus:

 F(I)
Our footsteps worn

 G(I)
From years of rain

                    A(I)
And he held my hand

         C
Like it holds my name

 A#
And my childhood born

 A(II)
And the difference

 C
That the water washed away

 C
That the water washed away...



Verse 2: (Main riff)

I'm bruised and red
From the pain of rock
Stepping stones until I fall
Oh like daggers when I land
A roman candle in my hand
Was a weapon to the outside
Oh I walked in my father's wake
Prayed for a god to take
The endlessness from those shores


Chorus:

 F(I)
And our footsteps worn

 G(I)
From years of rain

 A(I)
And he held my hand

         C
Like it holds my name

 A#
And my childhood born

 A(II)
And the difference

 C
That the water washed away

 C
That the water washed away...

 C
That the water washed away...


A#5 D5 C5 (x4)



Bridge:

        F(II)
And those sacred trails

        E(#5)
Near the riverside left

        D
To these other souls with no love

        D
And no hate

            F(II)
And now they're bleeding this everything

  E(#5)
Soiling the brilliant green

       D
And I'm drowning for the water's sake...



Chorus:

 F(II)
And our footsteps worn

 G(II)
From years of rain

 D
And he held my hand

         C
Like it holds my name

 A#
And my childhood born

 A(II)
And the difference

 C
That the water washed away

 C
That the water washed away...

 C
That the water washed away...


A#5 D5 C5 (x8)

A#  D  C  (x4)



Ending: (Main riff)

There was blue-green clay
On the banks that day
As we left the world behind...