#1 Defender
New End Original
Thriller
Tabbed By Ian Dulley (iandulley@yahoo.co.uk)

This is one of the greatest songs Jonah Matranga has ever written, 
and i'm gonna try to do it justice by tabbing it. My version sounds 
accurate, but I have only tabbed one guitar part, the main chords. 
I'm afraid I haven't got round to working out the lead parts yet, 
but they're pretty straightforward and revolve around the chords for a large part of the song.

Chord Key:

   G   G5/F#  Em7  Asus4   D     D5  Cadd9  G/B    F                                                   
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--3--|--3--|--1--|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--1--|
|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
|--0--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--3--|
|--2--|--x--|--2--|--0--|--x--|--x--|--3--|--2--|--3--|
|--3--|--2--|--0--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--x--|--1--|

I apologise if i've written the wrong chord names, this is how i've 
come to know the chords but hopefully the key will clear up any problems...
Also the timing might be out on this tab, so listen to the recording 
for the proper timing. I've written the chord structure first, then a version 
of the lyrics with the relevant chords.

Verse:
G		G5/F#
Em7	
G		G5/F#
Em7	
Asus4

Chorus:
D		Cadd9
G		Asus4
D		Cadd9
G		Em7

Verse:
G		G5/F#
Em7
G		G5/F#
Em7
G		G5/F#
Em7
G		G5/F#
Em7
Asus4

Chorus:
D		Cadd9
G		Asus4
D		Cadd9
G		Em7

Bridge:
Cadd9 	G/B
Asus4	F
Cadd9	G/B
Asus4	F
Cadd9	G/B
Asus4	F

Chorus:
D		Cadd9
G		Asus4
D		Cadd9
G		Asus4
D 		Cadd9
G		Asus4
D		Cadd9
G		Em7

Outro:
G		G5/F#
Em7		Cadd9
G		G5/F#
Em7
End on G

Verse:
G                     G5/F#
The greatest gift you ever gave me
Em7                   G
Was a faded, red broken ballerina
                      G5/F#
And you would wind it up
                      Em7
And it would barely move
                      Asus4
And there would be no sound
                      
And you'd look up and say


Chorus:
D             Cadd9
I'm yr number one
              G
I'm yr number one defender
              Asus4
And I will understand
              D
When you are gone
              Cadd9
I don't need a raise
              G
I don't need a paycheck
              Em7
I will understand
              G
I'm your number one


Verse:
G                     G5/F#

Em7                   G

G                     G5/F#
I've always had this thing with bravery
Em7                   G
And I never wanted no-one to believe me
                      G5/F#
Or even see me
                      Em7 (stop)
Or understand
                      G
I thought that maybe
                      G5/F#
There would be this girl
                      Em7
And she'd be just like me
                      Asus4
But not like me
                      
And you look up and say


Chorus:
D             Cadd9
I'm yr number one
              G
I'm yr number one defender
              Asus4
And I will understand
              D
When you are gone
              Cadd9
I don't need a raise
              G
I don't need a paycheck
              Em7
I will understand
              G
I'm your number one


Bridge:
Cadd9                 G/B

Asus4                 F

Cadd9                 G/B
I never thought that love would save me
Asus4                 F
I've never been so happy to be wrong
Cadd9                 
So thanks for the silence
G/B
Thanks for the days
Asus4
Thank you for the ocean
F


Chorus:
D             Cadd9
I'm yr number one
              G
I'm yr number one defender
              Asus4
And I will understand
              D
When you are gone
              Cadd9
I don't need a raise
              G
I don't need a paycheck
              Asus4
I will understand
D             Cadd9
I'm yr number one
              G
I'm yr number one defender
              Asus4
And I will understand
              D
When you are gone
              Cadd9
I don't need a raise
              G
I don't need a paycheck
              Em7
I will understand
              

Outro:

G                     G5/F#

Em7                   Cadd9

G                     G5/F#
I never thought that love would save me
Em7                   G
I've never been so happy to be wrong