-Hands Down-
Dashboard Confessional



It's in standard tuning but a half step down: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb

Here's the intro lick:
E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--------1---------1-2-----------
D------4---2-----4---------4/6---
A----2---------2---------2-------
E--0---------0---------0---------

Riff ends with:
D-------4--1--
A----2--4--2--
E--0----------


Verse: These are the root chords, a second guitar is muting other notes
    "Breath in for luck..."
E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G-----------6---------------4--------7-\-6-------  REPEAT
D--2--------6(PM)---7-------4(PM)----7-\-6-------
A--2(PM)----4-------7(PM)---2--------5-\-4-------
E--0----------------5----------------------------

-He does a few stops here and there but it's all the same chords

Chorus:
    "My hopes are so high..."
     E     Abm     A     Abm           Repeat chorus:
E-----0-------4------5-------4-------------------
B-----0-------4------5-------4-------------------
G-----1-------4------6-------4-------------------
D-----2-------6------7-------6--------6-7-6------
A-----2-------6------7-------6-------4-----4-----
E---0-0-------4------5-------4------5--------5---

The second time through the chorus he ends it differently:
     E     Abm     A     Abm
E-----0-------4------5-------4----------
B-----0-------4------5-------4----------
G-----1-------4------6-------4-----6----  To verse:
D-----2-------6------7-------6-----6--6-
A-----2-------6------7-------6-----4--6-
E---0-0-------4------5-------4--------4-

The second verse and second chorus are exactly the same (except for some stops in the verse) After the second chorus he breaks into the bridge/outro section:

Bridge/outro: These are the chords being played, a second guitar is picking through some other stuff which is at the bottom:

   "Hands down this is the"               End On:
E---0----------0-----------------------   E--0---
B---0----------0--------9--------7-----   B--0---
G---9---------14--------9--------8-----   G--9---
D---9---------14--------9--------9-----   D--9---
A---7---------12--------7--------9-----   A--7---
E--------------------------------7-----   E------

Guitar 2 is playing this during bridge:
E--------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------
G-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-6-8-9-8-9-8-9-6-8-9-8-9-8-9-8--
D------------------------------9-------------9-----------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
   -over and over and over with slight variation at the end.