Standard Tuning, Capo placed over 5 strings on the 4th fret, leaving
the high E string open (much like Faster Sooner Now)
(all fret numbers and chord names are relative to the capo being
on the 4th fret)
This song is fingerpicked, using these chords as bases-
G G1 C D
C add g
-3----0----0----0----0----
-0----0----1----3----1----
-0----0----0----0----0----
-0----0----2----4----2----
-2----2----3----5----3----
-3----3---------5----3----
Part 1 (played as intro and under "Hold On" and "Oh Now"
verses)
(All variations of the G chord from above)
---3-----3----3----3------
----0---0-----------------
-----0-2-----0---0--------
--0--------2----0---------
---------------------2----
-3---------------------3--
Part 2 (played for the lines beginning "Sometimes..."
"can't help...")
(all variations of the C chord from above)
----0---0------0-------------0----0-------0----------
---------------------------------0-------------------
---2-2-0------------0-0----0---2----0----0--------0--
--2-------2-2----0-2----0-2-----------2-2---0-0-2-0--
-3-----------3---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
Part 3 (very similar to part 1, played after "got to cause
somebody pain" and "Don't want to leave him so alone") This is the
same as the verse Part 1, only leaving the high E string open, rather than
placing the pinky finger on the 3rd fret- varied off the G1 chord above)
---0-----0----0----0------
----0---0-----------------
-----0-2-----0---0--------
--0--------2----0---------
---------------------2----
-3---------------------3--
G (part 1)
Hold on hold on to me
G (Part 1)
hold on hold on to me
C (part 2)
Sometimes there's no easy way
C (part 2 c'td) G2 (part 3)
got to cause somebody pain
D
C add G
watching you you hit so hard on yourself
D
G (part 1)
cos you need someone to blame
G (part 1)
Oh now what will you do
G (part 1)
Oh now what will you do
C (part 2)
Can't help the way you're feeling
C (part 2 c'td)
G2 (part 3)
Don't want to leave him so alone
D
C add G
Lisa cries her red hair streaming down
D
feels like her heart is made of stone
G2 (part 3 one time), G (part 1 one time) and end on G