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The Devil's Real - Chris Smithers
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Tabbed by:talesofthelost
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Tuning: capo 2 (normal tuning)
There is a distinct lack of chris smithers tabs on the net. here is my version of The
Real. I cant do the finger picking he does, so i strum the chords, which are Am, Dm, E
think). Also for the riffs and solo i make that up, so i don't tab it here. the
intro is as close as i could get to the record.
hint: if you do fingerpick this song, then always chris is hitting the A string bass note.
notes and chords relative to capo. basically the key of the song is Bm, but with the
on on the second fret it is Am as it makes it easy to repeatedly hit that A string.
anyway, hope this helps, and feel free to play around with the song, cos this was the
i could do.
intro
e|----------------------------|--------------------------5-5-5-|
B|----------------------------|--------------------------5-5-5-|
G|------5h7p5---5--7~p5---5---|-------5h7p5---5--7~p5----------|
D|--5h7-------7---------7---7-|--5h7--------7---------7--------|
A|--------------------------0-|--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
e|------5h8p5----5---8p5---------------------------|----------------------|
B|-5h8--------8-----------8p5---8p5----------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------7p5---7--7--7-|--7p5---5-------------|
D|-----------------------------------------0--0--0-|------7---77p5--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|----------------77~---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------00----|
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|----5h7p5--5--7---|
A|-5h7-----7----0---|
E|------------------|
V1
[Am]The devil ain't a legend, the devil's real
[Am]in the empty way he touched me where i hardly feel
[Dm]in the empty hole inside me, where nothing ever ride me
[Am]down into my grave that does not heal
bridge
[E]and nothing is a something, it'll suck you dry.
[Am]as a whisper you can hardly hear that tells you why
riff?
V2
[Am]They told me you ain't got no problems, you self-deceived
[Am]these seeming contradictions, they're make believe
[Dm]it was then that I decided, my life was being guided
[Am]by a second rate dependence on a first class phase
bridge
[E]They told me I was breaking through, but I was breaking down
[Am]by the time I heard the difference they had [E]long left town
riff?
V3
[Am]You know they're so malicious, they're mean
[Am]they so vaguely well-intentioned with no love I've seen
[Dm]and it's the emptiness that'll kill you, cold comfort that'll fill you
[Am]with a sense of dread making things worse than they seem
bridge
[E]They don't tell you nothing, you don't already know
[Am]they just keep holding out the promise but they [E]don't let go
riff?
V4
[Am]well it was hard luck and trouble, bad times too
[Am]I know i had 'em coming, but I got through
[Dm]it was advise that you gave me in a dream, that saved me
[Am]you said "get a new life contract that spells out your dues"
bridge
[E]too good will define it, a clear conscience to sign it
[Am]now I dream 'bout the good times and it all [E]comes true
solo?
repeat verse 1 and 4 to end
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
