Bad Books - Texas

      
 
 Tuning (this tab): Drop D
 
 For the chords, I like to use the open chord and strum the A,D, and G
 strings. Occasionally, Andy will strum the lower bass notes or hit the higher
 strings, but for the most part, he plays the chords on the "middle" strings.
 
 Drop D:
 
 Intro:

 e|------------------------------------------5-5-5--------------------------|
 B|-----------------------7------------------8-7-5--------------------------|
 G|-------------4-------7---7-----2-------(7)7-7-7--------------------------|
 D|----5h7-5--------5h7------5------4-2-----------------------------7-5-----|
 A|----------------------------0------------------------------------7-5-----|
 D|-0--------5---0-----------------------0---------5-(5)-(5)-0-0-7--7-5-0---|
 

 
 D           G        
 My love has gone away
 D                           A                 
 Packed up her bags and then boarded that plane
 D                           G                
 And I guess that the time I figured youd wait
       A           G                D    
 Teary face, leaky breath, a bitter taste
 
 D               G        
 Tripped out for 600 years
 D                         A                 
 Who would have thought Id make it last year?
 D                              G                  
 In a way it makes sense that I died and reappeared
         A              G            D    
 As that fly youve been swatting for years

 e|------5-5-5-5--|
 B|------8-7-5-5--|
 G|---(7)7-7-7-7--|
 D|---------------|
 A|---------------|
 D|-0-------------|
 

 
 D             G               
 Calm down and make him a drink
 D                         A             
 Pretty small town and the gossip repeats
     G                        A                       D 
 She took off her clothes and sat on the bed next to me
 ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bad_books/texas_crd_ver_2.html )
 D           G                
 My heart is pumping my blood,
 D               A             
 your hearts not beating at all
      G                          A                    D 
 In a way it makes sense that it isnt, it just never was
 
 D            G              
 Right now, a sinful exchange
 D             A             
 Once done, unspeakable shame
     D                      G               
 And I shouldve known where I took the blame
     A             G                D  
 The sweat and the shame fireless flame
 
 A               G           
 Please god dont take him too
 D          A             
 Take me, a replicant fool
        G            A         D  
 Lost a gear and now I hardly move
       A          D  
 Hes a kid, Im a fool
 
 D           G                   
 Please son, where is your faith?
 D                         A                
 Take off your bushels set fire to your pain
          G                       A                        D    
 You will heal like a cut, let it scar let it scab, let it stain
 
      G       A              D 
 In a while I promise youll see
       G                         A                           D   A 
 Youre alive, not the blemish or burns that you keep on your feet
 
 D                    G                  
 I am a towel that is soaked to the core,
 D                    A            
 heavier now than its gotten before
     D                      G                   
 And something inside of me needs more and more,
           A        G        D  
 sooner than later never no more
 
           A        G        D   
 Sooner than later, never no more