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LITHIUM - Evanescence
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Tabbed by: Bristlehead
Email: bristlehead@gmail.com
Tuning: Drob Bb (yeah... I know what you're thinking)
A lot of people were requesting me to tab this song... and I thought maybe I couldn't
of the verses, but they turned out to not be so bad!
But god, I wanna let it go...
C |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------0--------xx-0------------------xx-0----------|
F |---------------------------0--------xx-0------------------xx-0----------|
Bb|---------------------------0--------xx-0------------------xx-0----------|
(One guitar fades out,
other goes on to verse)
Verse
(Come to bed...)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|------7-------7-------7-------7-------2---3-----2-------3----------|
|----7---7---7---7---7---7---7-------3-------3---------3-----3------|
|--5-------5-------5-------5-------1-----1-----1-----1--------------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|------2---3-------------------5-------7-------7-------7-------7----|
|----3-------3---------5-0---5---5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
|--1-----1-----1-0---5-----3-------5-------5-------5-------5--------|
|------------------5------------------------------------------------|
(Never wanted it to be so cold...)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|------7-------7-------7-------7-------2---3-----2-------3----------|
|----7---7---7---7---7---7---7-------3-------3---------3-----3------|
|--5-------5-------5-------5-------1-----1-----1-----1--------------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|-----------------------------------|
|------2---3-------------------5----|
|----3-------3---------5-0---5---5--|
|--1-----1-----1-0---5-----3--------|
|------------------5----------------|
(I can't hold on to me...)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|--------6---------------1---------------6--------------------------|
|------7-----7---------3-----3---------7-----7-----------7----------|
|----7---------7-----3---------3-----7---------7-------5-----5------|
|--5-------------5-1-------------1-5-------------5---5---------5----|
|--------------------------------------------------5-------------5--|
Chorus (Just these chords on the downbeats. Live, Terry strums the 8th notes, and he
sometimes in the recording, but only on the Eb (5) chord)
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|--0-------10-------5--|
|--0-------10-------5--|
|--0-------10-------5--|
Bridge
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|--8---------------10--------------0-------------------------------|
|--8---------------10--------------0-------7-8---10--8---7---8-----|
|--8---------------10--------------0-------------------------------|
(Drown my will to...)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|--8---------------5-------10------0-------------------------------|
|--8---------------5-------10------0-------8-7---7---5---5---3-----|
|--8---------------5-------10------0-------------------------------|
(Here in the darkness...)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|--8---------------7---------------0-------------------------------|
|--8---------------7---------------0-------7-8---10--8---7---8-----|
|--8---------------7---------------0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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|--8---------------5-------10------|
|--8---------------5-------10------|
|--8---------------5-------10------|
(Go...)
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|----0--------xx-0-------|
|----0--------xx-0-------|
|----0--------xx-0-------|
[Repeat Verse and Chorus]
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Chase Average |
#1 by Chase K at Sep 26, 2007 at 5:41 AM EST |
| This is the best song on the new album. =] | |
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Turbo Grom Wanna Be |
#2 by Turbo Grom at Sep 26, 2007 at 5:06 PM EST |
| Beautiful track... undoubtedly one of the best on the album | |
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Josh Professional |
#3 by Josh Wilson at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:36 PM EST |
| This song is the "my immortal" of the album. Amy said it was. I agree it is the best song on the whole album | |
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FrEAk!!! Wanna Be |
#4 by FrEAk!!! Matis at Sep 29, 2007 at 3:06 PM EST |
| I think this song is about being "in love with your sorrow" (like how Amy said she was for a long time in a kerrang interview.) I know the feeling, it's sort of like... you're afraid to be happy, because you've been sad for such a long time and you're so used to it, anything else is scary. btw for most of these songs I'm just putting what I think the song means to Amy... it doesn't mean I think the songs can't be interpreted in other ways. I just think it's kind of cool to have the "official" explanation early on in the comments. | |
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Professional |
#5 by ♠danny♠ at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:40 PM EST |
| Love this song. Hmmm could this song be about Shaun? Or about Ben? Or about Amy herself? Saying how she enjoys being sad and depressed sometimes, and that she wants to be cured, Lithium being a drug to treat bi-polar disorder, hence the song title. | |
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Nick Average |
#6 by Nick Roomsburg at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:43 PM EST |
| I absolutely love this song! I agree with KiBa283, it is one of the best on the album! The album is absolutely amazing! I cannot get over how amazing it is! :D:D:D Well worth the 3yr wait! lol! Evanescence are amazing!!!!!! :D:D:D 666 | |
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Subhash Average |
#7 by Subhash Shady at Oct 1, 2007 at 6:36 PM EST |
| This song is about loving and hating your own misery at the same time... She doesn't want to want to forget her misery although she doesn't want to deal with it anymore. | |
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Robyn Average |
#8 by Robyn Paul at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:07 PM EST |
| I agree, is an incredible song :) Umm lots of people saying they miss hidden meanings and stuff .. looking over Fallen, I really don't see that many hidden meanings? Though maybe Everybody's Fool. Don't see much 'hidden' in Origin either ..? Oh well, I love the album, and am gonna buy it for sure! | |
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Austin Wanna Be |
#9 by Austin at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:07 AM EST |
| I never realized how addicting depression can be until I listened to this song, it's scary! I can totally relate to this song...been going through alot lately and being happy feels strange and weird. Amy is amazing. This song is without question the best on the album! | |
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Neal Average |
#10 by Neal Breen at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:17 AM EST |
| depression can be an addiction. if you're depressed long enough, it feels unnatural to be happy. i've been bipolar in the past. during that time, it felt like hell whenever i was merely content instead of manic or depressed. | |
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Green Day rocks Average |
#11 by Green Day rocks!!!! at Oct 5, 2007 at 10:05 PM EST |
| When I first heard this I didn't know that lithium salts were used to treat bipolar disorder. I thought that Amy Lee had gone all chemistry on our asses. Such a good song. Beautifully encaptures the mind of a depressive and the notion of "curing" oneself with medication. | |
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niles Wanna Be |
#12 by niles lewis at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:46 PM EST |
| There's quite a few songs called Lithium. Can't wait for the video clip. I think Liquid Spears nailed the meaning. It's about being inlove with your sorrow. To me anyways, like Amy can see everything going on, all the shit, and she feels guilty because she likes it and likes the sorrow it puts her though, even though she doesn't really want to. That doesn't make sense i know but i can relate. One of the most amazing songs ever. | |
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