Lithium Guitar Tab

The Open Door Tabs:

Lithium by Evanescence
Transcribed by Symo
Email: Symo_2003_Au@Yahoo.com
Feel free to send me corrections.
It’s how I learn too :)
I transcribed this on my keyboard,
but this’ll give u a fair idea how to play it.
Bm   A   Em                Em
Li-thi-um, Don’t want to lock me up inside
Bm   A   Em                Em
Li-thi-um, Don’t want to forget how it feels without
Bm   A   Em            Em                   Bm
Li-thi-um, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
A Em
Oh, but God I want to let it go
Bm for 2 Bars
Bm                           G
Come to bed, don’t make me sleep alone
G                   Em            A      Bm
Couldn’t hide the emptyness you let it show
Bm                G
Never wanted to be so cold
G                   Em              A
Just didn’t drink enough to say u love me
Bm             G
I can’t hold onto me
Bm              Em
Wonder what’s wrong with me
Bm   A   Em                Em
Li-thi-um, Don’t want to lock me up inside
Bm   A   Em                Em
Li-thi-um, Don’t want to forget how it feels without
Bm   A   Em                     Em          Bm
Li-thi-um, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
A   Em
Oh
G      A         Bm
Don’t want to lay me down this time
G          Em      Bm
Drown my will to fly
G             F#         Bm
Here in the darkness i know myself
G             Em            A      Bm
Can’t break free untill I let it go
Bm
Let me go
Bm                      G
Darling I forgive you after all
G             Em          A     Bm
Anything is better than being alone
Bm                   G
And in the end I guess I had to fall
G                Em              A
Always find my place among the ashes
Bm             G
I can’t hold onto me
Bm              Em
Wonder what’s wrong  with me
Bm   A   Em                Em
Li-thi-um, Don’t want to lock me up inside
Bm   A   Em                Em
Li-thi-um, Don’t want to forget how it feels without
Bm   A   Em            Em                   Bm
Li-thi-um, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
A Em         (Mute)
Oh, but God I want to let it go.
The End
Keep in mind that this is only a basic interpretation of this song. I did my best :)
Hope u like
Symo

Source: GuitarMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Chris Wanna Be	#1 by Chris at Sep 26, 2007 at 2:42 AM EST
	Beautiful track... undoubtedly one of the best on the album

No Picture Tony Wanna Be	#2 by Tony Moreno at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:18 PM EST
	The Open Door's second single. Lithium is a drug given to people to treat bi-polar disorder.

No Picture Zach Average	#3 by Zach Eisenman at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:57 AM EST
	yer i agree this song is about wanting to hold onto the sadness but at the same time want to experience happiness, but they're afraid of it. a very good song tt really growing on me

No Picture Dylan Average	#4 by Dylan Ruiz at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:29 PM EST
	there is a Nirvana song called lithium too. the following is from its wikipedia article: "The name of the song is often attributed to the metal lithium's tendency to be found in mood stabilisers such as lithium carbonate and lithium orotate; because of this the lyrics are often interpreted as describing bipolar disorder."

No Picture Marcus19 Rhythm Player	#5 by Marcus19 Doug at Oct 2, 2007 at 4:14 AM EST
	This and Good Enough are no doubt my favorites on the new album. I agree that anyone who's dealt with depression would be able to relate to this song. Sometimes it feels a lot better and safer to stay in a dark place. You know it's not really right and you want to feel better, but at the same time, being down is what you're used to. It almost feels better NOT to feel better, as much of a contradiction as that may be. Eh, I dunno. I suck at describing things. That probably won't make any sense unless you've experienced it. :S

No Picture Brian Lead Player	#6 by Brian Priddis at Oct 2, 2007 at 10:51 PM EST
	This song holds so much meaning...story of my life "I want to stay in love with my sorrow, but oh god I want to let it go,"...I've been dealing with bipolar for so long, it feels strange to be truly happy, instead of manic or suicidal. More often than being happy, I find myself empty...so empty that I'd rather be miserable again. Evanescence is so eloquent in the way they get their point across. I adore this song.

No Picture Rory Wanna Be	#7 by Rory at Oct 3, 2007 at 1:15 AM EST
	this song is freakin AWESOME!!! 1 2 3 4 5 Next

No Picture Devon Average	#8 by Devon Thauriaux at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:56 AM EST
	Such an emo song...I like it. It's definately good, for post-Ben ev.

No Picture Hobson Average	#9 by Hobson at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:27 PM EST
	i absolutely love this song. the title instantly attracted me because i knew that lithium is taken for bipolar since my brother has it. the lyrics are chilling. evanescence is wonderful. they are truly beyond amazing.

No Picture Zoe Wanna Be	#10 by Zoe that thing at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:30 AM EST
	My favorite song on the album. I think anyone who deals with depression or delt with depression a lot can relate to thing song. We all have this dark place in ourselves where we go and it feels good to be there a lot of times.

No Picture Jesse Wanna Be	#11 by Jesse at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:13 PM EST
	Something it may be important to note - Ben had/has bipolar disorder. I'm not sure that the song is actually about him though.

No Picture David Average	#12 by David Turner at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:28 AM EST
	Abbers...i 2nd that! love this song. saw the title and was thinking lithium..have to hear this song first, played it, loved it. true to life...how does she make everything dark so beautiful?

No Picture Gordy Average	#13 by Gordy Myrick at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:28 PM EST
	Definitely my fave of this album, so easy to relate to. I am a little disappointed in the overall open door because of the lack of hidden meaning in the lyrics. It's sad that they didn't continue in that direction, but i love the new feel to the music. very addictive.