Split Screen Sadness Chords Guitar Tab

Heavier Things Tabs:

D                               G
And i don't know where you went when you left but
D                                  C
Says here in the water you must be gone by now
D
I can tell somehow
D               G
One hand on the trigger of the telephone
D                  G
Wondering when the call comes
C
Where you say it's alright
D
You got your heart right

Pre-chorus:
D
Maybe I'll sleep inside my coat and
D
Waiton the porch 'til you come back home
G
Oh, right
C
I can't find a flight

Chorus:
G
We share the sadness
G
The split screen sadness
G
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight
G
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight
C
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight
C
Two wrongs make it all alright tonight

Verse 2:
G
All you need is love is a lie cause
G                            C
We had lov but we still said goodbye
G
Now we're tired, battered fighters
G
And it stings when it's nobody's fault
G
Cause there's nothing to blame at the drop of your name
C
It's only the air you took and the breath you left

Reprise:
D
Maybe I'll sleep inside my coat and
D
Waiton the porch 'til you come back home
G
Oh, right
C
I can't find a flight
D
So I'll check the weather wherever you are
C                                          G
Cause I wanna know if you can see the stars tonight
C
It might be my only right

Chorus:
G
We share the sadness
G
The split screen sadness

G
I called
D
Because
G
I just
D                C
Need to feel you on the line
D
Don't hang up this time
G                          D
and I know it was me who called it over but
G                      D             C
I still wish you'd fought me 'til your dying day
D
Don't let me get away
D
Cause I can't wait to figure out what's wrong with me
C
So I can say this is the way that i used to be
G                        D
Ther's no substitute for time
G
Or for the sadness
G
Split screen sadness
G
We share the sadness

REPEAT CHORUS UNTIL END

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


No Picture Antti Wanna Be	#1 by Antti Solonen at Sep 26, 2007 at 7:23 PM EST
	"All you need is love is a lie cause We had a love but we still said goodbye " is probably the saddest thing i've ever heard, but so true...

No Picture Redryder Rhythm Player	#2 by Redryder at Sep 26, 2007 at 9:18 PM EST
	"all you need is love is a lie cause we had love but we still said goodbye" omgggggg such love. i adore john mayer

No Picture Seejay Average	#3 by Seejay at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:12 PM EST
	"all you need is love is a lie" this song is awesome and so damn catchy. I agree with the split screen sadness being the thing in a movie where the screen is split showing the emotions of two characters being apart. Love it!

No Picture ivan Professional	#4 by ivan mateo at Sep 27, 2007 at 7:10 PM EST
	It's about a girl breaking up with you because of something intangible...she just doesn't think it's going to work for some reason he can't understand, and there's no convincing her otherwise. But it's such a little thing that he feels they would both be better off ignoring it or telling a white lie about it to cover it up. He just wishes there was some reason he can understand for the breakup (e.g. a fight). 1 2 Next

No Picture Tim Wanna Be	#5 by Tim N at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:32 AM EST
	I can relate to this song like none other. you have this great relationship but there is just something missing. you both know this so someone ends it even though you really don't want to. "i still wish you'd fought me til your dying day" is just expressing the fact that you really don't want to leave the relationship. The "All you need is love is a lie..." sums up both the song and why i love it so much perfectly

No Picture Mat Average	#6 by Mat Hancock at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:19 PM EST
	This is my favorite song from "Heavier Things". There is something so powerful about it. It's beautifully sad and romantic. I love everything about it. I never quite knew what split screen sadness meant, but the "split screen" aspect of 60s films makes sense. Like, when two people are on the phone and the screen splits in half - well, in this song John mentions the phone quite a bit and I think that could be the derivative.

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#7 by Shreder Dude at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:48 AM EST
	It's a tough situation...rather awkward. They have no idea why they split up and neither one of them know's who should say i'm sorry first. All they know is they still are in love and can't live without each other...so something needs to get done but they just don't know what. I like the way John relates this to the movies... I think this one is my favorite from "Heavier Things".

No Picture brad Average	#8 by brad everett at Sep 30, 2007 at 11:05 AM EST
	It has taken me about 3 months to figure out something to write for this song! I can honestly say that this is my favourite song that I have ever heard. It stirs up my emotions everytime I listen to it, especially the melody and basically everything about it. There are a lot of songs around about ow great love is, and also how hurtful it is, but this song does it without the hostility and desperateness of other songs. It definitely puts things into perspective, and although it makes me feel sad when I hear it, I love the way I feel whilst hearing it.

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#9 by Alex at Sep 30, 2007 at 8:53 PM EST
	fav song from 'heavier things' love the part "cant wait to figure out whats wrong with me, so i can say this is the way that i used to be"

No Picture MelissA Average	#10 by MelissA at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:41 AM EST
	This song was helpful for me to get through my depression cause teh line, Cause I can't wait to figure out what's wrong with me So I can say this is the way that I used to be There's no substitute for time. Helped me find myself. There was so much sadness adn only time could mend what had happened

No Picture jimmy Wanna Be	#11 by jimmy rodrigues at Oct 3, 2007 at 6:54 AM EST
	I think this song is about the frustration of knowing that a relationship was going to end from the beginning, yet you feel strong enough to try it anyways. I'm sure a lot of us can relate. Split screen sadness refers to the simultaneous heartache that is felt between two people that loved and lost b/c of distance or what not. Favorite line is: "So I'll check the weather wherever you are Cause I wanna know if you can see the stars tonight Might be my only right" Very poignant.

No Picture Devin... Average	#12 by Devin... at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:41 AM EST
	this is the saddest, most beautiful song. john mayer is seriously getting me through my breakup right now, haha. every lyric of this song is just amazing. i think it's about someone who broke up with somebody else but regrets and doesn't really know why they did it because they both still love each other..."i know it was me who called it off but i still wish you fought me till your dying day...don't let me get away"

No Picture Pleather Wanna Be	#13 by Pleather Face at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:14 AM EST
	I love thsi song... My favorite line is: All you need is love is a lie, because we had love but we still said goodbye. As for the meaning, this song is about how two people that have broken up. The split screen sadness, is showing two sides, (a split screen) of how the former couple has moved on. The man wishes that they were still together, and he wishes that the woman would have asked him to stay because he didn't want to leave. When he says don't let me get away, because I can't wait to find out what's wrong with me, so I can say that this is the way I used to be. I think he's saying that he's a different person from when they were first together. This song is beautifully melancholy, and I love the way it makes me feel when I hear it.

No Picture Tom Average	#14 by Tom Parton at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:50 PM EST
	what is the "split screen sadness"???

No Picture Will Wanna Be	#15 by Will Hay at Oct 6, 2007 at 4:33 PM EST
	a usually song but i think its more about both lovers not just how he is couping with thier break up!!