How To Be Dead Guitar Tab

Final Straw Tabs:

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1. How To Be Dead

intro (some sorta reverse playback)
F--0-|-
C--0-|-
g--2-|-
D--3-|-
A--3-|-
E--1-|-

verse chords
F--0-|-0-|-0-|---|-
C--0-|-0-|-0-|---|-
g--2-|-2-|-3-|-0-|-
D--3-|-3-|-3-|-0-|-
A--3-|-0-|-1-|-5-|-
E--1-|---|---|-3-|-

bridge
F--0-|-0-|-0-------
C--0-|-0-|-0-------
g--2-|-3-|-2-------
D--3-|-3-|-3-------
A--3-|-1-|-3-------
E--1-|---|-1-------

or you could squeeze two guitars in one with the below tab
F------------------|-----------|-------------|------------|-
C------------------|-----------|-------------|------------|-
g--0-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-|-0-2-2-----|-0-2-2-------|-0-2-2------|-
D--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-----|-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3------|-
A--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-etc-|-1-1-1--etc--|-x-x-x--etc-|-
E--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-----|-------------|-3-3-3------|-


Guitar 2 Intro
F-----------------|-----------------|-------------
C-----0-----0-----|-----------------|(0)----------
g---0-----0-----0-|-----2-----2-----|-0-2-2-0-0---
D-3-----3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-|(3)----------
A-----------------|-5-----5-----5---|-------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-------------
...sounds more full if you include the notes in brackets

Guitar 2 Verse
F-------7------7------|-------7------|-----4-----4-----|-----2---
C-----7------7------7-|-----7---etc--|---5-----5-----5-|---2--etc
g--10-----10-----10---|--10----------|-7-----7-----7---|-5-------
D---------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------
A---------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------
E---------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------
....the 1st and 3rd bars here can be played over the bridge chords

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#1 by More Cowbell at Oct 15, 1972 at 9:53 PM EST
	i was recommended to here this and "spitting games".. i like them.

No Picture Jesus Professional	#2 by Jesus at Aug 4, 1973 at 2:10 PM EST
	what do you think the line "But if the ecstacy's in the wit is definitely out" means. is he saying he looses the ability to be reasonable on E? is the lyric even "wit?"

No Picture dimebag 66' Average	#3 by dimebag 66' at Oct 27, 1978 at 12:17 AM EST
	i was wondering the same thing?

No Picture Euroynmous Average	#4 by Euroynmous at Dec 18, 1986 at 8:18 PM EST
	*hear :[

No Picture james Rhythm Player	#5 by james dobson at Aug 1, 1988 at 10:12 AM EST
	illwear and battec, I'm not sure where you're getting this idea from... There isn't one lyric in the song that backs up that theory. I think you're just projecting, because you're gay. Which is awesome, but seriously, you're reaching.

No Picture Nathan Average	#6 by Nathan Delvecchio at Aug 26, 2000 at 6:30 PM EST
	yes, i agree. it sounds to me that this song is sung from one guy to another. maybe it's just that i never hear songs (well hardly ever: rufus wainwright and sigur ros) sung from one man to another. it's a beautiful song, let us gays have this one.

No Picture CHUNK ZIZZLE Rhythm Player	#7 by CHUNK ZIZZLE at Nov 17, 2004 at 12:10 AM EST
	ok ok, so the lead singer is straight, but isn't this website about projecting?

No Picture IvZ Average	#8 by IvZ at Apr 17, 2005 at 4:01 AM EST
	i think it's a parent and a child arguing. The child feeling smothered (It seems I've stepped over lines You've drawn again and again) and the parent thinking they'e doing what's best by telling the child what to do because they've been through it before. Eg. "Oh baby let me explain something It's all down to drugs At least I remember taking the and not a lot else" I think if you read through it with the perspective that the parent and child are alternately the singer in the song then it makes sense

No Picture James Wanna Be	#9 by James Makowiecki at Jul 9, 2005 at 8:15 PM EST
	This is my favorite song of theirs.

No Picture Stephen Average	#10 by Stephen Weber at Feb 16, 2007 at 11:30 AM EST
	I agree that it's about a couple's argument, stanze one and three being the guy and stanza 2 being the girl, like O Doctor suggested... As for its being about talking to one's parents; why on darkened earth would people be talking to their parents with words like 'baby??' A little thing about the accent: in some parts of Scotland, whence Snow Patrol come, 'ee' is pronounced shortly, like 'ih.' ... He's saying 'if the ectasy's in, the /weed/ is definitely out.' ... So, no direct statement about drugs there, although the whole story of the song is telling.