The Test Acoustic by The Academy Is

   This is my first tab, I tabbed it from the video of Michael Guy Chislett and William
doing an acoustic version.  This video can be found on fbrplus.com.  I do not own this
in any way, and these chords are simply my enterpretation of the song. Also, I know I 
some of the chord names wrong, sorry about that.

Hope it helps.


    G  Cadd9 Em7  D/F#
eb|-3----3----3----3------|
bb|-3----3----3----3------|
gb|-0----0----0----2------|
db|-0----2----2----0------|
ab|-2----3----2----0------|
eb|-3----x----0----2------|

First Filler:
|-3-3-2-2-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-0-0-0-0-----|
|-2-2-0-0-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-x-x-x-x-----|

Intro:
    *   *   *   *    *   *   *   *    *   *   *   *    *   *   *   *
Eb:|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Bb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Gb:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Db:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Ab:|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Eb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

Verse 1:

Palm mute, slightly accentuate 2&4

              G                Cadd9
Look like a lush, Talk like a tease,

Em7     D/F#  Cadd9
The way you like it.

                  G                   Cadd9
In front of your house, alone on the street,

    Em7     D/F#   Cadd9
you ask me to come in-side.

No Palm Mute
Cadd9 (one strum)              (See First Filler)
Asleep through all our classes,
Cadd9 (one strum)
you hang me out to dry.

Chorus Chords:  (no palm-mute)
              G                  Cadd9
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
                      Em7    D/F#      Cadd9
Would it kill you to care as much as I did,
              G                    Cadd9
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
           Em7    D/F#     Cadd9
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.


(While playing intro you can sing the do do do do do part that william sings)

Verse 1 Chords
Heart on a hook,
thrown out to the sea,
your basement busy.
Sitting in the dark,
I turn the radio off for a
phone call you’ll likely miss.
Wake me when it’s over.
The last sound of goodbye.

Chorus:
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care as much as I did?
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.

Intro again

First filler twice (in between each filler, chislett taps his guitar three times on the
then plays again.)


Bridge:
Palm mute similar to verse.
          Em7      D/F#           Cadd9                 Em7 D/F# Cadd9
"Let’s imagine the end before we even begin," you said.
"Let's imagine the end before we even begin," you said. (you said, you said)

Chorus:
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as I did
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.

If this is a test, I'm losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as i did
If this is a test, I'm wasting my breath
You'res a stranger I know well, and not at all.

  OUTRO

   G*  Cadd9*             Em7   D/F#    Cadd9             G*
              |You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
               Cadd9*                  {Em7     D/F#    Cadd9(Strum once)}
              |And not at all. You’re a stranger I know well...

**Play G and Cadd9 like how you played it in the intro

The End.

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