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Holding Down The Laughter

Bad Books

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Note: This is tabbed for one guitar ONLY, and the intro is definitely not perfect, 
but it is the closest I could figure out. Hopefully it helps a bit.

Intro:
e|-----4-------3-------3-------2-------0-----------------------------------|
B|-------4-------3-------3-------3-------------3-------0-------0-------0---|
G|---5-------4-------4-------4-------2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-------3-------3-------3-------3--------3-------3-------3-------3------|

e|-------------3-------2-------2-------0-------------------3-3-3-3------|
B|-----0---------3-------3-------3-------1-----3-------0---3-3-3-3------|
G|---0---0----4-------4-------4------0-------2---2---0---0-0-0-0-0------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-3-3-3------|

e|--------2--2-------2--2br----------0-0----0--3-0--3---------------|
B|--5-3-5------5-3-5--------5-5------0-0----1--3-1--3---------------|
G|-----------------------------------0-0----2--0-2--0---------------|
D|-----------------------------------2-2----2--0-2--0---------------|
A|-----------------------------------2-2----0--2-0--2---------------|
E|-----------------------------------0-0-------3----3---------------|
          D         D                Em     Am G Am G

G                              D     D
Styrofoam cup of mud in my good hand,
G                                    
Disembodied voice of God in the trash can
D                                    Em  Em
Eyes in the ashes, feeling for the future
D
Sleeping through the stake-out, researching the rumor.

G                                 D   D
A mile, a motor, a mattress, a memory,
G                                    
At first you were embarrassed, but how could you not be,
D                               Em  Em
Tangled in teenage mom at the movies,
D
Your voice ran out out of words,
                           Em Em, Am, G, Am, G
It was awkward and homey.

G                              
Gospel in your belly, the ache a little lower,
G
Back into the breach,  you spoke as it's owner.
D
Syndicated sermon you sang from the rafters,
D
Anchors in you pockets, holding down the laughter.

G
Tearing up your mind, your lust and your ego,
G
Slingshot a martyr to speed your libido,
D
Perish grows to jelly, blissful and wasted,
D                                                   Em Em, Am, G, Am, G
Your Vishnu eye slips open and pictures them naked

Break:
Gx8, Emx8

       C                 G
You're complicating your worst mixed messes,
    C                  G
You built then burnt a bridge.
                       C 
And scattered all your crumbs at the cliff,
    D     D
She wants me, she'll swim for it.

Solo: (There is a lot of bending and interesting distortion here so I can't  get 
it perfect, but you should be able to work with this)
e|-7-5---5----7-5---5----7-5---5----7-5---5----10-8-7-5----10-8-7-5------|
B|-----8---8------8---7------8---8------8---7-----------8-----------7----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G         G           G         G

e|-10-8-7-5----10-8-7-5----17-14-15-17--17-14-15-17--17-14-15-17---|
B|----------5-----------7------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--15---17---19--20-19-17------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

G                           G    G
Brother, can you spare your arms or your arrows?
G                         G     G
Thunder clap's arising, I think that I should
D
Go home to the basement, back on Jumel street,
D
1996 and your waiting there to tell me,

G
"I didn't die, you dreamt it, you dreamt it,
G
I'm as alive as your best good intentions.
D
Sorry that I tricked you, you had to focus
D                                                 Em Em, Am, G, Am, G
Pull yourself together, clear out the garbage."

Break:
Gx8, Emx8

        C
But for all that effort,
    G
The slow burned struggle,
  C                G
I forgot where you live. 
                   C                          D       
She swept away the clues from the cliff, your lost now.(x4)
           Em   Am
Remembering.
                    C                         D
She swept away the clues from the cliff, your lost now.

Remembering. 

Outro: Same deal as the solo:
e|-7-5---5----7-5---5----7-5---5----7-5---5----10-8-7-5----10-8-7-5------|
B|-----8---8------8---7------8---8------8---7-----------8-----------7----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G         G           G         G

e|-10-8-7-5----10-8-7-5----17-14-15-17--17-14-15-17--17-14-15-17---|
B|----------5-----------7------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--15---17---19--20-19-17--19-17---|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

End on: G G