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Recycled Air

Postal Service

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                THE POSTAL SERVICE   �����   RECYCLED AIR                    
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Tabbed by: markhadrian
E-mail: markhadrian@yahoo.com

This arrangement is more or less based on the live version that I found on 
the net.

As an option, when you start strumming, divide the full chords into two 
halves and strum only the top 2 or 3 strings |EAD| in the first couple of 
beats, then the bottom ones |GBe| for the rest � that�s how I figured 
Gibbard did it on the record.   

The spacing of the notes in the tab is relative to the beats so even if the 
lettering doesn�t help much, you should be able to figure them out.  

Any comments are welcome!

|�| - optional, or to be played �piano�
 h � hammer on

 w � whole note
 h - half note
 q � quarter note
 e � eighth note
 s � sixteenth note
 t � thirty-second note
 q. etc � dotted notes |lengthens the note by half of its original value|

TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4
TUNING: STANDARD, CAPO ON 4TH

CHORDS:
      C       F      Gv    Fmaj7/A   Em    Fflat5maj7/A
e||---0---|---1---|-------|---0---|---0---|---0---|
B||---1---|---1---|---3---|---1---|---0---|---0---|
G||---0---|---2---|---0---|---2---|---0---|---2---|
D||---2---|---3---|---0---|---3---|---2---|---3---|
A||---3---|---3---|---2---|---0---|---2---|---0---|
E||-------|---1---|---3---|-------|---0---|-------|

INTRO |also used for the vocalization part|
           
e||------------0---|------------0---|------------0---|----------------||
B||----1---1-3-----|----1---1-3--|3||----1---1-3-----|3---1-0---0-0-0-||
G||----0---0-------|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|0-0-0-0-0---0-0-||
D||----------------|3-3---3---------|----------------|--0---------0-0-||
A||3-----3------|0||----------------|3-3---3------|0||------------2-2-||
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
   q   e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e
                                                       
e||------------0---|------------0---|------------0---|----------------||
B||----1---1-3-----|----1---1-3--|3||----1---1-3-----|3---1-0---0-0-0-||
G||----0---0-------|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|0-0-0-0-0---0-0-||
D||0h2-------------|3-3---3---------|----------------|--0---------0-0-||
A||3-3---3------|0||----------------|3-3---3------|2||------------2-2-||
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
   e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e

C           Fmaj7/A  
I take a breath
C                                  Gv                    
and pull the air in �til there�s nothing left
C             Fmaj7/A  
I�m feeling green
C                      Gv
like teenage lovers between the sheets

VOCALIZATION 

Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba |2�|

C                Fmaj7/A  
Knuckles clenched to white
C                       Gv     
as the landing gear retract for flight
C             Fmaj7/A  
My head�s a balloon 
C                    Gv
Inflating with the altitude

VOCALIZATION 

Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba |2�|

BRIDGE TO VERSE #3

e||------------0---|------------0---|----------------||
B||----1---1-3-----|----1---1-3--|0||1--11--11--11-11||
G||----0---0-------|----0---0-------|0--00--00--00-00||
D||0h2----------|0||3-3---3---------|2--22--22--22-22||
A||3-3---3---------|----------------|3--33--33--33-33||
E||----------------|----------------|0--00--00--00-00||
   e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e. se. se. se.tt

C                      Fflat5maj7/A
I watch the patchwork farms� 
                             C         
slow fade into the ocean�s arms
                                 Fflat5maj7/A
And from here they can�t see me stare
                             C
the stale taste of recycled air

C        Gv                 Em
I watch the patchwork farms�
           Fmaj/A           C
slow fade into the ocean�s arms
                Gv           Em
So calm down, release your cares
                 F           C
the stale taste of recycled air 

OUTRO
           
e||------------0---|------------0---|------------0---|----------------||
B||1--11---1-3-----|----1---1-3-----|----1---1-3-----|3---1-0---------||
G||0--00---0-------|----0---0----|0||----0---0-----0-|0-0-0-0---------||
D||2--2------------|3-3---3---------|--------------0-|--0---0---------||
A||3--3--3------|0||----------------|3-3---3-------2-|----------------||
E||0--0------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------||
   e. se e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e h-e

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