Dashboard Confessional – Currents (Guitar Tab)
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By Dashboard Confessional
From the album Dusk and Summer.
Tabbed by Carl C. ([email protected])
WARNING: This is the first song I ever tried to tab out.
I know this isn't done, however I noticed there were no tabs for this song, so this is
I got, there sounds like there is much more going on here, hopefully someone with more
can pick this up, and complete it, for now a simplified version...
Key of B Major
{B C# D# E F# G# A# B}
Intro RIFF E|-------14------14------14--------| B|---12------12------12------14----| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| Major Riff 1 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------8--11-----11------------| |---9--11---------9----------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| Major RIFF 2 E|-----------------| B|--------4h5p4----| G|----4/6----------| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
CHORDS: EADGBE
Bsus4 X24400
F#m7add11 244300
F# 244322
Asus2 002200
E 022100
G#m 466444
C#m X46650
INTRO:
INTRO RIFF E|-------14------14------14--------| B|---12------12------12------14----| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|
and then...
Major Riff 1 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------8--11-----11------------| |---9--11---------9----------------| x2 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|
{lead guitar:...Major Riff 1 continues, start chord progression...}
Bsus4 F#m7add11 Asus E
Bsus4 F#m7add11 Asus E
{lead guitar:...Riff 1 ends, chords continue...}
Verse 1:
Bsus4 F#(barred) Asus
The air is visible around you, rising up and off your lips in slow currents
E Bsus4
And i watch as your face is framed in its slow currents
F#(barred)
Drifting curls a trailing path
Asus E
A long drag becomes a dress of blue and ash
1st CHORUS:
{lead guitar:...Major Riff 1 starts again...}
|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------8--11-----11------------| |---9--11---------9----------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|
Bsus4 E G#m
If it is born in flames then we should let it burn
E
Burn as brightly as we can
Bsus4 E G#m
And if its gotta end then let it end in flames
E Bsus4
Let it burn all the way down.
{lead guitar:...and then the quick 2nd riff...}
E|-----------------| B|--------4h5p4----| G|----4/6----------| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
{...after riff Gtr 2 continues...}
Verse 2:
Bsus4 F# Asus
The air is visible around us, turning in it's simple steps on slow currents
E Bsus4 F#
And i watch as it pirouettes and spins in sloooooow mo-tion
Asus E
A long drag becomes a slow dance
G#m E
in a halo...of ember.
2nd CHORUS:
{lead guitar:...Major Riff 1 starts again...}
|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------8--11-----11------------| |---9--11---------9----------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|
Bsus4 E G#m
If it is born in flames then we should let it burn
E
Burn as brightly as we can
Bsus4 E G#m
And if its gotta end then let it end in flames
E Asus
Let it burn all the way down.
{...At the word "down" from that last line major riff 1 ends and major riff 2 starts up
and continues...}
Bridge:
Bsus4
All the way down
Asus Bsus4
And if this is ever meant to end, then i hope it ends where it began
Asus
So hot with love, we burned our hands
Bsus4 Asus
If this is ever meant to end, then i hope it ends where it began
C#m E F#m7add11 <-This part is missing something
So hot with love, it burns our hands
{lead guitar:... keeps playing major riff 2 until "so hot with love" so that "it burns
hands" lyric stands out"}
3rd CHORUS:
{lead guitar:... major riff 1 starts again...guitar 3 or keys play major riff 2}
Bsus4 E G#m
If it is born in flames then we should let it burn
E
Burn as brightly as we can
Bsus4 E G#m
And if its gotta end then let it end in flames
E
Let it burn--
Bsus4 E G#m
Let it burn (if it's gotta end)
E Bsus4
Let it burn (if it's gotta end)
E G#m E Bsus4
(Let it burn) Ends where it began so hot with love it burns our hands.
{at "hands" all instruments except the guitar playing riff 2 ends, riff 2 continues 2
lead guitar starts playing intro riff also...}
Ending riff E|-------14------14------14--------| B|---12------12------12------14----| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| both riffs play together. A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| E|-----------------| B|--------4h5p4----| G|----4/6----------| D|-----------------| x2 A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
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