Emery – Studying Politics (Ukulele)

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Song: Studying Politics Acoustic (THIS IS AN ACOUSTIC VERSION, I SCREWED UP WHEN NAMING IT AND CAN'T CHANGE THE DISPLAY NAME... Sorry) Band: Emery Album: The Question Tabber: DriveToNowhere Email: [email protected] Thanks to hXc_guitarist for his version of this tab. I used it as a general guide. ***IMPORTANT NOTE***: This is not the exact version that Emery plays. This is my cover of it based on a coupled videos I’ve seen online, the album version of the song, and my personal tastes. Most of the notes in parentheses are explaining how I play it; if you don’t read them it might not make a lot of sense. If you’re lost listen to the album version, I tried to stay fairly true to it. Thanks, Enjoy. [Verse 1] (Throughout verse one play all six strings on a seventh fret harmonic, At the places where I have chords just strum Down-Up and go right back to scratching) It’s like a pencil with erasers at both ends I want it all but we’re dealing in percents

C5 
And these activities that you have engaged in

D5
This is the politics of seeing you dance with him

E5
We began with concluding remarks

E5
Pick up the pieces and examine the parts

D5
Your words always cut when they're cliché

Am
But here’s my knife because I came for the buffet

(Switch to chorus with a G octave chord strum Up-Down-Up)
It looks like this:
    U  D  U
E|----------|
B|----------|

C|-12-12-12-|
D|--x--x--x-|

D|-10-10-10-|
E|----------|

[Chorus] (The chords in parentheses I play the same way I play the G octave, Just up-down-up real quick to mimic the album version. It’s not necessary but it sounds cool. Also on the “uh uh” part I just do two upstrokes on that beat.)

Em
This is the way it goes

                (D5)
With you a part of it

Em
Nervously saying words

                (C5)
That oh-so-tightly fit

Am                      (C5 C5)
A mark beneath the chin (Uh Uh)

                           (C octave)
I’ve caught you once again

Em                                  (D5)
It’s in the way you sell every word and phrase

Em                                      (C5)
And leaving me to know how much the meaning weighs

Am                           (C5 C5)
Saying that but meaning this (Uh Uh)

Am
Using hands for emphasis

(This part I play the way it is on the album with the pick scratching [A.C., Am Am 2 & 3 & 4 &])

Am             Em
(Oh Ho)(Oh Ho)(Oh Ho)(Oh Ho)[x2]

[Verse 2] (I play this weird with the Em just a “1 &” down up strum, followed by a rest, then I strum the Bm. Again I think it adds some flavor to it, but do whatever you want)

Am            Am                        Em
You’d like to think that you’re the best part of me

             Am        Am              Em
But I confess there is nothing left of you here (nothing left of you here)

Am         Am             Em
These parallels and silly games

                           Am
Hide your face and say the name

       Am               (C octave)
Say the name (say the name)

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
I lead into to this thusly:
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12---9-9-9---7-7-7---9-9--|
D|--x--x--x--x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x--|
A|-10-10-10-12---7-7-7---5-5-5---7-7--|
E|------------------------------------|
(Hit the Bm minor and start singing right after this, it’s my attempt to
mimic the album version.)

Em                   D
There’s that smile again 

                   Am              D 
You fake it and I follow you right in

              Em
What a fool I've been

To fall for it each time [Chorus]

Em (arpeggiate)
This is the way it goes

With you a part of it Nervously saying words That oh-so-tightly fit

Am (arpeggiate)
It’s in the way you sell every word and phrase

And leaving me to know how much the meaning weighs

Em
This is the way it goes

With you a part of it

D
Nervously saying words

Am
That oh-so-tightly fit

Em
It’s in the way you sell

every word and phrase

D
And leaving me to know

C
how much the meaning weighs

(Same pattern as before but after the fifth “oh ho”, just pound the Em three times and the Bm once, same rhythm as the album.)

Am             Em            Am
(Oh Ho)(Oh Ho)(Oh Ho)(Oh Ho)(Oh Ho)

And that’s it! My take on Emery’s “Studying Politics” on the acoustic guitar. Enjoy! ~ Michael