Matt Nathanson – Then Ill Be Smiling (Guitar)

Capo 6
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Artist: Matt Nathanson Song: Then I'll Be Smiling [Chords] G: 3x0033 G/B: x20033 C: x32010 Cadd9: x30033 D: xx0232 D/F#: 200233 D/C#: x40232 Am7: x02010 Bmadd#5: x2403x E7: 020xxx A: 50xxxx The main riff throughout the song goes like this (D* for purposes of this tab):
E|--3--------3--------2----2--------|
B|--3--------3--------3----3--------|
G|--0--------0--------0h2--2h4p2p0--|
D|--0--------0--------0----0--------|
A|--3--------x----------------------|
E|-----------3----------------------|
[Intro] Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* [Verse 1]
Cadd9   G    D*
Trailed by a mess

   Cadd9
Of masking tape

    G
Construction paper

        D*
And the best of intentions

   Bmadd#5        Cadd9    D*
He tried to patch up every hole as he went

Bmadd#5  Cadd9     D*
Back and forth and back again

        Cadd9        G       D*
And his friends half full of half concerns

  Cadd9     G         D*
Embarrassed looks and tired words
Bmadd#5 They burrowed deeper
         Cadd9           D*
Into the ignorant little lives they preferred
Bmadd#5 Cadd9 And he envied their distance
      D*
Their lack of concern
He thought [Pre-Chorus]
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me

Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me

E7           A
Then I'll be smiling
[Interlude] Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* [Verse 2]
   Cadd9  G  D*
He cursed himself

        Cadd9       G           D*
And his instinct to nurse every idea to health

    Bmadd#5    Cadd9         D*
And all of the falls that he'd spent

          Bmadd#5  Cadd9         D*
Trying to coax his name from the mouths of success
He thought [Pre-Chorus]
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me

Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me

E7           A
Then I'll be smiling
[Chorus]
G             D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  They litter me with small awarenesses

G D/F#           G/B        Cadd9
       Then they ask if I'm good enough

G        D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  Litter me with small awarenesses

D
  Just to wake me up

D/C#
  Why do the fools wake me up
[Interlude] Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* [Pre-Chorus]
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me

Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me

E7           A
Then I'll be smiling
[Chorus]
G             D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  They litter me with small awarenesses

G D/F#           G/B        Cadd9
       Then they ask if I'm good enough

G        D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  Litter me with small awarenesses

D
  Just to wake me up

G        D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  Litter me with small awarenesses

     G             D/F#    G/B        Cadd9
 And they have the gall to ask if I'm good enough

G             D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  They litter me with small awarenesses

D
  Just to wake me up

D/C#
  Why do the fools wake me up
[Outro] Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D