Modern Baseball – Note To Self (Guitar)

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This is the way I play Note to Self on my acoustic. Enjoy! Chord Reference:
E5/G#   D5/F#          G             G7m
e|x|    e|x|         e|x|            e|x|
B|x| B|x| B|x| B|3| G|x| G|x| G|4| G|0| D|6| D|4| D|5| D|4| Similar to an open C, but placed on the third fret A|7| A|5| A|2| A|5| E|4| E|2| E|x| E|x| [Intro] F G F G *Dead Strum* F G Am* E5/G# [Verse 1] N.C. Holt's above my hideout N.C. I dug this hole beneath the floorboards N.C. Buzzing bad and locked in N.C. Try to not recall
F                Am
Counting numbered days

          G                F
From the wheel we cried to clutch

            F              Am
Looking for some inspired land

          Gm*        D5/F#               Riff 1*
But all I found were empty cans and cigarette butts
[Mid-Verse Riff]
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------1-----------1-|----------1----------1---|
G|---------0-----------0----|-------0----------0------|    
D|------2-----------2-------|----0----------0---------|
A|---3-----------3----------|-2----------2------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|(x4)
Lining dirty parking lots in Ottawa (Glazed eyes, trying to rub away at the sketches of the...) Daytime When every second of sun's the same
           G (palm mute)
What's the point of staying awake?
[Fill] F Am G F F Am Gm* D5/F# [Verse 2]
     F (palm mute)           
Your hands are out and I see

       Am (palm mute)                        Gm* (palm mute)     
You're asking me for a vowel but I am weak and I am stubborn

                     G7m (palm mute)
So I'll say "This is all I have right now"

      E5/G# (palm mute)
But I want to make something good

  Am* (palm mute)
I want to make something better

               F (palm mute)
Something that cannot leave the ground

           F (let ring)
Unless we lift it up together
[Chorus]
C                                G
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away

    Am                                      F
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day

       C
It's a note to self mislaid

     G                               Am
You ate the words you always used to say

      G               F
There will be no more fucking around today
[Breakdown] *let each chord ring except the E. I quickly transition from E to Gm when I play this* Am F E Gm* Gm* F E Gm* [Verse 3]
Am                   F                G              F
Drunk and worthless, spewing bullshit all across the stage

               Am              F
Wake up and we find new hiding places

       G              F
Trying desperately to escape

    G              Am*     B*
The glare from our stupid, spineless
(I don't believe you, you're all the same)
C*         G*       C*            G
Words just whining, every fucking day

F         
What do I really want to say?
[Chorus]
N.C.                              G
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away

    Am                                      F
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day

       C
It's a note to self mislaid

     G                               Am
You ate the words you always used to say

      G               F
There will be no more fucking around today
************************************ | * represents barre chords | (palm mute) represents palm muted chords | N.C. represents a rest | x Dead note ************************************