Modern Baseball – The Old Gospel Choir (Guitar Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)

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This is my 'acoustic' tab of this song. Ideally you need two people to make this work with the lead in the breakdown. This is tabbed/derived from a live full band video. The tuning is Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb in the live video, which works great for a pair of electrics/fullband, however for solo acoustic I have changed the tuning to: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-D Basically it means you can play the open higher strings to give it a thicker sound. VERSE 1: The bass notes can be tricky to fit in but keep trying. The three basic phrases are:

D |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-8------------------8----------------9----------------------------|
Db|------9------------------9----------------9-----------------------| Let ring
Ab|----------6------------------7-----------------7------------------|
Eb|-7--7---7-----------0--0---0---------9--9---9---------------------|

when it hits 'one good night of sleep per year' play:

D |-------|
Bb|-------|
Gb|---11--|
Db|---9---| Then before it kicks in to the second verse strum it 8 times quick.
Ab|---7---| Listen to the song you'll see what bit I'm on about.
Eb|---0---|

The chords used (well, that I use for acoustic) are: (Some of the names may be slightly wrong)

     Bb  Ebmaj7  Cm9  Ebmaj7*    Gm7
D |--0-----0------0-----0------0-----0--|
Bb|--0-----0------0-----0------0-----0--|
Gb|--4-----8------9-----4------4--OR-4--| (Whichever you prefer/can manage)
Db|--4-----9------9-----2------4-----4--|
Ab|--2-----7------X-----2------X-----2--|
Eb|--------0------9-----0------4-----4--|

NOTE: If you're playing this electric/full band some of these chords you'll want to simplify.

Breakdown Guitar 2:
D |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---4h7---4----------4h7---4-----4---4h7---4----------------4------|
Gb|-------6---6-4-4--------6---4-6---------6---6-4-4---s6-4-4---4-4--|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|

D |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---4h7---4----------4h7---4-----4---4h7---4-----------------------|
Gb|-------6---6-4-4--------6---4-6---------6---6-4-4---s6-4-4-s6-4-4-|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3 Guitar 2: This was a pain to tab as it's quite quiet in the mix, but I'm 90% sure it is right.

D |----------12~---------12~----------12~-----------12~--|
Bb|-------12-12~---------12~-----11---12~--------12-12~--|
Gb|----11-------------11----------------------11---------|
Db|--9-----------9h11----------8---8--------9------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|

(VERSE 1 PICKING AND FINAL CHORD) There's a tombstone in the brush with your name on the front, But I had no bucks to get "Here lies, they ran out of luck" On the back of it Sharp as a tack but in the sense that you're not smart, just a prick In my finger or my toes Ripping staggered holes all the way to my chest All the way to my chest But every tremble in your voice Still echoes in my ears One good night of sleep per year (VERSE 1 PICKING ENDS) [VERSE 2] Bb There's a tombstone in the brush with my name on the front, Ebmaj7 But I had no guts to get "Here lies, he ran out of luck" Bb On the back of it Bb Sharp as a tack but in the sense that I'm not smart, just a prick Ebmaj7 In the fingers and the toes of all of those that show interest in me Bb Cm9 Gm7 And from where I'm standing, looks like I'm way long overdue Cm9 Gm7 I know what you meant when you said, "Fuck you!" Cm9 Gm7 Breaking up never felt so cruel, Ebmaj7* And now I'm tired and now I'm dead to me [BREAKDOWN] Guitar 2 plays breakdown lead whilst guitar 1 plays: Bb Ebmaj7* Gm7 Ebmaj7* x2 (listen for strumming) [VERSE 3] Bb (3 strums per chord here) Ebmaj7* Can we act like we never broke each other's hearts? Gm7 Ebmaj7* At least mine, I don't know how you felt from the start Bb (listen for strumming) Oh, that's vile, oh, I'm cruel Ebmaj7* Oh, it's goddamn mean Gm7 Ebmaj7* I sure as hell know one thing, you sure ain't dead to me There's a few chords here and there I'm missing which are mostly just decoration, but I don't play them in my acoustic version. They're easy to figure out if you need them for a full band. Obviously I haven't written out the strumming patterns or timings, but you should be able to listen for those. Any questions hit me up at [email protected]