Nickel Creek – Hanging By A Thread (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Chords

The intro riff is meant to emulate the violin/mandolin part. The second bass note is optional, but it makes reading the chord a little easier. If you don't feel like playing it, just open with an A chord. If you feel the chords are a little plain, add the 9 to A or D wherever they appear.
  [Intro]
             A7
e|---10--12--9-|
B|-8---------8-|
G|-----------9-|    x4
D|-------------|
A|-0---------0-|
E|-------------|
[Verse]
          Em7
There's a kind of emptiness

          D
That can fill you

          Em7
There's a kind of hunger

         D
That can eat you up

          Em7
There's a cold and darker side

       D
Of the moonlight

               A
And there's a lonely side of love
[Chorus]
          G
With you here

             A
Baby I am strong

            D
No sign of weakness

          G
With you gone

           A              D
Baby I am hanging by a thread
[Verse]
           Em7
There's a certain kind of pain

          D
That can numb you

           Em7
There's a type of freedom

          D
That can tie you down

     Em7                       D
Sometimes the unexplained can define you

         A                         D
And sometimes silence is the only sound
[Chorus]
         G
With you here

             A
Baby I am strong

            D
No sign of weakness

          G
With you gone

           A              D
Baby I am hanging by a thread
[Interlude] Am Dm Esus E Am Abdim C/G D/F# F D Bm Bbadd9 [Chorus]
          G
With you here

             A
Baby I am strong

            D
No sign of weakness

          G
With you gone

           A              D
Baby I am hanging by a thread