The Backseat Lovers – Close Your Eyes (Guitar Tab)

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This tab is only the lead guitar part! Most of this is by ear, so sorry for any inaccuracies!

[1st Chorus]
Could you waste   If you painted   Now the day
    your life?    mine?            has died…
e|-------14----------------------------------|
B|----12------------12/7---------------12-7--|
G|-14------------14-----------------14-------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
                 Aaah aaah
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------2-2-4-4-5-5-|
A|-----------2-2-4-4-5-5--------------|
E|--3-3-5-5---------------------------|
(Repeats at each "Aah Aaah" in the second
verse.)

[Pre-Chorus]

e|------------------------------------|
B|-8-7--5-3--/7-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

[2nd Chorus]
Could you waste     If you painted
        your life?      mine?
e|-----14-------------14--------------|
B|----------12------------------------|
G|--14----14-------12----1214---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

   Now the day    It's too late
     has died…             to close your eyes…
e|-----14--------------------------------------|
B|----------12---------------------------------|
G|--14----14------12-14h15p14-12----12---------|
D|-------------------------------14-----9/11-9-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

[Bridge] (Lead doesn't come in on this part until about 3:04)

Oh I'd hate to get     Oh I'd hate to get
any older…             any older…
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------14-12-15--15/19|
G|--9/11--9--7--------9/11-14----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

[Outro]

e|-----14-------------14--------------|
B|----------12------------------------|
G|--14----14-------12----1214---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

e|-----14-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------12------12-14-14/15-14-15-15/17-15--17/19-19--|
G|--14----14----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

And I always knew I'd   
let you go…              
e|------------------------------------|
B|--15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
(Tremolo for 8 measures)

…You never know my pain.
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--/7~~~~~~/2~~~/0~~~---\8~~~~~~/2~~~\3~~~---|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|--/7~~~~~~/2~~~/0~~~---\8~~~~~~---|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|---------------|
B|--7h8p7--------|
G|--------7------| x4
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|