The Hold Steady – Positive Jam (Guitar Tab)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Tabbed by: Shrodes
Such a good song, by such a great band.
This one kicks off their debut... fairly easy to play
Didn't tab the solos, as I was playing this on acoustic.
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Intro / Verse
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e|---1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-1-----| B|---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-----| G|---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----| D|---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
After the final two strums, return to the standard D-minor at the start of what's shown above.
This ends at the line "put it all down on technology and lost everything we invested"
goes into:
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Chorus
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e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|----------------7---| D|--8-8-8--5-5-5--7---| A|--8-8-8--5-5-5--5---| E|--6-6-6--3-3-3------|
And on the final time it goes:
e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--8-8-8--5-5---| A|--8-8-8--5-5---| E|--6-6-6--3-3---|
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Ending
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e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--5-5---5-5----| A|--5-5---5-5----| E|--3-3---3-3----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "all the sniffling indie kids.
Steady" then:
e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--7-7---7-7----| A|--7-7---7-7----| E|--5-5---5-5----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "all you clustered up clever
Hold Steady" then:
e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|--8-8---8-8----| A|--8-8---8-8----| E|--6-6---6-6----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "...and so I started a band, man" then:
e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|--10--10---10--10----| A|--10--10---10--10----| E|--8---8----8---8-----|
With solos in between the two strums until Craig sings "Hold Steady" then end on:
e|--------| B|--------| G|---7----| D|---7----| A|---5----| E|--------|
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