Thursday – Turnpike Divides (Guitar Intro Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Video Lesson

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This is the intro and then the rest that I could figure out. Because the intro is used so often throughout, I hope this can help people learn the song. It's meant for acoustic guitar, and is based on various live performances, Maybe someone can help finish it via the comments and I will submit a full tab for the whole song. Tabbed by: Cole Heideman
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0------| (X4)
A|--2---2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
D|------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2/5-5-5------|
[Verse 1] (power chords) B5 D5 (X4) E5 D5 (x2) F#5 B5 D5 "There's a thousand black cars all driving round in my blood stream B5 D5 gotta take a thousand pills to find out where their headlights lead. B5 D5 Is it cold New York? Is it freezing in your bed? B5 D5 cuz I caught a deep chill when I went over the Hudson again. E5 D5 And it's alright, counting the city lights E5 where the turnpike divides (Waving goodbye to my former life.) play intro riff for the chorus: [Chorus]
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0------|
A|--2---2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------| (X4)
D|------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2/5-5-5------|
Figure out the rhythm by listening to the song. Don't wanna be a self medicator, but its hard to sleep when you're born to run I'm sick of living life in the Garden State Trap But all the roads are pointing home again. [Verse 2]: B5 D5 Holy Cross has got a headstone all picked out for me B5 D5 And my only job is to walk around until I fall down at it's feet. B5 D5 Maybe home is just the place you can never escape: B5 D5 C5 (open e and b string) From the Camden City graves to the edge of the Palisades E5 D5 It's alright, counting city lights, E5 D5 Where the Turnpike divides, Waving goodbye to my former life.
[Chorus 2]: 
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0------|
A|--2---2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------| (X4)
D|------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2/5-5-5------|
Don't wanna be a self medicator, but its hard to sleep when you're born to run I'm sick of living life in the Garden State Trap But all the roads are pointing home again. you can play the spoken part with this first riff, he skips it in the acoustic performance:
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|------4-4-5--|
A|------2-0-5--|
D|--------0-5--|
And I'll be counting the city lights Blinking on and off tonight as life passes by And I'm left behind, standing on the shoulder of the Jersey Turnpike. Buildings seem to rise like coffins full of stars getting buried in the sky. You want to laugh and dance... to be free? Well, alright-- then the build up- [Outro refrain]:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7------9-9-9--5------------| and back to the beginning.
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7------9-9-9--5------------|  
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7------9-9-9--5------------|
I've been thinking about those days I wanted to sleep And you'd wake me up just before you'd leave And I'd fall back into a dream: Walking in fresh city snow that you'd never seen And I'd never leave your side. END Enjoy! LEGEND: *********************************** / : Slide ***********************************