Tokyo Police Club – New Blues (Guitar Live)

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[Chords]
     D   Am   G6    C   G
d|---0---0----0-----0---3--|
A|---3---1----8-----1---0--|
F|---0---1----0-----0---0--|
C|---4---2----9-----2---0--|
G|---5---0----10----3---2--|
D|----------------------3--|
Note that the band tunes a half-step down for live performances. The studio recording is two steps down. The chord names are written as if they were in standard tuning - that Am chord in the chorus is actually a Gm, but it's an Am shape so that's how I've written it. ***** The D is actually a Dadd9add11 (Ultimate Guitar didn't like that). Just play an open C slid up two frets, meanwhile the G6 is an open C shape rooted on G. This is Graham's rythym guitar part. Josh plays the same chords in Verse 1, except instead of the G6 he plays a standard open G (I use standard G because it sounds more full when playing alone). Josh's solo is based off the verse melody. For reference, I start on the twelfth fret of the B string, up to the twelfth fret of the E string, then down to the tenth fret of the E string, and work off of that. [Verse 1]
D
I've been low
I've been down
Am                                  G6
And I don't want to go there anymore

D
The sky is white
The grass is gold
    Am                                G6
And I can't make my shadow out at all

   D
Oh babe, they're gonna tell us
What we can and cannot do
 Am                                  G6
Babe, they're gonna feed us to the fire

D
I can dance
And you can sing
Am                                      G6
You know that's never going to have us down
[Chorus]
      C
I got

         G
New blues

      C
And my

         G
New blues
[Verse 2] D A battlecry, a mockingbird
    Am                                  G6
The same thing happens every single time

D
    It's in my heart
It's in my soul
     Am                             G6
For once I don't want it to be denied

     D
Oh, no one's gonna tell us who we will and will not be

Am                                 G6
No one's gonna show us to the door

D
'Cause I've been low
And I've been down
    Am                              G6
And I don't want to go there anymore
[Chorus]
      C
I got

          G
New Blues

        C
Singing

          G
New Blues
Hey! [Solo] D Am G6 x4 [Chorus]
        C
Singin'

          G
New blues

       C
And my

               G
My true blues
[Outro]
         C
Yes I did

         D
Yes I did

     G6     C
Yes I did

         C
Yes I did

         D
Yes I did

          G6
Yes I

         C
Yes I did

         D
Yes I did

     G6     C
Yes I did

         C
Yes I did

         D
Yes I did

          G6
Yes I
C D G6
C D 
(end on single strum)