The Penalty Tab

by Beirut
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 3rd fret
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1 contributor total, last edit on Jun 19, 2015
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                             THE PENALTY - Beirut
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Tabbed by:Mark Kokcl
Email:itsmemarke@sbcglobal.net
 
Tuning: Standard, Capo on 3rd fret
 
intro/verse:
e|---0-2h-------------9--------------4------4-5h--------------2--------------|
B|---3----------------5--------------5------5-----------------3--------------|
G|---2----------------6--------------6------6-----------------2--------------|
D|---0----------------7--------------6------6-----------------0--------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Like an ancient day and I'm on trial
Let them seize the way, this once was an island
 
chorus:
e|---4----------------5------------------2--------------------5--------------|
B|---5----------------5------------------3--------------------5--------------|
G|---4----------------6------------------2--------------------6--------------|
D|--(2)---------------7------------------0--------------------7--------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And I could not stay for I believed them
Left for the lights always in season
 
 
 
 
And thats it!
 
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D                 A      C#m       D
Like an ancient day and I'm on trial
D                   A    C#m             D
Let them seize the way, this once was an island
E              A        D           A
And I could not stay for I believed them
E            A       D        A
Left for the lights always in season
 
 
D       A      C#m       D  (2x)
 
 
D              A      C#m       D
Impossible night in a crowd of homesick
D                 A      C#m       D
Fully grown children, you'll leave the lights
E                     A        D           A
Your family may not wait, Sir, keep on breathing
E                   A        D           A
Our parents rue the day, they find us kneeling
E                       A        D           A
Let them think what they may, for they've good reason
E              A        D           A
Left for the lights always in season
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4 comments
bigred996
i would say with the first chord (D) that it starts with a few natural D's then pull off the E string from 2 to 0 (relative to the capo.) The tab has it backwards
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kingston86
sounds good to me :) thank you!
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Bumcivilian
great tab.
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