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3-4 Tango

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1/2

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 2Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Standard chords throughout.
I like to palm-mute the verses and I substitute the high E on the C chord 
from the chorus for a G:
E|-C0->-3-|
B|-1---1-|
G|-0---0-|
D|-2---2-|
A|-3---3-|
E|-x---x-|
Intro:  Em-  G-  Am- C  
E5Arthur climbs the stairs in the back
G5Wipes his feet on the welcome mat
A5Puts his keys on the shelf that he built
C5Checks the plants on the windowsill
E5Catches a glimpse of himself in the glass
G5Laughs cause his hair's stickin' up in the back
A5He can't call his kids or his wife
Cause he'd C5drink 'till he'd cry to his daughter
About God and life
[Chorus]
CA silhouette of innocence
GA shaving cut on common sense
AmHolding what can't let you go
DLaughing hardest to the comic's intro
CA winter walk to clear your mind
GDo your twenties suck until twenty-nine?
AmHolding what can't let you go
DDance your heart out to the 3-4 EmTango
Em
(E5 - G5 - A5 - C5 through the 2nd verse, in the same manner as the 1st)
Sara disowned her whole family
And then her brother the writer penned the story 
She said, "you just sit there and think that you
Know about people when really
You wanna hold the mirror to nature
Thinking you're the next Miller or Shakespeare
Will the glass ever come to you?
Cause who knows what you'd do?"
[Chorus]
CA silhouette of innocence
GA shaving cut on common sense
AmHolding what can't let you go
DLaughing hardest to the comic's intro
CA winter walk to clear your mind
GDo your twenties suck until twenty-nine?
AmHolding what can't let you go
DDance your heart out to the 3-4 Tango
 D- C5  
It's that haunting G5thought and familiar A5ghost
That holds you D5hard and can't let you C5go,G5  
Let you A5go!D5  
(Hey!)
 C-  G-  Am-  Dx2
CSome use crowds of strangers
Like a Emshield 
From Amlove and being Emloved,
Being Amloved
[Chorus]
CA silhouette of innocence
GA shaving cut on common sense
AmHolding what can't let you go
DLaughing hardest to the comic's intro
CA winter walk to clear your mind
GDo your twenties suck until twenty-nine?
AmHolding what can't let you go
DDance your heart out to the 3-4 CTango
CA silhouette of innocence
GA shaving cut on common sense
AmHolding what can't let you go
DLaughing hardest to the comic's intro
CA winter walk to clear your mind
GDo your twenties suck until twenty-nine?
AmHolding what can't let you go
DDance your heart out to the 3-4 EmTango

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3-4 Tango

by Polar Bear Club

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard chords throughout.

I like to palm-mute the verses and I substitute the high E on the C chord

from the chorus for a G:

E|-0->-3-|

B|-1---1-|

G|-0---0-|

D|-2---2-|

A|-3---3-|

E|-x---x-|

Em G Am C

Intro: - - -

Arthur climbs the stairs in the back

Wipes his feet on the welcome mat

Puts his keys on the shelf that he built

Checks the plants on the windowsill

Catches a glimpse of himself in the glass

Laughs cause his hair's stickin' up in the back

He can't call his kids or his wife

Cause he'd drink 'till he'd cry to his daughter

About God and life

[Chorus]

A silhouette of innocence

A shaving cut on common sense

Holding what can't let you go

Laughing hardest to the comic's intro

A winter walk to clear your mind

Do your twenties suck until twenty-nine?

Holding what can't let you go

D Em

Dance your heart out to the 3-4 Tango

(E5 - G5 - A5 - C5 through the 2nd verse, in the same manner as the 1st)

Sara disowned her whole family

And then her brother the writer penned the story

She said, "you just sit there and think that you

Know about people when really

You wanna hold the mirror to nature

Thinking you're the next Miller or Shakespeare

Will the glass ever come to you?

Cause who knows what you'd do?"

[Chorus]

A silhouette of innocence

A shaving cut on common sense

Holding what can't let you go

Laughing hardest to the comic's intro

A winter walk to clear your mind

Do your twenties suck until twenty-nine?

Holding what can't let you go

Dance your heart out to the 3-4 Tango

D C5

G5 A5

It's that haunting thought and familiar ghost

D5 C5 G5

That holds you hard and can't let you go,

A5 D5

Let you go!

(Hey!)

C G Am D

- - - x2

Some use crowds of strangers

Like a shield

Am Em

From love and being loved,

Being loved

[Chorus]

A silhouette of innocence

A shaving cut on common sense

Holding what can't let you go

Laughing hardest to the comic's intro

A winter walk to clear your mind

Do your twenties suck until twenty-nine?

Holding what can't let you go

D C

Dance your heart out to the 3-4 Tango

A silhouette of innocence

A shaving cut on common sense

Holding what can't let you go

Laughing hardest to the comic's intro

A winter walk to clear your mind

Do your twenties suck until twenty-nine?

Holding what can't let you go

D Em

Dance your heart out to the 3-4 Tango

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