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1/4

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 4Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Album : The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett (2014)
Tempo : 60
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg
You can add Cadd9: x32030 a the end of the 2nd C
E5 : xx245x D5: xx023x
* Riff * :
e |-E5----D5-----|---C----Bm---|
B |----------|----------|
G |----------|----------|
D |--2--0----|----------|
A |----------|--3--2----|
E |----------|----------|
capo on 3 
[Verse]
 AmA lot of what she Csaid   
 Cand much of what she Edid
 AmI don't doubt that Cshe meant well
 Cwhile drifting in one Gday
 Ambut it's a game she Cplayed
 Ca game it would never Ewin
 AmThose days aren't Ccoming back
 Cto change the state I'm Gin
[Chorus]
  DmIn the darkness GI forgot
     * Riff *
that the game was all about
  Dmmaking up reaGlity
* Riff *
and jealousy in doubt
Am/C        * Riff *
      I bow out
Am C C E
Am C C G
[Verse]
 AmEverything I Cam
 Cor what I used to Ebe
 AmIt's not part of Cthe hollow shell
 off the Cman that you Gsee
 AmAll the time I'm Csure
 CAll my days are Ewaste
 AmNever knowing Cwhere I stood
 Much lCess the way I Gfaced
[Chorus]
  DmIn the darkness GI forgot
         * Riff *
that the game was all about
  Dmmaking up reaGlity
* Riff *
and jealousy in doubt
Am/C        * Riff *
      I bow out
[Outro]
AmDm CG C* ERiAmff* CxC2G  
Am/C

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Bow Out

by Eels

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Am/C

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Album : The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett (2014)

Tempo : 60

E-mail: [email protected]

Tabbed by: newg

You can add Cadd9: x32030 a the end of the 2nd C

E5 : xx245x D5: xx023x

* Riff * :

E5 D5 C Bm

e |----------|----------|

B |----------|----------|

G |----------|----------|

D |--2--0----|----------|

A |----------|--3--2----|

E |----------|----------|

capo on 3

[Verse]

Am C

A lot of what she said

C E

and much of what she did

Am C

I don't doubt that she meant well

C G

while drifting in one day

Am C

but it's a game she played

C E

a game it would never win

Am C

Those days aren't coming back

C G

to change the state I'm in

[Chorus]

Dm G

In the darkness I forgot

* Riff *

that the game was all about

Dm G

making up reality

* Riff *

and jealousy in doubt

Am/C * Riff *

I bow out

Am C C E

Am C C G

[Verse]

Am C

Everything I am

C E

or what I used to be

Am C

It's not part of the hollow shell

C G

off the man that you see

Am C

All the time I'm sure

C E

All my days are waste

Am C

Never knowing where I stood

C G

Much less the way I faced

[Chorus]

Dm G

In the darkness I forgot

* Riff *

that the game was all about

Dm G

making up reality

* Riff *

and jealousy in doubt

Am/C * Riff *

I bow out

[Outro]

Am C C E Am C C G

Dm G * Riff* x2

Am/C

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