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Always Never Be

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Bminor

90BPM

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1/92

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 92Position: 55

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Some of the riff chords are played a little higher on the neck than the lyrical parts,
and so there's
different Sounding chords that are still technically the same just not played the same.
Hopefully this will help you understand.
Riff Chords
D5:x577xx
G5:x101212xx
E5:x799xx
A5:577xxx and alternate riff variation:x121414xx
F#5:x91111xx
C#5:x466xx
Lyrical Chords
D5:x577xx
G5:355xxx
E5:x799xx
A5:577xxx
B5:799xxx
Also, when you transition out of D5 and riff G5, to get that extra little accent in the
song, you play the
power chord with your ring ringer just behind your pinky on the G string instead of the
B string.
This allows you to pull off with your pinky on the last strum of the chord, and get that
little note of
difference.
[Intro]
 D5   G5   E5   A5x2
[Verse 1]
D5I can always see your fG5ace
E5It's burned into my miA5nd
D5I will always feel the pG5ain,
E5Though I buried it deep inA5side
[Chorus]
G5I close my eyes tA5o seB5e
E5We will always never A5be
[RIff variation 1]
(This is a variation of the riff and harder to put into chords so for once I'll actually
tab something)
e|----D5------------------G5------------------G5---A5------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--77776------121212121211-11h12121211--12121414--|
D|--77777------121212121212-1212121212--12121414---|
A|--55555------101010101010-1010101010--10101212---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
          D5                       G5                    E5
e|--------A5------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--77776------121212121211----99999----------------|
D|--77777------121212121212----99999---777777-------|
A|--55555------101010101010----77777---777777-------|
E|------------------------------------------555555--|
[Verse 2]
D5I could never feel the sG5ame
E5As I fell, well, I fell with A5you
D5And I will always take the bG5lame
E5For I know, now I know it's A5true
[Pre-Chorus]
G5The pictures that A5I fiB5nd
E5They never even left my mA5ind
[Chorus 2]
G5I close my eyes tA5o sB5ee
F#5We will always never, G5we will always never be
(Riff variation 2)
                       D5            G5F#5/G5      F#5  C#5  
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------77776------1212121211----11/12121212-11-66666--|
D|--------77777------1212121212----11/12121212-11-66666--|
A|--------55555------1010101010----9/10101010--9-44444---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
           A5     G5            F#5F#5/G5       F#5  C#5  
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14141414-12-11-11111111---11/12121212-11-66666-----------------------------------|
D|--14141414-12-11-11111111---11/12121212-11-66666-----------------------------------|
A|--12121212-10-9--9999------9/10101010-9-44444--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
D5We will never start a fiG5ght
E5We will never disagrA5ee
D5We will always never brG5eak
E5We will always never A5be
[Pre-Chorus]
G5The pictures that A5I fiB5nd
E5They never even left my mA5ind
[Chorus 2]
G5I close my eyes A5to sB5ee
F#5We will always never, G5we will always never bDe
D

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Always Never Be

by The Thermals

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F#5

C#5

Some of the riff chords are played a little higher on the neck than the lyrical parts,

and so there's

different Sounding chords that are still technically the same just not played the same.

Hopefully this will help you understand.

Riff Chords

D5:x577xx

G5:x101212xx

E5:x799xx

A5:577xxx and alternate riff variation:x121414xx

F#5:x91111xx

C#5:x466xx

Lyrical Chords

D5:x577xx

G5:355xxx

E5:x799xx

A5:577xxx

B5:799xxx

Also, when you transition out of D5 and riff G5, to get that extra little accent in the

song, you play the

power chord with your ring ringer just behind your pinky on the G string instead of the

B string.

This allows you to pull off with your pinky on the last strum of the chord, and get that

little note of

difference.

[Intro]

D5 G5 E5 A5

[Verse 1]

D5 G5

I can always see your face

E5 A5

It's burned into my mind

D5 G5

I will always feel the pain,

E5 A5

Though I buried it deep inside

[Chorus]

G5 A5 B5

I close my eyes to see

E5 A5

We will always never be

[RIff variation 1]

(This is a variation of the riff and harder to put into chords so for once I'll actually

tab something)

D5 G5 G5 A5

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

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

|--77776------121212121211-11h12121211--12121414--|

|--77777------121212121212-1212121212--12121414---|

|--55555------101010101010-1010101010--10101212---|

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

D5 G5 E5

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

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

|--77776------121212121211----99999----------------|

|--77777------121212121212----99999---777777-------|

|--55555------101010101010----77777---777777-------|

|------------------------------------------555555--|

[Verse 2]

D5 G5

I could never feel the same

E5 A5

As I fell, well, I fell with you

D5 G5

And I will always take the blame

E5 A5

For I know, now I know it's true

[Pre-Chorus]

G5 A5 B5

The pictures that I find

E5 A5

They never even left my mind

[Chorus 2]

G5 A5 B5

I close my eyes to see

F#5 G5

We will always never, we will always never be

(Riff variation 2)

D5 G5 F#5 C#5

F#5/G5

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

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

|--------77776------1212121211----11/12121212-11-66666--|

|--------77777------1212121212----11/12121212-11-66666--|

|--------55555------1010101010----9/10101010--9-44444---|

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

A5 G5 F#5 F#5 C#5

F#5/G5

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

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

|--14141414-12-11-11111111---11/12121212-11-66666-----------------------------------|

|--12121212-10-9--9999------9/10101010-9-44444--------------------------------------|

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

[Verse 3]

D5 G5

We will never start a fight

E5 A5

We will never disagree

D5 G5

We will always never break

E5 A5

We will always never be

[Pre-Chorus]

G5 A5 B5

The pictures that I find

E5 A5

They never even left my mind

[Chorus 2]

G5 A5 B5

I close my eyes to see

F#5 G5 D

We will always never, we will always never be

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