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All right guys.. First tab here. Have fun
I like playing this song mostly with bar chords... makes it simpler for me and 
prob for everyone who's used to those. Just play with it and let me know what you think of it.
Oh on the 1st bridge after the first two lines there a pretty easy bass mini riff 
you can probably figure out... adds a lot to the song. If not here it is...
E-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A--0----------------|
E------3---2---0----|
Intro:   C-  G-  Am- G  
                                   Verse 1
CYou're poised and ready
Unable to make a sGound
Your hands are sweaty
As you look Amdown
You're running already
When you hit the gGround
                                   Verse 2 (same chords)
                                           (C-G-Am-G)
You're willing and able
So nice to have around
The head of the table
Is tightly wound
The noise is loud
So turn it down
                                   Chorus 1
FWhen you think abGout it
Try to wEmrap your head aAmround it
You find nFone of it
Makes Gany sense at Aall
FAnd people you once tGrusted
Are now lEmooking so disgAmusted
And they're wFaiting anxiouslGy
For you to fDall
                                    Verse 3 (again same chords... as verse 1)
                                            (C-G-Am-G)
You take for granted
And take what you can grab
Fore say what's landed
Into your lap
You shake the hand
And take a stab
                                    Verse 4 (and again verse 1 chords)
                                            (C-G-Am-G)
And there's no need to doubt it
There's never been
Two ways about it
It takes a thick skin
There's ways around it
But no way in
                                    Chorus 2 (same as 1st chorus)
When you think about it
Try to wrap your head around it
You find none of it
Makes any sense at all
And people you once trusted
Are now looking so disgusted
And they're waiting anxiously
For you to fall
                                    Bridge 1 (* = insert cool riff here)
And tEmhere you Amgo   (*)
TEmelling everybody you kAmnow  (*)
SEmelling a one man sAmhow
So tDake a look around you now
And sFoak it up and take a bow
                                    Verse 4 (same as 1st verse)
                                            (C-G-Am-G)
You're living and crawling
And trying to catch a breath
You're stalling and dying
A sudden death
And all the while
You second guess
                                    Bridge 2 chords: 
  D-     F#m-     Bm-  Bm/A- E  
Ohh.. Ooh yeah.. Oooohhhh... Ohhh
                                    Last 2 verses (verse chords change)
                                                 D(same on last 2) 
And now the time has come                                        
For it to sF#mtop
The clown was done
So call a cBmop
You're like a Bm/Aboy
In a china shAop
You're poised and ready
Unable to make a sound
Your hands are sweaty
As you look down
You're running already
When you hit the ground 
                                    Outro chords:
 D-  Bm-  A- D  
                             __Saranak__
                              __2009__

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Poised And Ready

by Brendan Benson

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Bm/A

All right guys.. First tab here. Have fun

I like playing this song mostly with bar chords... makes it simpler for me and

prob for everyone who's used to those. Just play with it and let me know what you think of it.

Oh on the 1st bridge after the first two lines there a pretty easy bass mini riff

you can probably figure out... adds a lot to the song. If not here it is...

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

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

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

D-------------------|

A--0----------------|

E------3---2---0----|

C G Am G

Intro: - - -

Verse 1

You're poised and ready

Unable to make a sound

Your hands are sweaty

As you look down

You're running already

When you hit the ground

Verse 2 (same chords)

G Am

(C---G)

You're willing and able

So nice to have around

The head of the table

Is tightly wound

The noise is loud

So turn it down

Chorus 1

F G

When you think about it

Em Am

Try to wrap your head around it

You find none of it

G A

Makes any sense at all

F G

And people you once trusted

Em Am

Are now looking so disgusted

F G

And they're waiting anxiously

For you to fall

Verse 3 (again same chords... as verse 1)

G Am

(C---G)

You take for granted

And take what you can grab

Fore say what's landed

Into your lap

You shake the hand

And take a stab

Verse 4 (and again verse 1 chords)

G Am

(C---G)

And there's no need to doubt it

There's never been

Two ways about it

It takes a thick skin

There's ways around it

But no way in

Chorus 2 (same as 1st chorus)

When you think about it

Try to wrap your head around it

You find none of it

Makes any sense at all

And people you once trusted

Are now looking so disgusted

And they're waiting anxiously

For you to fall

Bridge 1 (* = insert cool riff here)

Em Am

And there you go (*)

Em Am

Telling everybody you know (*)

Em Am

Selling a one man show

So take a look around you now

And soak it up and take a bow

Verse 4 (same as 1st verse)

G Am

(C---G)

You're living and crawling

And trying to catch a breath

You're stalling and dying

A sudden death

And all the while

You second guess

Bridge 2 chords:

D F#m Bm Bm/A E

- - - -

Ohh.. Ooh yeah.. Oooohhhh... Ohhh

Last 2 verses (verse chords change)

(same on last 2)

And now the time has come

F#m

For it to stop

The clown was done

So call a cop

Bm/A

You're like a boy

In a china shop

You're poised and ready

Unable to make a sound

Your hands are sweaty

As you look down

You're running already

When you hit the ground

Outro chords:

D Bm A D

- - -

__Saranak__

__2009__

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