Then Ill Be Smiling Cifras

Artist: Matt Nathanson
Song: Then I'll Be Smiling
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 6th Fret
 
 
[Chords]
G:       3x0033
G/B:     x20033
C:       x32010
Cadd9:   x30033
D:       xx0232
D/F#:    200233
D/C#:    x40232
Am7:     x02010
Bmadd#5: x2403x
E7:      020xxx
A:       50xxxx
 
The main riff throughout the song goes like this (D* for purposes of this tab):
 
E|--3--------3--------2----2--------|
B|--3--------3--------3----3--------|
G|--0--------0--------0h2--2h4p2p0--|
D|--0--------0--------0----0--------|
A|--3--------x----------------------|
E|-----------3----------------------|
 
[Intro]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
 
 
[Verse 1]
Cadd9   G    D*
Trailed by a mess
   Cadd9
Of masking tape
    G
Construction paper
        D*
And the best of intentions
   Bmadd#5        Cadd9    D*
He tried to patch up every hole as he went
Bmadd#5  Cadd9     D*
Back and forth and back again
 
        Cadd9        G       D*
And his friends half full of half concerns
  Cadd9     G         D*
Embarrassed looks and tired words
              Bmadd#5
They burrowed deeper
         Cadd9           D*
Into the ignorant little lives they preferred
       Bmadd#5      Cadd9
And he envied their distance
      D*
Their lack of concern
 
He thought
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me
E7           A
Then I'll be smiling
 
 
[Interlude]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
 
 
[Verse 2]
   Cadd9  G  D*
He cursed himself
        Cadd9       G           D*
And his instinct to nurse every idea to health
    Bmadd#5    Cadd9         D*
And all of the falls that he'd spent
          Bmadd#5  Cadd9         D*
Trying to coax his name from the mouths of success
 
He thought
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me
E7           A
Then I'll be smiling
 
 
[Chorus]
G             D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  They litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F#           G/B        Cadd9
       Then they ask if I'm good enough
G        D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  Litter me with small awarenesses
D
  Just to wake me up
D/C#
  Why do the fools wake me up
 
 
[Interlude]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D*
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me
Am7      G/B            C
  Once I shed the whole   of me
E7           A
Then I'll be smiling
 
 
[Chorus]
G             D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  They litter me with small awarenesses
G D/F#           G/B        Cadd9
       Then they ask if I'm good enough
G        D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  Litter me with small awarenesses
D
  Just to wake me up
G        D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  Litter me with small awarenesses
     G             D/F#    G/B        Cadd9
 And they have the gall to ask if I'm good enough
G             D/F#    G/B    Cadd9
  They litter me with small awarenesses
D
  Just to wake me up
D/C#
  Why do the fools wake me up
 
 
[Outro]
Cadd9 G D*
Cadd9 G D
X