Yeah Sapphire Tab

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                             YEAH SAPPHIRE - The Hold Steady
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Tabbed by: Spence
Email: pointgodspence@hotmail.com
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Main riff:
 
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Verse:
 
Yeah, Sapphire
I'm sick and I'm tired and I'm fried
And you gotta believe me
Yeah, Sapphire
If I cross myself when I come,
Would you maybe receive me?
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Verse 2.0:
 
Yeah, Sapphire
You were feisty at first,
But I broke you and I showed you the tempo
Sacramento,
It swung at us first
But it ended up going down gentle
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Chorus:
 
Sapphire, if Cheyenne's too small
We'll haul it all back to St. Paul
I was just about to call you
When you called
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Verse 1 + 2.0 together:
 
Yeah, Sapphire
I know the last time we touched
I came on a bit rough, please forgive me
Yeah, Sapphire
After you left, it was a big sketchy mess
They almost killed me
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(Played with the part above)
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Chorus:
 
Sapphire, if Cheyenne's too small
We'll haul it all back to St. Paul
I was just about to call you
When you called
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Sapphire, if St. Paul don't call
We've always got Aberdeen
'Cause dreams they seem to cost money
But money costs some dreams
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Bridge:
 
It went just as you predicted
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I swear there must be something in your dreams
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It all went down exactly like your visions
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And I know you said don't call until I'm clean
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I'm not drunk, I'm cut
I'm gushing blood
And I need someone to come and pick me up
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Outro:
 
I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work
I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work
I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work
I was a skeptic at first, but these miracles work
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End:
 
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| x   Mute note
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