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COULDN'T BDA THE - Lennon
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Tabbed by: david0518
Tuning: Drop C (CGCFD )

From the album "5:30 Saturday Morning"

Guitar is in Drop C tuning;
tune all strings down one whole step,
then tune the bottom string down another whole step

[Intro]

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----| x4
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|

[Verse]
  
    C5            B5        A5
    *p.m.--------------------------*>
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------| x8
A|--12-12-12-12-x-11-x-11-x-9-9-9-9-x----|
E|--12-12-12-12-x-11-x-11-x-9-9-9-9-x----|

Welcome me into your family
You try to show me the other side
Show me what I've been missing
You try to give me your life
I'm not trying to be the rebel
Just want my God-given right
If I'm gonna fuck up my own life
I'm gonna do it right

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|

E|-----------------------2~----|
B|-----------------------3~----|
G|-----------------------2~----|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--0~----|
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--0~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--0~----|

[Chorus]

**piano transposed to guitar**

    F5       Bb5      C5

E|--------------------x--------|
B|--------------------3--------|
G|--12-------5--------2--------|
D|--12-------5--------0--------| x2
A|--10-------3--------0--------|
E|-----------------------------|

And I was too far to stand with you tonight
And I was too lost to find my way home

    F5       Bb5    C

E|------------------2-0-3-2-----|
B|------------------3-3-3-3-----|
G|--12--12---5--5---2-2-2-2-----|
D|--12--12---5--5---0-0-0-0-----|
A|--10--10---3--3---0-0-0-0-----|
E|------------------------------|

There was just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe

[Repeat Intro]

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----| x2
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|

[Verse 2]

    C5            B5        A5
    *p.m.--------------------------*>
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------| x8
A|--12-12-12-12-x-11-x-11-x-9-9-9-9-x----|
E|--12-12-12-12-x-11-x-11-x-9-9-9-9-x----|

Sitting back for a moment
Thinking about a lifetime
Of being alone without you
Remember lying in your arms
One thousand feet off the ground
One thousand feet off the ground
The idea of jumping just never came up

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|

E|-----------------------2~----|
B|-----------------------3~----|
G|-----------------------2~----|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--0~----|
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--0~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--0~----|

[Chorus]

    F5       Bb5    C

E|------------------2-0-3-2-----|
B|------------------3-3-3-3-----|
G|--12--12---5--5---2-2-2-2-----|
D|--12--12---5--5---0-0-0-0-----| x3
A|--10--10---3--3---0-0-0-0-----|
E|------------------------------|

And I was too far to stand with you tonight
And I was too lost to find my way home

There was just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe

[Repeat Intro]

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----| x2
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|

[Bridge]

    Bb5   C5    D5

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--5--5--7--7--9--9--9--9----|
D|--5--5--7--7--9--9--9--9----| x2
A|--3--3--5--5--7--7--7--7----|
E|----------------------------|

Breathing in and breathing out
I feel the air escape my lungs

    Bb5   C5    D5    F5

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--5--5--7--7--9--9--12--12----|
D|--5--5--7--7--9--9--12--12----|
A|--3--3--5--5--7--7--10--10----|
E|------------------------------|

Taking what was on my back
From the other side we came out from

    Bb5   C5    D5

E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--5--5--7--7--------|
D|--5--5--7--7--2~----|
A|--3--3--5--5--2~----|
E|--------------2~----|

Maybe all I have is you

[Interlude]

    D5       F5           Bb5
    *p.m.---------------------------*>
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10-----|
A|--7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-----|
E|------------------------10-10-10-10-----|

Your looking through me
Seeing inside me something I couldn't be

    D5       F5           G5
    *p.m.---------------------------*>
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-----|
D|--9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-----|
A|--7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-----|
E|----------------------------------------|

Standing on my ledge
Taking my jump
It wasn't the out that I need

    F5     Bb5    C

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---------5--5---7-7-7-7-----|
D|--5--5---5--5---7-7-7-7-----| x3
A|--5--5---3--3---5-5-5-5-----|
E|--5--5----------------------|

And I was too far to stand with you tonight
And I was too lost to find my way home

There was just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----| x2
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|

[Chorus]

    F5     Bb5    C

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---------5--5---7-7-7-7-----|
D|--5--5---5--5---7-7-7-7-----| x3
A|--5--5---3--3---5-5-5-5-----|
E|--5--5----------------------|

And I was too far to stand with you tonight
And I was too lost to find my way home

There was just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----| x4
A|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|
E|--0h2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2~----|


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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| p.m. palm mute