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                   Vital Vessle Vindicates - The Dear Hunter
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Tabbed by: Tyler Gjersee

Tuning: Standard

Another amazing Dear Hunter song. Most of the song is not played on guitar so you get 
some liberty as far as your interpretation. If any chords are wrong, please comment or e-
mail me. 


[Piano Intro]
C     G

C                                             G
Salt in the sky in the sweet summer air while mammoths depart
 C                                         G
Abandon dispair with thirsty affairs of the heart
Am                                                F
But the chances of escaping my heart are inadequate, and
Am                                           F
when all is said and done I'm left with my history

C   G    F  G    Am          Dm    F           G
Goodbye, my eyes shed heavy tears. One for every
C    G    Em             Am     F       G              C
soul still sitting on the fence between pain and arrogance
C                                  G
Ebb to the left flow to the right. The exit's unflawed
C
The boys on the train
                               G
The almighty tongue with prose spilled in vain


 C   G   F  G    Am         Dm    F        G
Goodbye, my eyes shed heavy tears. One for every
C    G    Em         Am         F       G
soul still sitting on the fence between pain and arrogance
C       F           Dm     G           Em     Am      F         G
We fall beneath the sea of dreams and fail to breathe until we resurface
C       F           Dm     G          Em     Am             F    Ab 
We fall beneath the sea of dreams and fail to breathe until we awaken again


There is a little chromatic slide here

  C      B    Bb    A     Ab         G
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------|
A|3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------4-4-4-3-3-3----------------------------------------|

Ab
Sing softly sing me to the lake
G
Sing softly bring me to the lake

[Guitar Riff]
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------2-5-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-2--2-5-3------2-3-----3-2-------------------------------------------|
A|-2-3-----3-----------------------3-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Dm             G         Dm           G
Through all of this I've felt just the same
    Dm                G    C
The flame is gone the fire remains

[String Interlude]
Here are the chords. The strings have a lot of passing notes here so each
chord will be a little weird at times. Several measures per chord.

C   G  Am  F  C   G   Em    F

[Piano Outro] (Just a quick interpretation)

Repeat until the end.
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------12-14-17-14--|
A|---12-14----12-14---12-14----12-14-----10-12----10-12---10-12--------------|
E|12-------10-------9-------10--------12-------10-------8-------10-12-15-12--|


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