Bright Eyes — Act Of Contrition Chords
Hello.... I took about 2 hours and improved the chords to this song. Everything is
more thorough, and all the chord changed are exact, I just finished listening to the song.
this helps a little better.
Credit to Yoshima for tabbing the original version of this, with some of his
still intact.
Happy jamming =) —LM
Questions? email = alien7542@aol.com
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Bright Eyes — "Act of Contrition"
The chords used in this song are relative to a capo on the 1st fret:
......C....Csus2/B...Am.......F.......G.......
e|————0———————0———————0———————1———————3——————|
B|————1———————1———————1———————1———————3——————|
G|————0———————0———————2———————2———————0——————|
D|————2———————0———————2———————3———————0——————|
A|————3———————2———————0———————0———————2——————|
E|————x———————x———————x———————x———————3——————|
The following pattern is played 4 times for the intro and also forms the main theme of
song; the bass notes being plucked with the thumb and the highest four strings are strummed;
.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..........................
e|———————0—0—0——————0—0—0——————0—0—0——————————————————|
B|———————1—1—1——————1—1—1——————1—1—1——————————————————| INTRO:
G|———————0—0—0——————0—0—0——————2—2—2——————————————————|
D|———————2—2—2——————0—0—0——————2—2—2——3p2h3p2h3p2—————|
A|———3——————————2——————————0——————————————————————————| 3p2h3p2h3p2
E|————————————————————————————————————————————————————| is copied
throughout the
WHOLE song.
This main theme is the repeated through the verse...
C Csus2/B Am
The air was all dust
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
A night so untamed
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
Csus2/B Am
The ground opened up and swallowed, all of the rain
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am
And it swallowed you too...
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
Into distance unknown
C Csus2/B Am (let ring)
F
As they sat down for dinner they waited for you to get home
G
Yeah, they set a...place for you.
C Csus2/B Am (let ring)
G
So don't...be....lieve everything that you read, in that...diary of
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
yours.
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2 C
Am
And this... ner — vous — ness,
3p2h3p2h3p2 C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
It isn't... all your fault
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
It's just these sha — king hands won't do
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
what I want them ... to.
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
And I've tried to guess what it,
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
Is you thought about
C Csus2/B Am (let ring)
F
That act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept.
G
What are you...crying for?
C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F
Just dust...my heart and you will find
G
There are no fingers printed there
C Csus2/B Am (let ring) F
Just the un...touched...place that lies inside
G C Csus2/B Am
3p2h3p2h3p2
Of every...lonely boy...tonight.
***If you have one, start randomly tapping a type—writer until end***
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3 — 2 — 0
.....C..........Csus2/B....Am..................F.......
e|———————0—0—0——————0—0—0——————0—0—0———————————1——————|
B|———————1—1—1——————1—1—1——————1—1—1———————————1——————|
G|———————0—0—0——————0—0—0——————2—2—2———————————2——————|
D|———————2—2—2——————0—0—0——————2—2—2——3——2——0——3——————|
A|———3——————————2——————————0———————————————————0——————|
E|—————————————————————————————————————————————x——————|
F (4 bars)
G
G (3 bars, and on the offbeat before the 4th bar: "And all.....", so that you
on "all" with the G chord, signifying that "all" is the 4th bar
G C Csus2/B Am (let ring)
F
And all this o... pen ...air has caused me to choke
G C Csus2/B
3p2h3p2h3p2
On your...new—found hope...for me.
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2
C Csus2/B Am 3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2...3p2h3p2h3p2.
Let that last note ring out and that's it.
THE END.