The Lines You Amend – Sloan

Originally tabbed by Mark Wiebe; minor corrections by Adam Bishop

C   – x32010
C7  – x32310
F   - 133211
Am  – x02210
G   - 320003
G/B – x2003x

0:03 and 1:28
|-------12------12----10----12--8-|
|---------------------------------|
|-10/12------12----12----12-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

0:15 and 1:38
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-5--7-7--9-9-10-10-----------------------|
|--------------------5-5--7-7--9-9-10-10--|
|-3--5-5--7-7--8--8-----------------------|
|--------------------3-3--5-5--7-7--8--8--|

G riff
0:30 and 1:54
|------------------------| <--something along those lines, I think
|----------------1-1-----|
|----------------0-0--3--| x3
|---------------------3--|
|-5--7--5--7--5----------|
|-3--3--3--3--3----------|


0:42, 2:05 and 2:12
|----------|
|----------|
|----------| x2
|----------|
|-3--2--0--|
|----------|

C

C
You said you'd found a way to end it peacefully
    C7
I remember finding your shoes near the lake under a tree
        F                                                    C
and I'm sittin on the shore I thought I saw your charm float by
   Am                                                C
It doesn't matter now cause all you wanted to do was die yeah
  (G riff)                     
If only you'd stuck around I never would've made a sound
                                                    C     G/B Am
But now you're on the ocean floor and I've opened a brand new door

C     G/B Am     |---3--0-----------|
brand new door   |--x------3--1-1---|
                 |-x----------------|
                 |------------------|
                 |------------------|
                 |------------------|

C
Swimming out to sea trying to find something else
      C7
while I'm skipping stones and I'm listening to the shells
      F                                       C
And I won't forget you if someone else comes along

  Am                              F                 Bb
I found the words you wrote but I would not dare to quote
   Am           Dm        Am                    G                  C
my friends, the lines you amend, like what's so bad about dying anyway

(Repeat intro)

C
Swimming out to sea trying to find something else
      C7
while I'm skipping stones and I'm listening to the shells
      F                                       C
And I won't forget you if someone else comes along
       Am                                       C
You'll always come to mind whenever I hear that song, yeah
   (G riff)
The one about photographs sung by Ringo Starr
                                                  C     G/B Am
Especially in the chorus part you always said now don't you start
C     G/B Am                C     G/B Am     C     G/B Am     F  Bb
don't you start, yeah yeah, don't you start, don't you start