Okay, this is obviously very basic and sloppy, but I find it does the job simplistically
beginners, (such as me, a perpetual beginner) looking to just sing and play this song
fun. Besides, I did not see a tab for this song on this site, so I decided it was time
me to post my first ever tab to any website, since this is a great song.

Standard E: tuning

(Bar Chords)

Chords:

Intro/Verse (Listen to song for rhythm and tempo, again this is just a rough guide
for familiarization.)

E|———————xx—————————–|
B|———————xx—————————–|
G|——8—-5—6—6-xx—-6-6———————-|
D|-8-8–8-6–6-6-6-6-6-xx6-6-6-6———————-|
A|-6-6-6–6-6–6-4-4-4-xx4-4-4-4———————-|
E|———————xx—————————–|

1st Verse (Riff)

How old are you she called to us
Fresh off the bus
to Washington DC
Blond hair and her friend’s was black
With a blue backpack
and a plaid skirt to her knees

Chorus (D# G# C# same tempo, just strum’em) Chords are the same for all choruses

She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
Vacation came to an end
Hey now Holly where you been?

2nd Verse (Riff)

You know we come here every year
How long you here
in Washington DC?
Just three days, I made her smile
and her girlfriend too
That was my best friends blues
and the tragedy of me

2nd Chorus

She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
Vacation came to an end
Hey now Michelle where you been?
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stephen_kellogg_and_the_sixers/thirteen_crd.html )
Interlude (Chords G# D# C#/D# C#/D# G#7 C#)

‘cause when I was thirteen it seemed to me
That there would always be another girl to meet
There was no rush and I would always blush
And it felt so good to take it seriously

Interlude 2nd time through (Chords G# D# C#/D# C#/D# G#7

‘cause when I was thirteen I saw it on the screen
The way that I should be, another girl to meet
We were cleaner then and more innocent
There’s nothing so unlucky about being,
about being thirteen

3rd Verse

The day would always come
When we would have to say goodbye
Sometimes she would cry
and I would ached from all the pride
The last night we’d stay out late,
hold hands and curse fate,
We would try to slow down time

3rd Chorus

She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
Vacation came to an end
Hey now Christa where you been?

Outro Chorus

She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
I wish my vacation never had to end
Hey now baby where you been?

Final Outro

(She’s so fine.) (She was mine)
Back then the girls were the shit

Hope this at least steered you in the right direction!

Questions, Comments? Contact me at http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/Methane/

I’m gonna start the day early
Maybe like a rocket on fire
Then I’m gonna write me a thousand songs
And I am never, ever, ever gonna tire
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stephen_kellogg_and_the_sixers/start_the_day_early_crd.html )
You bring the cup and I’ll bring the moonshine
I wanna fill you up, babe won’t you be mine?

I’m gonna knock em’ all down
Maybe till I can’t see straight
Then I’m gonna wake up at dawn
And I’m gonna feel great
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You bring the cup and I’ll bring the moonshine
I wanna fill you up, babe won’t you be mine? (x2)

I’m gonna start the day early
Maybe like a baby at birth
I’m gonna give you a present
With brown eyes and beautiful words

You bring the cup and I’ll bring the moonshine
I wanna fill you up, babe won’t you be mine? (x5)

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Tuning: Standard
Capo: None

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Intro: piano solo
(listen for when guitar comes in)

The pretty one in the whole place.
She was back there where the phones used to be.
The subject of some new disgrace.
Her whole story was so obvious to me.
And would you believe we met on New Year’s Eve?
In a chapel of sin she was dancing with me.

You know when a hearts in pain, there’s nobody you can blame.
The only light under the doctor’s knife is that we’re the same.

Hearts in, hearts in, hearts in…

Who’s to say the muscle’s dead?
I gave it all to her when we got married.
There were things I never said.
But I’m an idiot and marriage is scary.
And what would you say if I told you so true,
that I love her more now that the marriage is through?

You know when a hearts in pain, there’s nobody you can blame.
The only light under the doctor’s knife is that we’re the same.

Hearts in, hearts in, hearts in…

There’s nothing I could say, to make this go away.
The battles you fight in the war of your life are hard to explain.

Hearts in, hearts in, hearts in…

Instrumental Bridge:

You know when a hearts in pain, there’s nobody you can blame.
The only light under the doctor’s knife is that we’re the same.

Hearts in, hearts in, hearts in…

There’s nothing that I could say to make this go away.
The battles you fight in the war of your life will always remain.

Hearts in, hearts in, hearts in…

Pain.

Instrumental:


This last section kind of repeats but it’s the same general progression

Bum bum bum, bum bum bum…
Bum bum Bum, Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum, bum bum bum…

And you try..and you tryyy

But you cant try enough
But you keep fighting
You keep on fighting me
You keep on fighting. Don’t you know you already won?
The thunder in the city we were hanging on the lawn
Talking all the time about where the time had gone
It’s not the way I thought it’d be it’s not what I was told
I got a young heart and I don’t wanna get

Oldddd I never wanna get old (repeatx8)

And you try (x6)

But you can’t try enough

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