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                  Stop Smoking Because It's Bad For You -
                 I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business
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Tabbed by: Sean Hummer


Incredible song from Ace Enders' (of The Early November) side project.



Tuning- Capo on First Fret


Chords Used-

   C      Am7    Gadd4     F      Em       
E|--0--| |--3--| |--0--| |--1--| |--0--|
B|--1--| |--1--| |--1--| |--1--| |--0--|
G|--0--| |--0--| |--0--| |--2--| |--0--|
D|--2--| |--2--| |--0--| |--3--| |--2--|
A|--3--| |--0--| |--2--| |--3--| |--2--|
E|-----| |-----| |--3--| |--1--| |--0--|




Intro-
E|0------0------0------0------0------0------0~----0~-----|
B|---1------1------1------1------1------1---3~-3-----3---|
G|-----0------0------0------0------0------0--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

E|0------0------0------0------3------3------0------0--------|
B|---1------1------1------1------1------1------1------1-----|
G|-----2------2------2------2------2------2------2------2---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1------1------3----------------1------1------1----------|
G|---2------2------2------2---2-----2------2------2------2---2---|
D|3----3------3------3------3----3----3------3------3------3-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------0------0------0------0-------0------0---|
B|---1------1------1------3-----3p1------1-------|
G|0----0------0------0------0-------0------0-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|



Verse-

         C 
Like a lit cigarette to your lips when it fit.
         Am7                                                       F
Like the lung to your heart that it loaths 'cause it wasn't always broke.
                                         C
Holding on so long for something that it loves.
         C
Like the hole in the yard that we dug so far.
         Am7                                                       F
When you left for so long and forgot 'cause the grass had grown so tall.
                                            C
Erasing all we thought and when I get close I fall.



Prechorus-

        Em               F
You say life has got you down.
         Em           F
A steady course we're breaking out.



Chorus-

C
   This isn't what you thought it was. I should have known this from the start.
Gadd4
   Like twenty miles of catacombs. And now you're with me in my heart.
F                                                C
   Looking on so far, saying "There, I've got you now."



Verse-
         C
It's the goals in your mind that you left behind.
         Am7                                            F
From the glass is a crutch on the path to always losing touch.
                                                  C
If you blur it just enough you might see what you want.
        C
Now the dirt from the yard blew away so far.
        Am7                                            F
Growing more each day 'til we saw it became a mountain range.
                                               C
And I just stared and blinked, wishing I could change.



Prechorus-
     Em               F
Say, life has got you down.
      Em             F
Set a course, you're breaking out.
         Em              F
Find the will to make it now.
  Em                F
Before our time runs out.

  C



Bridge-
E|------8~-------8~-------8~-------8~--------3~-------3~-------3~-----------|
B|5---5------5--------5--------5---------5h6------5h6------5h6------5h6-----|
G|--5------5---5----5---5----5---5-----4--------4--------4--------4-----4---|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Oh, you didn't want to go.

E|------0~-------0~-------0~-------0~----------------------------------------|
B|--1--------1--------1--------1--------------3~-------3~-------3~-------3~--|
G|2---2----2---2----2---2----2---2--------5--------5--------5--------5-------|
D|--------------------------------------5---5----5---5----5---5----5---5-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Been holding on so long.

E|-------------------------------1p0----------------------------------|
B|----3--------------3---------------3------0---3~---0---3---0---3~---|
G|------5~----5--------5~----5---------4~-0---0-4~-----0---0---0------|
D|--5------5-------5------5---------------------0~--------------------|
A|3--------------3----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
And now I know you'll make it.



E|-----|---0------0------0------0-------|
B|---1-|------1------1------3-----3p1---|
G|0----|-0------0------0------0---------| x3
D|-----|--------------------------------|
A|-----|--------------------------------|
E|-----|--------------------------------|

E|--0-----0~-----------------------------------------|
B|----1--------(S| lide up the neck and then palm)-----|
G|0-----0-------------| mute and strum fast------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|



Chorus-

C
   This isn't what you thought it was. I should have known this from the start.
Gadd4
   Like twenty miles of catacombs. And now you're with me in my heart.
F                                                C
   Looking on so far, saying "There, I've got you now."



Outro-
C         Gadd4
Ohhh...   Ohhh...
                 F
Why'd you have to go?
                   C
And why'd I wait so long?



(Background lead to the choruses)
E|8-------8-------8-------7-8--------|
B|--8-6-5---8-6-5---8-6-5-----10-8---|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

E|--0-3-0---0-3-0---0-3-0---0-3-8----|
B|1-------1-------1-------1----------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

E|------8-------8-------8-------8----|
B|--5-8-----5-8-----5-8-----5-8------|
G|5-------5-------5-------5----------| x2
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|




| PM palm mute
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  let ring
| b  bend
| *  substitute
| x  mute note
| +  harmonic