Doctor Blind
by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton (www.emilyhaines.com)
Album: Knives Don't Have Your Back
(2006)
Capo 3
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|--0------------------------------.|--0------------------------------0--|
|----0-------0-------2-------2-----|----0-------0-------2------------0--| "Lonesome lows..."
|------2---4---0---1---4---1---4---|------2---4---0---1---4----------2--|
|---------------------------------.|--------------------------3--2-0-2--|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------0--|
(NOTE: The chords aren't played in the song until the lyric "Lonesome lows...". The tab
is played.)
If you have any trouble with the rhythm it's basically all downstrokes on the downbeat.
Em G
The lack of light, hollow sea
B
Poison beaches, limousines
Em G B
Toothless dentists, cops that kill
Em G C
My baby's got the lonesome lows, don't quite go away overnight
C B Em Am
Doctor Blind, just prescribe the blue ones
Em G C
If the dizzying highs don't subside overnight
C B Em Am Em B E
Doctor Blind, just prescribe the red ones
[Da da da part is:]
Am E Em A Am E Em
I__________
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|----------------------------1---0----| Repeat til "My baby's got the lonesome lows..."
|--------0------0--------2---------2--| (and here you just play 3--2-0 on 5th string
|----2-4------0---4----1---4----------| followed by Em)
|--------------------2--------(2)-----|
|--0--------3-------------------------|
(NOTE: The chords aren't played in the song til "Lonesome lows..." lyric. The tab above
played.)
Em G
Hard to hold, cold to touch
B
Fall to pieces, treat the rush
Em G B
In hindsight, primetime talk
Em G B
All your pain will end here
Em G B
Let the doctor soothe your brain, dear
Em G C
My baby's got the lonesome lows, don't quite go away overnight
C B Em Am
Doctor Blind, just prescribe the blue ones
Em G C
If the dizzying highs don't subside overnight
C B Em Am Em B E
Docter Blind, just prescribe the red ones.
[Am E Em A Am E Em] x2
[Am E]
Tabbed by B. Lewis
bwl385@yahoo.com
********************Non-capo version***********************
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------3--|
|--3---------------------------.|--3-----------------------------3--|
|----3----2-3------5-2----5-2---|----3----2-3------5-2-----------3--|
|------5------3--4------4-------|------5------3--4------1--0-----5--|
|------------------------------.|-----------------------------3--5--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------3--|
*Use all barre chords*
Gm Bb
The lack of light, hollow sea
D
Poison beaches, limousines
Gm Bb D
Toothless dentists, cops that kill
Gm Bb Eb
My baby's got the lonesome lows, don't quite go away overnight
Eb D Gm (Cm)
Doctor Blind, just prescribe the blue ones
Gm Bb Eb
If the dizzying highs don't subside overnight
Eb D Gm (Cm Gm D) G
Doctor Blind, just prescribe the red ones
Cm G
Da da-da, da-da da-dum, da da-da
Gm C Cm G Gm
Ah ah-ah, ah-ah da-dum, ah-da-da da
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Gm Bb Eb
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|----------------------------4---3-1---|
|----0-2-3------3-2------5-2----------.|
|-------------3--------4------(0)------|
|-----------1--------5----------------.|
|--3-----------------------------------|
Hard to hold, cold to touch
Fall to pieces, treat the rush
In hindsight, primetime talk
All your pain will end here
Let the doctor soothe your brain, dear
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Gm Bb Eb
My baby's got the lonesome lows, don't quite go away overnight
Eb D Gm (Cm)
Doctor Blind, just prescribe the blue ones
Gm Bb Eb
If the dizzying highs don't subside overnight
Eb D Gm (Cm Gm D) G
Docter Blind, just prescribe the red ones
End:
Cm G Gm C Cm G Gm (x2)
Cm G
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Doctor Blind tab by Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton, added : May 25th, 2007
