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I Can't Start Now

Tabs by Miguel A. Dominguez

Miguel says:

All along the song is played with arpeggio over the central strings, so you don't
have to use (X) the 1st or 6th ones except as indicated (riffs,bass line and some chords).
If you find this very hard, just play the natural chord the best as you can (i.e. F
instead F6). On verses and before the chorus there are riffs during the G chord.


Chords Used:

          E   A   D   G   B   E  

C ------- X   3   2   0   1   X	 
Em        X   2   2   0   0   X 
F6 ------ 1   X   0   2   1  (1)
F         1   X   3   2   1   1   
G ------- 3   2   0   0   0   X
Gsus4     3   2   0   0   1   X 
Am ------ X   0   2   2   1   X
Am/G      3   0   2  (0)  1   X (bass line chord)
E7 ----- (0)  2   0   1   0   X
E7/5(+)   X   X   0   1   1  (0)  
F#7/5(+)- X   X   2   3   3  (2)
D7        X   X   0   2   1  (2) 
D ------- X   X   0   2   3  (2) 
Gsus4     3   2   0   0   1   X 
Bm ------ 2   2   4   4   3  (2)
A         X   0   2   2   2  (0)   


Riff Intro:					
    
E ----(3)-5--3--|------------
B ----(3)-5--3--|-(3)-5--3---
G --------------|-(2)-4--2---
D --------------|------------
A --------------|------------
E --------------|------------


Riff 1:				

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


Riff 2:

    G   G  G
E ---------0-----------
B --1---0-----3--------
G -(0)-----------------
D -(0)-----------------
A --2------------------
E --3------------------


Final Riff:

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



Verse 1:

C ----------------- Em ---------------
Too many late nights, goin' too deeply
                                                       
F6 --------------------------------- G ---------------- Riff 1 
Into her reasons for leavin' me here, like I don't know why

C -------------------- Em ---------------
Thought those blue eyes would complete me

----- F6 -------------------------------------------
But I filled them instead with the ghosts in my head

G ------------- Riff 1
I'm never satis-fied

F6 ---------------- Gsus4 -- G
'Til the first tear falls


Verse 2:

C -------------- Em --------------
Spend my days now dodgin' memories

F6 ------------------------------------------ G ---- Riff 1 ---- 
shufflin' my dreams of what we could have been, in a-nother time

C ------------------- Em -------------------
In places we've known, I sit by the payphone

------ F6 ---------------------------------------
then I warm to my theme with the burn of the Beam

G -------------------------
And build my tower of dimes

F6 -------- G --- Riff 2
But I still can't call


Chorus:
  
- C --------------------------- E7/5(+) ------ E7 -
I hid it all with pride , while time was on my side

F6 ---------------------------------------------
From the echoing alley to the sun-kissed valley,

G -----------------------
I made it through somehow

- C------------------ E7/5(+)--- Am - Am/G -- F
I kept it all inside, never  let it   slide

G -------------------
And I can't start now


Verse 3:

C ----------------- Em --------------
Well I was stand-up, loved a showdown

------- F6 ------------------------------------
Kept my eyes on the road, never saw what I owed

G ------ Riff 1 -------
'Til the price was high

C ------------------- Em -----------------
I heard her sweet lips whisper "slow down"

------- F6 ----------------------------------------
Then my heart hid inside while my old foolish pride

G ----------------------
Made those blue eyes cry 

F6 ---- G ------- Riff 2
And the rain came down


Chorus:

---- C ------------------------- E7/5(+) ------ E7 --
I've played it wise too long, to say that I was wrong

-------- F6 --------------------------------------------
From the kisses in the alley to the sun-kissed valley,

G --------------- Riff 1
I've broken every vow

- C -------------------------- E7/5(+) - Am - Am/G -- F
I never used three words where two would be   enough

G --------------- C -
And I can't start now


Bridge:

F ----------------------- C -------
And every new day dawns to beat me

F ----------------------- C ---------
I'm on the ropes, but I'm hangin' in

F ------------------- Am ---------------- E7 ----- Am/G - D7
But for us to survive, I feel like I'd be taking a dive

------------- G - Final Riff - D7
And I can not win


Chorus: (one tune higher)

- D -------------------------- F#7/5(+) ----- F#7 
I hid it all with pride, while time was on my side

G --------------------------------------------- 
From the echoing alley to the sun-kissed valley

A -----------------------
I made it through somehow

---- D --------------------- F#7/5(+) - Bm -- G
But she had made me start to open up my heart

A ---------------- D -
  And I can't stop now 

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