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Artist: The New Pornographers
Album: Mass Romantic
Song: The Slow Descent into Alcoholism
tabber: John Baer ([email protected])
*There is a lack of tabs for Mass Romantic online. I intend to fill the void.*
Intro: B-power chord- (slide the base note on string 5 down to Bb on the offbeat
to give the distinctive chunking sound on the record.)
Verse: 1
B F# E B
I say my….my slow descent…into alllcoholism it went,…
B F# E B
to my head…where I really need it…with abuse…they remain…untreated
Prechorus
B F# E B
I say my, my, my my slow descent, into alcoholism it went…
Chorus:
E F# B E A F# B
Something like this…(ahhh-ah-ahhh) (x3)
B A
Salvation holdout central (x3)
Verse: 2 B
B F# E B
I say, my…ever loosening grip…on the commonest courtesies slipped….
F# E
From my hands…where I really need her…when I need change…
B
for the par–king meeters..
*Repeat Prechorus
*Repeat Chorus
Chorus: 2
G E B A
Salvation holdout central…(Salvation holdout central) x3
G E
Salvation holdout central
Interlude: G A B (x4)
Outro Chorus:
B A G E
[Salvation holdout central (x3)…Salvation holdout central..] (x2)
A B
Uh-huh Uh-huh Uh-huh Uh-huh……
-See the NP’s in concert!!!
