Aphasia Acoustic tab by Pinegrove

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#

Difficulty: Intermediate


Chords - Relative to capo:

F#m7add11 F#m13 E   A Amaj7/G# F#m C#m/G# Esus4 Bsus4/F#
e|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----0-----0-----|
B|---0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----5-----0-----0-----|
G|---2-----2-----1-----2-----2-----2-----6-----2-----4-----|
D|---2-----1-----2-----2-----2-----4-----6-----2-----4-----|
A|---0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----4-----4-----0-----2-----|
E|---2-----2-----0-----0-----4-----2-----4-----0-----2-----|

F#m7add11 is named F#m7 in the lyrics section for the sake of being able to fit the chord changes
to the lyrics.
F#m13 omits the 5th which is quite normal in voicing a chord on guitar that in its full form contains 7 notes,
as well as the 9th, but contains the 7th and 13th along with the minor 3rd which are the most important notes
in determining a minor 13th chord. Can also be thought of as B7add11/F#.

Hall adds a finger to go from A to Amaj7/G#, as you see in the fingerpicking section, I haven't added this
chord change to the lyrics, but this continues on through the whole song, through the strumming sections
you'll want to put emphasis on strumming that E string to make it stand out.


Fingerpicking:

  F#m7add11        F#m13          E
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | x3
B|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------| |
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----1-----1-----1---------| |
D|--------2-----------2-----------1-----------1-----------2-----------2------| |
A|--------------------------2-----------2------------------------------------| |
E|--2-----------2-----------------------------------0-----------0------------| |
  |      | =() in lyrics, time played before singing          |
                                        |
  A      Amaj7/G#                            |
e|-----------------------------|                        |
B|--2-----2-----2-----2--------|                        |
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|                        |
D|--------2--------------------|                        |
A|--0-----------------0--------|                        |
E|--------------4--------------|                        |

  F#m7add11        F#m13          E              | x1 then repeat from start
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
B|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------| |
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----1-----1-----1---------| |
D|--------2-----------2-----------1-----------1-----------2-----------2------| |
A|--------------------------2-----------2------------------------------------| |
E|--2-----------2-----------------------------------0-----------0------------| |
                                        |
  A                  Amaj7/G#                |
e|--------------------------------------------------|              |
B|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|              |
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------|              |
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------------|              |
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------------0-----|              |
E|--------------------------------------4-----------|              |



F#m7  F#m13     E        A             | Fingerpicking
So satisfied, I said a lot of things tonight.           |
                                 |
F#m7  F#m13      E        A             |
So long aphasia and the ways it kept me hiding.          |
                                 |
F#m7       F#m13    E        A          |
() It's not so much exactly all the words I used —       |
                                 |
F#m7        F#m13     E           A    |
() it's more that I was somehow down to let them loose.     |
                                 |
F#m7   F#m13     E       A              |
So complicated, I can't wait to get explainin'.          |
                                 |
F#m7      F#m13     E          A        |
() Your listening distended out since I've been crying.     |
                                 |
F#m7     F#m13     E         A         |
() So long aphasia and the ways it kept me hidden        |
                                 |
F#m7      F#m13       E      A         |
() So long to silent nerves and hesitant oblivion.       |
                                 |
F#m7       F#m13     E          A      |
() You came and sent me out unfurling in the street —      |
                                 |
F#m7       F#m13    E       A           |
() And I felt unprecedented confidence in speaking.       |
                  ^ (regular strumming)

F#m7    F#m13        E          A       | Muted strumming
() Stick around I'm thinking things'll be alright        |
                                 |
F#m7     F#m13       E       A         |
() Newly delivered, won't you live with me tonight?       |

  A                  Amaj7/G#
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------|
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------------|
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------4-----------|

F#m7   F#m13       E       A           | Regular strumming
Something tonight was such a letdown on my pride         |
                                 |
F#m7        F#m13       E          A    |
It takes a part of me I don't got to take some things in stride. |

  F#m7   F#m13        E       A        | Muted strumming
I'd pace around the place, so quiet in myself           |
                                 |
F#m7       F#m13      E         A      |
() I'd wake the next and see my silence went unfelt       |

F#m7      F#m13       E       A        | Regular strumming
()Just when I thought I had this pattern sorted out,      |
                                 |
F#m7     F#m13    E        A            |
() apparently my ventricles are full of doubt, now —      |

F#m7      F#m13         E        A     | Muted strumming
Nah, things go wrong sometimes, don't let it freak you out    |

F#m7        F#m13     E         A      | Regular strumming
() But if I don't have you by me then I'll go underground!   |

F#m7         F#m13      E        A      | Muted strumming
Nah, but what you've got was in your reaches all along.      |
                                 |
F#m7        F#m13      E       A       |
Plus one day you'll be reaching for me and I'll be gone,     |

F#m7      F#m13      E         A        | Low strumming
() so to help remind myself I wrote this little song.      | with mounting
                                 | intensity
  F#m7    F#m13      E   A              |
One day I won't need your love.                  |
                                 |
  F#m7    F#m13        E        A      |
One day I won't define myself by the one I'm thinking of,     |

      F#m7    E  F#m
and if one day I won't need it,

     F#m7     E  C#m/G#
then one day you won't need it.


Esus4 Bsus4/F# E A F#m7 F#m13 E


Ending:
                 F#m7        F#m13
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------0--------0-----------|
G|----------------------------------2------2-----------2-----|
D|---------2-----------------------2----------2-------1------|
A|-------2---2-2/4\2p0------------0--------0---------2-------|
E|-0-2/4---------------2/4\2p0---2------------------2--------|


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