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 Dsus2 Dsus2
 cause this world couldn't hold you cause this world couldn't hold you
-G+               G
 you slipped free you slipped free
-       Dsus+           Dsus2
 yeah this world couldn't hold you yeah this world couldn't hold you
-G               A+             G    A
 you slipped free you slipped free
             Dsus2             Dsus2
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 and you slipped free and you slipped free
 without me. without me.
 +
 +
 +
 +Bluejays and Cardinals, version 2
 +
 +I think this is pretty close to the album version.
 +
 +Tuning is Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Ab-Db
 +
 +Chords are:
 +
 +Db:    000200
 +Eb:    222422
 +Gb:    550000
 +Gb/Ab: 500000
 +Ab:    770000
 +
 +DbRiff:
 +----0----0----0--0----2--0--0-----0
 +----0----0----4--0----0--0--4h0---0
 +----2----2----2--2----2--2--2-----2
 +----0----0----0--0----0--0--0-----0
 +----0----0----0--0----0--0--0-----0
 +----0----0----0--0----0--0--0-----0
 +
 +GbRiff:
 +
 +----7----7--7-7-7--5----4----2----2----4--2--0
 +----7----7--7-7-7--5----4----2----2----4--2--0
 +----0----0--0-0-0--0----0----0----0----0--0--0
 +----0----0--0-0-0--0----0----0----0----0--0--0
 +----------------------------------------------
 +----------------------------------------------
 +
 +Intro:
 +Db Eb Gb  Gb/Ab
 +Db DbRiff
 +Db DbRiff
 +
 +Eb
 +Bluejays and cardinals all come out to play
 +Gb                                   DbRiff DbRiff
 +Highway traffic gets out of your way
 +Eb
 +Skies clear up if they're overcast
 +Gb                                   DbRiff DbRiff 
 +Pitbulls are gentle when you come past
 +Eb
 +Stars come out of hiding for you
 +Gb
 +And I would too
 +
 +         Db
 +But this world couldn't hold you
 +            Gb  
 +You slipped free
 +           Db
 +Yeah, this world couldn't hold you
 +            Gb    Ab
 +You slipped free
 +        Db
 +Without me
 +
 +GbRiff
 +DbRiff GbRiff
 +DbRiff GbRiff
 +DbRiff GbRiff Db
 +
 +Eb
 +New sheen all over everything
 +Gb                                   Db
 +When you open up your mouth to sing
 +Eb
 +Baseballs travel further when you watch them fly
 +Gb                                           DbRiff DbRiff
 +Apples fatten on the trees when you walk by
 +          Eb
 +You bring something unreplaceable to each and every day
 +Gb
 +Or you used to, anyway
 +
 +         Db
 +But this world couldn't hold you
 +            Gb 
 +You slipped free
 +           Db
 +Yeah, this world couldn't hold you
 +            Gb    Ab
 +You slipped free
 +        Db
 +Without me
 +
 +GbRiff
 +DbRiff GbRiff
 +DbRiff GbRiff
 +DbRiff GbRiff
 +Db
 +
 + 
 +
 +------BLUEJAYS AND CARDINALS VERSION 3------
 +
 +when this site was down for a few days, I really wanted to learn this song, so I set down to learn it myself. 
 +I came up with something, and me and my friend both agree that it sounds just like the album version.
 +
 +instrumental demonstration of this tab: http://www.box.net/shared/l0lc3nlkyz
 +I play the intro + verse a couple of times, and at 00:51 I switch to the chorus.
 +
 +tuning: CGCCGC. the two middle Cs are the same tone. 
 +capo on 1st fret
 +additionally, the guitar on the album version is a bit sharp.
 +
 +NOTE: for every chord, I provide notes for all six strings, but as he strums very loosely, 
 +it is possible that he sometimes only plays the higher three or four strings and not all six 
 +(especially during the riffs.) listen to the record or figure out how you like to do it.
 +
 +Intro/Verse (listen for strumming pattern, it's pretty hectic)
 +C--0-----2-----0------0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0------------
 +G--0-----2-----0------5-5--4-5-7-5-4-5-----------
 +C--0-----2-----0------0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------
 +C--0-----2-----x------0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------
 +G--0-----2-----5------0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-------
 +C--0-----2-----5------0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--------
 +   C5*   D5    F  **  C (w/ riff)***
 +*only during intro
 +**during the F chord in the intro, he plays a riff which goes roughly:
 +
 +C--0-----------------------0-
 +G--0-----------------------5-
 +C--0-----------------------0-
 +C--x-----------------------0-
 +G--5-----555-555-5-55-5-5--0-
 +C--5-----555-444-2-22-2-2--0-
 +   F                       C5
 +
 +***keep in mind that there are times when he strums the C chord, all strings open, instead of doing this riff.
 +
 +Chorus
 +
 +C--0-----0-----0-----0--0---0-
 +G--0-----0-----0-----0--0---0-
 +C--0-----0-----0-----0--0---0-
 +C--0-----x-----0-----x--x---0-
 +G--0-----5-----0-----5--7---0-
 +C--0-----5-----0-----5--7---0-
 +   C5*   F     C5    F  G   C5
 +
 +*he jumps straight from the F in the verse to this C5
 +
 +C--7-----5-4-2-444-2-0-------0-
 +G--7-----5-4-2-444-2-0-------0-
 +C--0-----0-0-0-000-0-0-------0-
 +C--0-----0-0-0-000-0-0-------0-
 +G--0-----0-0-0-000-0-0-------0-
 +C--0-----0-0-0-000-0-0-------0-
 +   C5                        C5**
 +
 +(LISTEN FOR TIMING)
 +
 +**he sometimes the C5 riff from the verse here
 +
 +pretty sure that's everything. enjoy!
  
 </code> </code>
 +
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