A Life Of Possibilities - The Dismemberment Plan

A Life Of Possibilities

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Afinação: E A D GTecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
song sounds an octave lower than tabbed here, only way to play it like that is to tune the E string down to C
but drop C tuning (CGCF) doesn't make too much sense for the chorus since it's a bit hard to get the F note in
so my guess is that it's either played in C standard (CFBbEb) or in standard with an octave pedal
 
[Verse 1]
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
x2
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9h10-9h10-|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-----------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-5-3-2-|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse 2]
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
x2
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9h10-9h10-|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-----------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-------7-5-3-2-|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse 3]
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9h10-9h10-|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-----------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9h10-9h10-|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-5-5-5---5-5-5---|-7-7-7-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
x2
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-------7-5-3-2-|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Pre-chorus]
 
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
D|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Chorus]
 
G|-5---5-5-5-5-----|-3---3-3-3-3-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|---------------3-|---------------3-|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5---5---5-5-5-5-|-4---4---4-4-4-4-|-4---4---4-4-4-3-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-5---5-5-5-5-----|-3---3-3-3-3-----|-2---2-2-2-2-----|-1---1-1-1-1-1---|
D|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4---4---4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Outro]
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-4\--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3---33|-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-3-3-3---3-3-3-33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3-3-3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|---x-3---3-3---3-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---x-3---3-3---3-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|---x-3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3-3-3---3-3---3-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|---x-3---3-3---3-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---x-3---3-3---3-|-3-3---3---333-3-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----3-----------|-----------------| x5
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
\ = slide down
h = hammer-on
x = dead note

How to play A Life Of Possibilities

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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