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I Can't Believe You

This tab is for Kevin Devine's acoustic version of the song à la this Troubador video of Kevin's performance
posted on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obAn8A8zrug

Tuning: Half Step Down

Chords:

   Bb(1)  Bb(2)  C(1)  C(2)   C(3)  Dm(1)  Dm(2) Dm(3)   C#/C   A(1)   A(2)  A7(1) A7(2)   F(1)   F(2)  Gm
     
D#|--x-----1------x-----3------0-----x------5-----1-------3-------5-----0----0-----5-------1------8-----3------|
Bb|--x-----3------x-----5------1-----x------6-----3-------5-------5-----2----2-----5-------1------10----3------|
F#|--x-----3------x-----5------0-----x------7-----2-------5-------6-----2----0-----6-------2------10----3------|
C#|--8-----3-----10-----5------2-----12-----7-----0-------5-------7-----2----2-----5-------3------10----5------|
Ab|--8-----1-----10-----3------3-----12-----5-----x-------4-------7-----0----0-----7-------3------8-----5------|
D#|--6-----x-----8------x------3-----10-----x-----x-------x-------5-----x----x-----5-------1------x-----3------|

  x   Mute note 

** I supply versions of the same chord in order to give you a more detailed voicing for each section of the
song. You can play it however you want to. Kevin likes to change his chord voicings all the time.

Intro: 3 beats Slide from 1st fret into Bb chord (1/688xxx)

Verse 1:

Bb(1)(muted)                    Dm(1)(muted)
I know you're underneath there/ Waiting on an air supply

Bb(1)(muted)                  Dm(1)(muted)
To feed your darkest secret/  The one that's keeping us alive

Bb(1)(muted)  C(1)(muted)         Dm(1)(muted)
You blame me; I don't blame you/  We've traded places over time

Bb(1)(muted)  C(1)(muted)         Dm(1)(muted)
Anger's only fear gone desperate/ That's why I keep an eye on mine

Pre Chorus 1:

One Strum Bb(1), three beat pause/ One Strum A(1) three beat pause

D#|---------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------8---10-----------8----------|
F#|---7-7--10----------7-7--10------------|
C#|--------------------------------7------|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------|


Pre Chorus continues with the following chords, 4 beats each: 

Bb(1) \   F(1)   /   Bb(1)   \ A(1)(three beats) A7(2) (one beat)

Chorus:

F(1)            A(2)                      
   I never know     where I should be,

Bb(2)                 C(2)    C#/C
   But you tell me answers I just can't believe


Dm(3)   C(3)    Dm(3)    A(2)A7(1)

Bb(2)            F(2)
     I can't believe you

Dm(3)   C(3)    Dm(3)    A(2)A7(1)

Bb(2)            F(2)         Dm(2)         \ to open
     I can't believe you na-a-aaoooooooooooooooooow



Verse 2:

Bb(1)(muted)                              Dm(1)(muted)
33! - I don't feel that old, but/           The calendar can't tell a lie

Bb(1)(muted)                              Dm(1)(muted)
Equal measures, sweet & vicious/            The story I make of my life

Bb(1)(muted)        C(1)(muted)           Dm(1)(muted)
I plead "Peace!" then build the bomb back/  The second that the treaty's signed

Bb(1)(muted)        C(1)(muted)           Dm(1)(muted)
Letting go is an active practice/           I'm working at it all the time


Pre Chorus 2:

Bb(1) \ A(1)  A7(2)


Chorus 2:

F(1)                     A(2)                      
   You taught me to call    worrying work

Bb(2)                 C(2)     C#/C
   But that kind of action's a paralysis curse

Dm(3)   C(3)    Dm(3)    A(2)A7(1)
    no lyrics

Bb(2)            F(2)
     I can't believe you

Dm(3)   C(3)    Dm(3)    A(2)A7(1)
     I can't believe you now

Bb(2)            F(2)        
     I can't believe you now

Bridge:

Gm                   A(2)
   Back to the door,   hands to your head,

Bb(2)                Bb(2)
   You said exactly what you meant

Gm                   A(2)
   I never thought     the end was "The End"

Bb(2)              C(3)    A(2)              Dm(3)  
   I figured that somehow we'd be back here again


Outro:

Bb(2)   F(1)    Bb(2)    A(2)
     I can't believe you

Dm(3)   C(3)    Dm(3)    A(2)A7(1)
     I can't believe you now

Bb(2)   F(1)    Bb(2)    A(2) 
     I can't believe you now

Bb(1             C#/C     A(2)        Dm(3)
     I can't believe you




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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| x   Mute note

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