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So Why So Sad? Guitar Tablature
Member Name: the edge
Real Name: ALan Kells
E-mail: [email protected]

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-----5--------------------7-------------9----------------10------------------- 
---6---6----------------7---7--------11---11----------11----11---------------- 
-7-------7------------9-------9---11---------11----12----------12------------- 
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   A                      Bm           C#m               D                     

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--------12-----------------14---------------5------------8-------------------- 
-----13----13-----------14----14----------6---6--------9---9------------------ 
--14----------14-----16----------16-----7-------7-/-10-------10--------------- 
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      E                   F#m                                                  

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-------5-----|-------7---7--------5---5--------------------------------------- 
-----6---6---|-----6-------6----6-------6------------------------------------- 
--/7-------7-|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
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               chorus F#m          C#m      pattern twice then...              

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-----3---3---------0-----------------3-------------2-------------------------- 
--/4-------4-----1---1-------------4---4---------2---2------------------------ 
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    Bm            E

i found the following version on another site and think its miles better than mine so i accept no credit whatsoever for it.

So Why So Sad
 
Transcribed by Henrik Middelthon, [email protected] and Fung Mak [email protected]
 
Chords Used:
A:   5,7,7,6,5,5
Bm:  7,9,9,7,7,7
C#m: 9,11,11,9,9,9
D:  10,12,12,11,10
E:   0,2,2,1,0,0
F#m: 2,4,4,2,2,2
 
 
 
[INTR0]
   A
e||-------------------|--------|
B||-----5-------5-----|--------|
G||---6---6---6---6---|-REPEAT-|
D||-7-------7-------7-|--------|
A||-------------------|--------|
E||-------------------|--------|
 
 
[VERSE 1]
      A
e||------------------------------------------|
B||---------5-----------5---------5----------|
G||------6-----6-----6----6----6-----6-------|
D||---7-----------7---------7-----------7----|
A||------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------|
                  Things  get  clear  when  I  feel
 
      Bm                       C#m
e||--------------|         e||----------------|
B||---------7----|         B||----------9-----|
G||------7-----7-|         G||-------9-----9--|
D||---9----------| x4      D||---11-----------| x4
A||--------------|         A||----------------|
E||--------------|         E||----------------|
      Free                       But what happens next comes
 
      D                                    E
e||-------------------|         e||---------------|
B||-----------10------|         B||---------0-----|
G||-------11------11--|         G||------1-----1--|
D||---12--------------| x4      D||---2-----------| x4
A||-------------------|         A||---------------|
E||-------------------|         E||---------------|
       easily                        What gentle hands you brought to
 
     F#m
e||----------------|
B||----------2-----|
G||-------2----2---|
D||----4-----------| x4
A||----------------|
E||----------------|
    me
 
    A                           G
e||---------------|         e||---------------|
B||---------5-----|         B||---------3-----|
G||------6-----6--|         G||------4-----4--|
D||---7-----------| x2      D||---5-----------| x2
A||---------------|         A||---------------|
E||---------------|         E||---------------|
  When your eyes feel weak and tired it truly
 
     A
e||---------------|         
B||---------5-----|         
G||------6-----6--|         
D||---7-----------| x4   
A||---------------|        
E||---------------|      
      hits
 
 
[CHORUS]
      F#m                          C#m
e||---------------|         e||---------------|            |
B||---------2-----|         B||---------9-----|            |
G||------2-----2--|         G||------9-----9--|            |
D||--4------------| x4      D||---11----------| x4         | x2
A||---------------|         A||---------------|            |
E||---------------|         E||---------------|            |
      So why so sad            You live and you love
     So why so sad            You've given all the love
 
      Bm                          E
e||---------------|         e||---------------|
B||---------7-----|         B||---------0-----|
G||------7-----7--|         G||------1-----1--|
D||---9-----------| x4      D||---2-----------| x4
A||---------------|         A||---------------|
E||---------------|         E||---------------|
      Searching for the        dead sea scrolls
 
      G                          Bm
e||---------------|         e||---------------|            
B||---------3-----|         B||---------7-----|            
G||------4-----4--|         G||------7-----7--|            
D||---5-----------| x4      D||---9-----------| x4                      A||---------------|         A||---------------|            
E||---------------|         E||---------------|            
      So why,                    so why so sad
 
 
[VERSE 2]
When I missed you you were my life
When I missed you you were my life
So at ease in the midnight sky
So at ease in the midnight sky
My insides will look like wire
My insides will look like wire
Paralysed as if to prove my thoughts
 
REPEAT CHORUS
 
[VERSE 3]
My smile as real as a hyena's
My smile as real as a hyena's
Burns an express-way to my skull
Burns an express-way to my skull
Well I will stick myself together again
My spirit, soul and body know I can't pretend
 
 
[MIDDLE]
 
This is played by a stylophone, but I have tabbed it so you can play along in this bit too. JDB will maybe play this bit on guitar live, like he does with Kevin Carter, sliding around on the D-string.
 
e||--------------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-----------5-4-2-0-4~-5-7-9~-7-5-11~-9-7-10~-9-7-14~~-12-11~~~|
A||--5///17------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[CHORUS]
 
Stylophone continues like this into the chorus
e||------------------------------------------------------|
B||--14~~~~~~~~~~~~~-12-10-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------|
G||--------------------------------------------13~~~~~~~~|
D||------------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------|
       So why so sad          You live and you love
 
 
e||-----------------------------------12~~~--------------------|
B||-10-12-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------14~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
G||------------------------------------------------------------|
D||------------------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------------|
                 So why so sad You've given all the love
 
 
e||------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-13-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--14--15-12~~~~~~~~----------------|
G||------------------------------------------------------------|
D||------------------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------------|                                         
          Searching for the dead sea scrolls
 
 
e||-----------------------12--------------------|
B||--12-14-15~~~~~~~~~~------14~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
G||---------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------------------|  x2
A||---------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------|
     So    why,           so why so sad
 
e||-----------------------12-------------------------------------|
B||--12-14-15~~~~~~~~~~-------14~~~~~~~~-------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------|  
A||--------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------9~~~~~~~~~///2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
     So    why,           so why so sad
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