Chloe @the walker. Minneapolis.
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how to play "Screaming Infidelities" by dashboard confessional
Ok...the hardest part of this song is the tuning. Its in an open D flat tuning. every string is a D flat except for the A string which is tuned down a half step to an A flat. so...tune your low E string down to a D flat. your A string down to an A flat. your D string down to a D flat. your g string down to a D flat. your b string UP to a D flat. and your high E string down to a D flat. (note that all the strings are tuned down EXCEPT for the B string...tune that UP to a D flat...if youre gonna break a string tuning, its probably going to be that one. :))
again, ive included a video showing me playing along (shot on my phone so forgive the quality.).. the tab is chords only, you're on your own with the strumming patterns. verses are pretty easy...the chorus gets a little quick with the chord changes.
Verses
--5---4- --0---0- --5---4- --0---2-- ---2--
--0---0- --0---0- --0---0- --0---0-- ---0--
--0---0- --0---0- --0---0- --0---0-- ---0--
--5---4- --0---0- --0---0- --0---0-- ---0--
--0---0- --2---3- --0---0- --4---2-- ---1--
--------- --------- --5---4- ---------- -------
Choruses
--4--5--7---7--5--4- -7----7-5--4
--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--0- -0----0-0--0
--0--0--0---0--0--0- -7----7-0--0
---------------------- ---------------
--2---4-- --5----5--4--0--
--0---0-- --0----0--0--0--
--0---0-- --0----0--0--0--
--0---0-- --0----0--0--0--
--2---2-- --0----0-----0--
---------- --5----5-----0--
--2---4-- --7-----
--0---0-- --0-----
--0---0-- --0-----
--0---0-- --0-----
--2---2-- --7-----
---------- ---------
End (your hair is everywhere...)
--4--5--2--5--
--0--0--2--0--
--0--0--2--0--
--4--5--2--0--
--0--0--2--0--
---------2--5--
End
--5--4--
--0--0--
--0--0--
--5--4--
--0--0--
---------
Monday, July 18, 2011
-prayer-
friday July 1st i drove myself to work in the used VW passat i had just paid thousands in cash for 3weeks before. i do not make a lot of money. spending thousands on a car for me is a big deal. its an investment. its a risk. as i pulled into the parking lot at work that morning the vehicle killed. i managed to roll about 40 or 50 feet into a parking spot and put in park. i turned the key. it would not start, and it made a sound ive never heard before. it didnt sound like a starter problem. it didnt sound like an alternator problem. so what was it?
i called to have the passat (i now have a new name for the car...i can not repeat the name here) towed to a mechanic. the tow truck driver asked me to try to start it. he heard the same noise i heard and he made a sick looking face. "oh no...thats no good", he said. "what do you think it is?" i asked. "definitely the timing belt." he was sure of it. i dont know a ton about cars. but i know enough to know that a timing belt isnt that expensive of a part, but its a big job. minimum, im looking at 500 to 1000 to change the belt. the fear: when a timing belt breaks it can do major damage to the engine pistons. if thats the case you can expect to pay 3000 or even more to rebuild the engine..or buy a used one.
happy times are ahead. im getting married in less than a year. i can not have a 3000 dollar car repair right now. i NEED to save money.
i was raised in a family where everyone believes in god in one way or another. so i was taught very early to pray. i will admit that as life has gone on ive lost quite a bit of faith in prayer. i have far too many personal experiences of me praying...and the exact opposite happening. that feels like a pretty big slap in the face. i can also look at history, mainly world war 2, and wonder what the heck the point is if crap like that is just going to happen anyway. an "all loving, all powerful" god seriously let THAT happen to his "chosen people"?!?!?! seriously?! i have to imagine there were BILLIONS of prayers going out at that time. billions of desperate prayers, if not more.
anyways...friday July 1st. i sit in the lot watching my car roll away behind the tow truck. so many possibilities going throuh my head. so i take a minute. i pray. i pray that its minor. and i pray that its cheap. and i pray that its quick. fast forward to today. monday july 18. here i sit. i still dont have my car back. its not done yet. so, it has not been quick. it was the timing belt. all the pistons were bent to hell. so, it was not minor. im looking at a 3000 bill when i finally pick it up. obviously it is not cheap.
dont get me wrong. this is not a "poor paul" pity party. this stuff happens. it happens to different people at different times. i have so much in life to be happy about. BUT...what im asking is this...why pray? why? the timing belt was broken as the car was being towed away. did i really believe that god was going to reach down and fix it? is god going to reach down and change the bill to something a little more affordable? none of this is going to happen no matter how much i pray. whats done is done. i am at the mercy of chance and circumstance. the starving children in africa are just born into starvation. chance and circumstance are in control. driving by a homeless man and praying for him will leave him there begging on a street corner. i can help him...or not help him. too many times i think we ask god to do something for us...and because we dont act, no one is helped. it seems sad to me that people all thoughout the world and all throughout history have desperately needed help but have not recieved help. many well intentioned people may have prayed...but no one acted. people suffered and died because of this.
wow...a broken timing belt and im talking about the holocaust and the starving children of africa. theres a little sample of how my brain works at times. but, i am being serious...do you really believe that there is a god somewhere who listens to and answers our prayers? or are we just at the mercy of chance? i used to believe that god listened and answered prayer. but im wondering if i believed that because i was a kid who didnt yet know what kind of things really happen in life. as i get older i find myself praying less...and i find myself less surprised when the opposite happens.
the bad news: i miss that feeling of faith. the possibility of magic. the hope of something larger than me caring enough to help me out.
the good news: maybe this is reason to act more, and wish less??
an add on: ive seen too many people (myself included) make dumb decision after dumb decision which of course leads to negative consequence after negative consequence and then turn around and pray for help. or better yet, blame god for the negative consequence. some of these people were very close to me...and very important to me. i prayed for some of them for years. but...whats the point of praying for someone if theyre choosing theire own fate? ive prayed for the same person for 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, etc...no change in their life for the better. why? because they still make the same decisions. so again, why pray? if unanswered prayer destroys faith, i dont understand the point of praying at all.
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