Artist: Brand New
Song: The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows (Acoustic)
Album: Unreleased
Tabbed By: Daniel Bolton ([email protected])
Tuning: 1/2 Step Down (Low to High- Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb)

This is a rather rare track. You might be able to download it on Kazaa or something; I heard it on Brand New’s site as a member of the street team.

Chords (I don’t know what the last one is really called)

    Gb   Ebm   Cbmaj7  Dbm dim

eb|-3-----0-----3------0-----|
Bb|-3-----0-----0------3-----|
Gb|-0-----0-----0------2-----|
Db|-0-----2-----2------0-----|
Ab|-2-----2-----3------------|
Eb|-3-----0------------------|


Guitar One

Verse:
(Between the Intro/Chorus and verse, strum Gb for five eighth notes and      
 rest for three eighth notes)

Gb
We saw the western coast
Cmaj7
I saw the hospital
Ebm
Nursed the shoreline like a wound
Dbm dim
............................
Gb
Reports of lovers’ trysts
Cmaj7
We’re neither clear nor descript
Ebm
We kept it safe and slow
Dbm dim
The quiet things that no one ever knows

Chorus

Gb
Keep the blood in your head
and keep your feet on the ground
Ebm
Today’s the day it gets tired
today’s the day we drop out
Cmaj7
Give up my body in bed 
all for an empty hotel
Dbm dim
Wasting words on 
lower cases and capitals

Verse two:

Gb
I contemplate the day we wed
Cmaj7
Your friends are boring me to death
Ebm
Your veil is ruined in the rain
Dbm dim
............................
Gb
By then you I could do without
Cmaj7
There’s nothing new to talk about
Ebm
And though our kids are blessed
Dbm dim
Their parents let them shoulder all the blame

Bridge I:
(Strum the chords from the chorus once and let ring) 

Bridge II:
(now strum the chords throughout)

Gb 
I

Ebm
Lie 

Cmaj7
For only 

Dbm dim 
You

Gb
I

Ebm
Lie

Cmaj7
Well

Cmaj7 Dbm dim
Hallelujah

End on Gb

Structure:
Chorus     x2
Verse I    x1
Chorus     x2
Verse II   x1
Chorus     x2
Bridge I   x2
Bridge II  x2
Chorus     x2

 

Guitar Two

Intro:


eb|--3p2---2------3p2---0------3p2---2------3p2---2h3/5-5-|
Bb|------3---3--------3---3--------3---3--------3---------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------0---------------|
Ab|--------------------------3----------------------------|
Eb|-3-----------0-----------------------------------------|


Chorus:

Riff 1                             Riff 2
eb|-------------------------|      |-------------15----------|
Bb|-------------15----------|      |-12-13-12-13----13-12-13-|
Gb|-11-12-11-12----12-11-12-|      |-------------------------| 
Db|-------------------------|      |-------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|      |-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|      |-------------------------|

Riff 1  x4
Riff 2  x2
Riff 1  x4
Riff 2  x2
Riff 1  x2
Riff 2  x2

Verse:
(Stars at “Reports of lovers’ trysts...”
 and “By then you I could do without...”)

eb|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------5---4----5---------------5---4----5----|
Ab|------------5---5-5--5-5-------------3---3-3--3-3-|
Eb|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3----3---3-3-3-3-3---3---3----3--|

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------5---4----5---------------5-4---4-4-4-4--4h5-5h7-|
Ab|------------2---2-2--2-2--5-5-5-5-5-----5------------------|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-0---0---0----0------------------------------------|

End with:

eb|-2h3~-|
Bb|------|
Gb|------|
Db|------|
Ab|------|
Eb|------|

Stucture:

Intro    x1
Chorus   x1
Verse    x1
Chorus   x2
Verse    x1
Chorus   x2
Intro    x4
Chorus   x3