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HANDS OPEN - Snow Patrol
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Tabbed by: Miranda Harding
Email: pixiedamage@hotmail.com
Tuning: eBGDAD
You can play it in regular tuning, but I think it's fun/easier to play it drop D.
Heavy distortion throughout.
Intro/Verse (Main Riff)
It's hard to argue when..
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|------------8-8-------|
D|--5-5--3-3--8-8--8-8--| (x6)
A|--5-5--3-3--6-6--8-8--|
D|--5-5--3-3-------8-8--|
Chorus
Hands open, and my eyes open...
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------8-8-8-8----------|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| (x4)
A|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---------8-8-8-8--|
Main Riff
Why would I sabotage...
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|------------8-8-------|
D|--5-5--3-3--8-8--8-8--| (x4)
A|--5-5--3-3--6-6--8-8--|
D|--5-5--3-3-------8-8--|
Chorus
Hands open and my eyes open...
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------8-8-8-8----------|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| (x4)
A|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---------8-8-8-8--|
Bridge
(Listen to song for exact strum pattern, the tab is just a guide for the chords)
It's not as easy as willing it all to be right...
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--| (x4)
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|
Break
Put Sufjan Stevens on...
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------| (x4)
A|---------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8--|
Chorus
Hands open and my eyes open...
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------8-8-8-8----------|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| (x4)
A|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------8-8-8-8--|
Bridge
It's not as easy as willing it all to be right...
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--| (x8)
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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