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1) Santa Cruz is a Finnish glam metal band formed in 2007 in Helsinki, Finland by Archie Kuosmanen and Johnny Parkkonen. The following year, bass player Middy Toivonen joined in. The band released two demos in 2008-2009. After changing a number of temporary drummers, they settled for a full time drummer, Taz Fagerström in 2009 becoming a 4-member band. After a self-released EP of 6 songs under the title Anthems for the Young 'n' Restless, they signed
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I'm pretty sure they play this live the exact way the studio version is, so the main chords are what Johnny
plays and the complementary chords are what Archie plays. This is my first tab, so please forgive me if
anything is slightly off. Listen to the song for the strumming pattern, it may be a little counter-intuitive
to get the timing immediately correct. Enjoy! ;)
Johnny - Half Step Down
Archie - Half Step Down with capo 2nd fret (instead of E Bm D A, simply play D Am C G )
[INTRO]
...2 3 4
E Bm D A 2x
Yeah Yeah
[VERSE 1]
E Bm
Been a long while since I was sober
D A
Trying to keep myself in coma
E Bm
I do realize it was over
D A
Came back home just to find you nowhere
E Bm
And I'm walking down the avenue
D A
I'm feeling black feeling blue
E Bm
I know I gotta keep on looking for something
D A
Don't know what but I just gotta keep walking
A 2x Quick muted
[CHORUS]
Yeah
E Bm D A
I was so brokenhearted nothing was the same
E Bm D A
I was so torn apart that you'd no longer be my friend
E Bm D A
And it's over, you are long gone, but I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH
E Bm G A
Life is a field uncharted, love departed, yeah yeah yeah
E Bm D A
(I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH) Yeah
E Bm D A
(I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH)
[VERSE 2]
E Bm
Been awhile now since I've been home
D A
Don't wanna lay in our bed on my own
E Bm
Staying wasted all day long
D A
To keep you off my head trying to sing this song
E Bm
And I'm walking down the avenue
D A
I've been black I've been blue
E Bm
I know I had to keep on looking for something
D A
Just didn't realize I already found it
[CHORUS 2]
Yeah
E Bm D A
I was so brokenhearted nothing was the same
E Bm D A
I was so torn apart that you'd no longer be my friend
E Bm D A
And it's over, you are long gone, but I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH
E Bm G A
Life is a field uncharted, love departed, yeah yeah yeah
[BRIDGE]
C G D C
(Ahh) Love departed
A E G 1x
(Ahh) Love departed
E Bm D A (2x Arpeggiated)
A 2x quick muted
[CHORUS 3]
Yeah
E Bm D A
I was so brokenhearted nothing was the same
E Bm D A
I was so torn apart that you'd no longer be my friend
E Bm D A
And it's over, you are long gone, but I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH
E Bm G A
Life is a field uncharted, love departed, yeah yeah yeah
plays and the complementary chords are what Archie plays. This is my first tab, so please forgive me if
anything is slightly off. Listen to the song for the strumming pattern, it may be a little counter-intuitive
to get the timing immediately correct. Enjoy! ;)
Johnny - Half Step Down
Archie - Half Step Down with capo 2nd fret (instead of E Bm D A, simply play D Am C G )
[INTRO]
...2 3 4
E Bm D A 2x
Yeah Yeah
[VERSE 1]
E Bm
Been a long while since I was sober
D A
Trying to keep myself in coma
E Bm
I do realize it was over
D A
Came back home just to find you nowhere
E Bm
And I'm walking down the avenue
D A
I'm feeling black feeling blue
E Bm
I know I gotta keep on looking for something
D A
Don't know what but I just gotta keep walking
A 2x Quick muted
[CHORUS]
Yeah
E Bm D A
I was so brokenhearted nothing was the same
E Bm D A
I was so torn apart that you'd no longer be my friend
E Bm D A
And it's over, you are long gone, but I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH
E Bm G A
Life is a field uncharted, love departed, yeah yeah yeah
E Bm D A
(I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH) Yeah
E Bm D A
(I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH)
[VERSE 2]
E Bm
Been awhile now since I've been home
D A
Don't wanna lay in our bed on my own
E Bm
Staying wasted all day long
D A
To keep you off my head trying to sing this song
E Bm
And I'm walking down the avenue
D A
I've been black I've been blue
E Bm
I know I had to keep on looking for something
D A
Just didn't realize I already found it
[CHORUS 2]
Yeah
E Bm D A
I was so brokenhearted nothing was the same
E Bm D A
I was so torn apart that you'd no longer be my friend
E Bm D A
And it's over, you are long gone, but I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH
E Bm G A
Life is a field uncharted, love departed, yeah yeah yeah
[BRIDGE]
C G D C
(Ahh) Love departed
A E G 1x
(Ahh) Love departed
E Bm D A (2x Arpeggiated)
A 2x quick muted
[CHORUS 3]
Yeah
E Bm D A
I was so brokenhearted nothing was the same
E Bm D A
I was so torn apart that you'd no longer be my friend
E Bm D A
And it's over, you are long gone, but I'm still FXCKIN' HIGH
E Bm G A
Life is a field uncharted, love departed, yeah yeah yeah
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