Biography:
The Postal Service was an American indie electropop band which formed in Seattle, Washington in 2001. The group consisted of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jimmy Tamborello (production, programming, synthesizers) and Jenny Lewis (vocals, guitar). The band released one album "Give Up" in 2003 and were active until 2005. The band reunited in 2013 for a reunion tour before permanently disbanding that August.
The band started life as a side project for singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel
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Nothing Better----The Postal Service
Tab by: Chris Graham
*CAPO ON 2nd FRET
[INTRO]
---------------------------C
Will someone please call a surgeon
F Am
Who can crack my ribs and repair this
G
broken heart
F
That you're deserting for better
G
company?
C
I can't accept that it's over...
F Am
I will block the door like a goalie tending
G
the net
F G
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry
C F G
So just say how to make it right
C F G
And i swear i'll do my best to comply
[CHORUS]
C F G C
Tell me am i right to think that there could
Am
be nothing better
C F G
Than making you my bride and slowly
Em Am
growing old together
[VERSE]
(pause, then hit C on J in interject)
-----------------C
I feel must interject here you're getting
F Am G
carried away feeling sorry for yourself
F G
With these revisions and gaps in history
C
So let me help you remember.
F
I've made charts and graphs that should
Am G
finally make it clear.
F
I've prepared a lecture on why i have to
G
leave
C F G
So please back away and let me go
C F G Em
I can't my darling i love you so... Oh Oh
[CHORUS]
C F G C
Tell me am i right to think that there could
Am
be nothing better
C F G
Than making you my bride and slowly
Em Am
growing old together
C F G
Don't you feed me lines about some
C Am
idealistic future
C F G
Your heart won't heal right if you keep
Em Am
tearing out the sutures
[SOLO PART]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0--------0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---2------2-------2-------2---0-3-------------0---2---3---2p0---------------|
A|-3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
*p - pull off
repeat this twice then when you're pulling off onto the 0 on the D string the
second time through strum the C chord to go back into the ending where,
"i admit i have made mistakes" starts.
[ENDING]
C F Am G
I admit that i have made mistakes
C F G Em
and i swear I'll never wrong you again
C F Am G
You've got a lure i can't deny,
C F
But you've had your chance so say
G Em
goodbye
C (end quickly)
Say goodbye
Tab by: Chris Graham
*CAPO ON 2nd FRET
[INTRO]
---------------------------C
Will someone please call a surgeon
F Am
Who can crack my ribs and repair this
G
broken heart
F
That you're deserting for better
G
company?
C
I can't accept that it's over...
F Am
I will block the door like a goalie tending
G
the net
F G
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry
C F G
So just say how to make it right
C F G
And i swear i'll do my best to comply
[CHORUS]
C F G C
Tell me am i right to think that there could
Am
be nothing better
C F G
Than making you my bride and slowly
Em Am
growing old together
[VERSE]
(pause, then hit C on J in interject)
-----------------C
I feel must interject here you're getting
F Am G
carried away feeling sorry for yourself
F G
With these revisions and gaps in history
C
So let me help you remember.
F
I've made charts and graphs that should
Am G
finally make it clear.
F
I've prepared a lecture on why i have to
G
leave
C F G
So please back away and let me go
C F G Em
I can't my darling i love you so... Oh Oh
[CHORUS]
C F G C
Tell me am i right to think that there could
Am
be nothing better
C F G
Than making you my bride and slowly
Em Am
growing old together
C F G
Don't you feed me lines about some
C Am
idealistic future
C F G
Your heart won't heal right if you keep
Em Am
tearing out the sutures
[SOLO PART]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0--------0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---2------2-------2-------2---0-3-------------0---2---3---2p0---------------|
A|-3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
*p - pull off
repeat this twice then when you're pulling off onto the 0 on the D string the
second time through strum the C chord to go back into the ending where,
"i admit i have made mistakes" starts.
[ENDING]
C F Am G
I admit that i have made mistakes
C F G Em
and i swear I'll never wrong you again
C F Am G
You've got a lure i can't deny,
C F
But you've had your chance so say
G Em
goodbye
C (end quickly)
Say goodbye
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The Remembrants
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