Tom: Cm
'On the Face of it'
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by The Evens from their 2005 self titled album.
Tabbed by James Glover (Sebadonut).
Ian MacKaye plays a Baritone guitar on this song but I have transcribed it so that it can be played
along with a regular guitar in standard tuning - as such I'm not using the harmonics which can
be heard on the recording.
[Intro]
0:00
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[Verse]
0:21
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On the face of it on the face of it there is nothing to
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confront just hypocrisy and inconsistency while we pretend that we are
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alone with the standards bared and no profit shared we should count our days numbered
Middle
0:51
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Middle 2
1:10
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[Verse 2]
1:30
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On the face of it on the face of it there is nothing to
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conceal just conspiracy and atrocity while we contend with being all
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alone with our hardly earned and our bridges burned we can count our days numbered
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Thats the tragedy of the strategy of looking out for number one
The descending Piano notes over Middle 2 (1:10 - 1:29)
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