The Anchors Lyrics
by Emery
Emery
I'm not the greatest at tabbing by ear, so it's probably not 100% perfect, but I got
most of it pretty close at least.
0:00
Intro "And it hurt just to touch..."
Guitar 1
F|----6~------2~-------6~------2~------6~-----2~------6~-----------------------|
C|----6~------2~-------6~------2~------6~-----2~------6~-----------------------|
0:19
Verse 1A "Some things will never surface..."
Guitar 1
F|-------9---8h9----9---8---8h9----------9---8h9----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|
Guitar 2
0:30
Verse 1B "Those things that we thought..."
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
0:37
Verse 1C "From your birth you were born into this..."
Guitar 1
F|-------9---8h9----9---8---8h9----------9---8h9----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|
Guitar 2
0:48
Verse 1D "Those things that we thought..."
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
0:55
Chorus 1A "I want to explain this..."
Guitar 1
F|--6---8---9---8----6---8-----6-------6---8---9h11p9----9---8-----6---6-------|
^^This line can also be played as:
F|-6-1-8-1-9-1-8-1--6-1-8-1-13-1-11-1--6-1-8-1-9h11p9-1--9-1-8-1-13-1-11-1-----|
F|---^^ All hammer-ons and pull-offs / tapping ^^------------------------------|
Guitar 2
1:06
Chorus 1B "It claimed both of our lives..."
Guitar 1
F|--6---8---9---8----6---8-----6-------6---8---9h11p9----9---8-----6---6-------|
^ or v
F|-6-1-8-1-9-1-8-1--6-1-8-1-13-1-11-1--6-1-8-1-9h11p9-1--9-1-8-1-13-1-11-1-----|
Guitar 2
1:17
Breakdown 1 "Will words define me?"
Guitar 1
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C|-0-0~--0-0-0~--0-0-0-0~--0-0~--000000--0-0~--0-0~--0-0-0-0~--0-0~--000000----|
C|-0-0~--0-0-0~--0-0-0-0~--0-0~--000000--0-0~--0-0~--0-0-0-0~--0-0~--000000----|
F|-----------v-------------v------------------------------v--------------------|
C|-0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--000000-0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--00000000000000000000-|
C|-0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--000000-0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--0-0~--00000000000000000000-|
Guitar 2
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------7~----------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------7~----------|
F|---------------4-------------12~----------------------------12~--------------|
C|-----6---4---6---6-----------13~---------------------000000-13~-000000000000-|
1:40
Verse 2A "And the beauty left my eyes..."
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
1:48
Verse 2B x3 "Knowing I would never be the same..."
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
2:11
Verse 2C "Tell her I'm sorry..."
Guitar 1 x3
Guitar 2 x3
2:25
Breakdown 2 "Guilty..."
Guitar 1
C|--4-4~--4-4-4-4-4---4-4~--4-4-4-4-4---4-4~--4-4-4-4-4---4-4~--4-4~-----------|
C|--4-4~--4-4-4-4-4---4-4~--4-4-4-4-4---4-4~--4-4-4-4-4---4-4~--4-4~-----------|
Guitar 2 x4
2:34
Guitar 1
F|----2-----1~--1~----2--2--2--4~---------2------1~---1~----2--2--2--4~--------|
C|-4------------2~----2--2--2--6~------4--------------2~----2--2--2--6~--------|
Guitar 2
F|-13----------------------------------13-13-13--11~--------11-11-11-13~-------|
2:50
Bridge x2 "How were those words in my head?"
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
3:11
Chorus 2A "I want to explain this..."
Guitar 1
F|--6---8---9---8----6---8-----6-------6---8---9h11p9----9---8-----6---6-------|
^^This line can also be played as:
F|-6-1-8-1-9-1-8-1--6-1-8-1-13-1-11-1--6-1-8-1-9h11p9-1--9-1-8-1-13-1-11-1-----|
F|---^^ All hammer-ons and pull-offs / tapping ^^------------------------------|
Guitar 2
3:21
Chorus 2B "It claimed both of our lives..."
Guitar 1
F|--6---8---9---8----6---8-----6-------6---8---9h11p9----9---8-----6---6-------|
^ or v
F|-6-1-8-1-9-1-8-1--6-1-8-1-13-1-11-1--6-1-8-1-9h11p9-1--9-1-8-1-13-1-11-1-----|
Guitar 2
3:32
Outro "The bitter treasure so elementary."
Guitars 1&2
F|--4-4-4-4-x--4-4-x---4-4-4-4-x---1-1-x---2-2~--------------------------------|
C|--6-6-6-6-x--6-6-x---6-6-6-6-x---2-2-x---2-2~--------------------------------|
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