Dam Would Break

Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (*)

Guitar 1 is an acoustic, capoed at 
the 6th fret
Guitar 2 is an electric, also capoed
 at the 6th fret
All chord names are relative to the 
capos, so the actual sounding
        chord is a diminished fifth 
higher than written


Rhythm Figure 1 (Guitar 1)

   Am
|----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|--
|----1--1--1--1----1--1--1--1--|--
|----2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--|--
|--0h2--2--2--0--0h2--2--2--0--|--
|----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|--
|------------------------------|--

||--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--| 
||--1--1--1--1----1--1--1--1--| 
||--2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--| 
||0h2--2--2--0--0h2--2--2--0--| 
||--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--| 
||----------------------------| 


   Dm                             
|----1--1--1--1----1--1--1--1--|--
|----3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|--
|--0h2--2--2--0--0h2--2--2--0--|--
|----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|--
|------------------------------|--
|------------------------------|--
  G
||1h3--3--3--3-3--3--3--| 
||3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3--| 
||0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--| 
||0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--| 
||2-2--2--2--0h2--2--2--| 
||----------------------| 

Rhythm Figure 1B

   Am
|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|----0--
|----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|----1--
|----2--2--2--0--0--0--0--|----2--
|--0h2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--0h2--
|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|----0--
|-------------------3--3--|-------

||0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
||1--1--1--1--1--1--| 
||2--2--0--0--0--0--| 
||2--2--2--2--2--2--| 
||0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
||------------3--3--| 


   Dm                        G
|----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|--1h3--
|----3--3--3--1--1--1--1--|--3-3--
|--0h2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--0-0--
|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0-0--
|-------------------3--3--|--2-2--
|-------------------------|-------

||3--3--3--3--3--3--| 
||3--3--3--3--3--3--| 
||0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
||0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
||2--2--2--2--2--2--| 
||------------------| 


Intro:
Guitar 1 plays rhythm figure 1 twice
Guitar 2 plays:

 Am    Dm   G                     
|--|--|--|----------------------|-
|--|--|--|-----0h1--0h1p0-------|-
|--|--|--|-----------------2p0--|-
|--|--|--|----------------------|-
|--|--|--|----------------------|-
|--|--|--|----------------------|-
   Am
||----|-------------------------| 
||----|-----0h1--1--0h1p0-------| 
||----|--------------------2p0--| 
||-2--|-------------------------| 
||-0--|-------------------------| 
||----|-------------------------| 


   Dm          G                         Am (to verse)
|-----------|--------------------
|-----------|--------0h1--0h1p0--
|-----0--2--|--------------------
|--2--------|--0-----------------
|-----------|--------------------
|-----------|--------------------

||-----|-----| 
||-----|--1--| 
||2p0--|--2--| 
||-----|--2--| 
||-----|--0--| 
||-----|-----| 


Verse: Guitar 2 tacet, Guitar 1 
plays single chords at every change
(The bass plays the Am and Dm chords
 as Am7 and Dm7, so these can
be substituted)

Am            Dm         G      
   is it this place that makes 
            Am
me fall from you
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   forget the words that once rang 
so true

(Guitar 1 plays rhythm figure 1B 
twice, Guitar 2 plays tab below)

   did we expect that life was ever 
fair, my god...
   i sowed a field of rose and 
reaped a whipping rod

   Am                            
|-----------------------|-----|--
|-----------------------|-----|--
|-----0h2p0-------------|-----|--
|------------2p0-----0--|-----|--
|-----------------3-----|--0--|--
|-----------------------|-----|--
  Dm    G
||1--|--3--| 
||3--|--3--| 
||2--|--0--| 
||0--|--0--| 
||---|-----| 
||---|--3--| 


   Am                             
|-----------------------|--------
|-----------------------|--------
|-----0h2p0-------------|--------
|------------2p0-----0--|--------
|-----------------3-----|--0-----
|-----------------------|--------
                 Dm          
||-------------|-----1-----|--3--| 
||-------------|--------3--|-(3)-| 
||2p0----------|-----------|--0--| 
||-----2p0-----|--0--------|--0--| 
||----------3--|-----------|-----| 
||-------------|-----------|-----| 


Chorus: Guitar 1 plays chords, 
Guitar 2 plays tab

F                            G
and everything i've held too tight 
inside

Em (guitar 2 plays the first Em 
below)
could make a part of me die

F                         G
and if my lips could only speak the 
name

Em (guitar 2 plays the second Em)
the dam would break

   F                              
|--------------------|-----------
|-----------0--------|--------0--
|--------0-----0-----|-----0-----
|-----0-----------0--|-----------
|--3-----------------|-(3)-------
|--------------------|-----------
          G
||------|--3-----------| 
||------|--3--3--------| 
||0-----|--0-----0-----| 
||---0--|--0--------0--| 
||------|--------------| 
||------|--------------| 


   Em(first time)    Em(second time)
|--0--------------|--|--0--| 
|--0--0-----------|--|--0--| 
|--0-----0--------|--|--0--| 
|--2--------0-----|--|--2--| 
|--2-----------2--|--|--2--| 
|--0--------------|--|-----| 


Guitar 1 plays rhythm figure 1, 
Guitar 2 plays this:

   Am
|------------------------|-------
|--0h1--0-----0h1--0-----|--1h3--
|----------0----------0--|-------
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------

||---------------| 
||1-----0--1-----| 
||---0--------0--| 
||---------------| 
||---------------| 
||---------------| 


   Dm                   G         
|--------------------|----------
|--0--1-----0--1-----|-------1--
|--------0--------0--|--0h2-----
|--------------------|----------
|--------------------|----------
|--------------------|----------
                          Am(verse)
||-----------------------|--0--| 
||-----1---------3--3\1--|--5--| 
||0h2-----0h2/4----------|-----| 
||-----------------------|-----| 
||-----------------------|-----| 
||-----------------------|-----| 


Verse:
what is this ice that gathers 'round
 my heart
to stop the flood of warmth before 
it even starts
it would make me blind to what i 
thought would always be
the only constant in the world for 
me

Chorus:
and every hour of every day
i need to fight from pulling away
and if my mind could only loose the 
chain
the dam would break

Bridge: (Guitar 1 plays chords, 
guitar 2 plays tab below)

Am                       G       Em
for all the things i hid away

Am                            G
and all the words i could not say

Em
the dam would break

   Am
|-------0--------0----------0-----
|--0h1-----1--------1--0h1-----1--
|-------------2-------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||---0-----| 
||------1--| 
||2--------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 


    G                 Em          
|------3--------3----------0-----
|--/3-----3--------3----------0--
|------------4--------0h2--------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------

||---0-----| 
||------0--| 
||0--------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 

Repeat the last part of the chorus 
until end