Lawrence Arms - Brick Wall Views Bass

this tab is really long because there are quite a few variations 
on the different parts of the song, but i promise they're correct. 
i put all the different parts with the lyrics you play them under, so 
that should help. 


first verse 

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"don't break too many hearts..." and "is there a gesture..." 

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"don't take too many arrows in the chest..." 

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"cry comfortably...let us all know what you're thinkin..." 
(double the note counts on that one, not enough space) 

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"is there a part of you that's torn, that's larger than life" 

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"that'll hold on for one more night..." 

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"i've got a speech to make..." 

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"followed by a big parade..." 

chorus 

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"northside...closed eyes" and "hands tied...with fools pride" 

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"all charades go on forever" and "in a slowly fleeting summer" 

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"throw your hands up at the sky..." and "the city looks the same" 

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"no use trying to explain this" 

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"the clouds are mirrors, i'm disguised" 

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"i'm not all that entertaining" 

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"until you notice smaller changes" 

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"it still knows us all by name" 

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"and holds us close to it's heart..." 

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"all my hopes are on the line..." 

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"this diagnosis, is self designed..." 


then you play the chorus again 


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"empty rooms don't have pictures to talk to" 
"brickwall views demand uninspired afternoons" 

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"the days are flooding into months" 

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"the nights are staring into centuries" 

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"i've got some older pictures...of people i see once every couple years" 

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"intrigued or unamazed, you were so much different back in those days" (pause) 

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"and now this smile has a bitter curve...and now these eyes are unenchanted.." 

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"and all we see...is a faded image of what we used to be..how can we relate?" 


guitar only 
"when we don't know a thing about each other anymore..." 

then you slide down on the E string (trust me, you can hear it) 

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"when we don't know a thing about each other anymore..." play 2x 

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instrumental part, play this twice before vocals come back in 

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"is there a gesture i could use...to clearly express..." 

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"...i'm at another loss for words" 

you end on low E, the guitar hits an octave higher after that, but the bass 
just holds the low E 

yeah that was a long tab, but it's correct