Selling The Drama - Live
tabbed by Mike Epstein, Les Bemont & Steve Vetter

This is my take on the intro:  (the /'s represent slides) -sjv

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--2-\-3-/-2--0--
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GG Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
   Dsus4  DD Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 

And to love       a   god

GG Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
   Dsus4  DD Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 

And to fear       a   flame
BmBm Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 

And to burn  A crowd that has a name

[repeat above riff and chords]

And to right or wrong
and to meek or strong
it is known, just scream it from a wall

DD Piano Chord 
            DD Piano Chord 
            DD Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 

I've willed, I've walked, I've read, I've talked
DD Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

I know, I know, I've been here before.

EmEm Piano Chord 
       AA Piano Chord 
  Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 

Hey, now we won't be raped
EmEm Piano Chord 
       AA Piano Chord 
  Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 

Hey, now we won't be scarred like that
EmEm Piano Chord 
       AA Piano Chord 
  Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 

Hey, now we won't be raped
EmEm Piano Chord 
       AA Piano Chord 
  Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
  Csus2Csus2 Piano Chord 

Hey, now we won't be scarred like that

[follow top riff and chords]

It's the song that burns
It's the wheel that turns
It's the way we sing that makes em dream
And to Christ, a cross
And to me, a chair
I will sit and earn the ransome from up here

I've willed.....


...scarred like that

CC Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  EmEm Piano Chord 
  EmEm Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 


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just a couple things that sounded right to me:

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|: Well here's what I could do with it. I believe its tuned down 1 whole step
|:
|: ---------
|: ---------
|: ---------  then it goes straight into
|: ---------  1 Measure each of
|: -2p0-----
|: ---------

I thought this sounded more like:

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-3~2----
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|:
|: and to love...
|:  GG Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
          EmEm Piano Chord 
        BmBm Piano Chord 

|:
|:  CC Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 

|:

and I'm pretty sure they insert a Dsus4 in the verse

GG Piano Chord 
	DD Piano Chord 
 Dsus4 DD Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
	DD Piano Chord 
 Dsus4 DD Piano Chord 
 EmEm Piano Chord 
	BmBm Piano Chord 

CC Piano Chord 
	CC Piano Chord 


|: and then repeats that whole first part
|:
|: Then...
|: I've willed I've walked...
|: DD Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 

|:
|: Hey, Now we won't be Raped
|: Em        A   Asus A    (the em and a stuff repeats 4 times then...)
|:
|: Csus2Csus2 Piano Chord 

|:
|: ----3-----
|: ----5-----
|: ----5-----
|: ----3-----
|: ----3-----
|: ----3-----

Cool!  I didn't know what was going on here.  Thanks!

--Les

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|: The only differing part to the pattern above is after the second
|: no we won't be raped...etc instead of Csus2 it goes
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|: CC Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
         EmEm Piano Chord 
          EmEm Piano Chord 

|:
|: DD Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 

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|:
|:
|: And there it is
|:
|: Mike Epstein
|: I am the truth from which you run...and I control you