Song: Numb
Artist: Holly McNarland
Album: Stuff
Tabbed by: Adam Bishop (nbishop@sympatico.ca)
Capo: 3rd fret

*This is just the accoustic part. There is also an electric guitar
backing her up.


Intro/Verse Pattern

   Em              D          C
E -0-0-0--0--0-----2-0--0-----0--0-0-0--
B -0-0-0--0--0-----3-3--3-----1--1-1-1--
G -0-0-0--0--0-----2-2--0-----0--0-0-0--
D -2-2-2--2--2-----0-0--0-----2--2-2-2--
A -2-2-2--2--2----------------3--3-3-3--
E -0-0-0--0--0--------------------------

Verse 1
Em                      D  C
Em     D  C
Chase destruction,          of  your own emotions
                Em               D  C
Em              D  C
And your need for love      makes you easy,  friend
Em                                  D  C
Em          D  C
Safety of the rubber glove       seems much to simple
Em                              D  C
Em                  D  C
Climbing up and down      waiting for the day

Chorus Pattern

E --0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2
B --1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3
G --0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2
D --2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0
A --3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------

      Em
E --0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-
B --0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-
G --0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-
D --2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-0-0-0-
A --2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-3-0
E --0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-

               D                  Em                C
You can't see if I'm not listening
               D                          Em        C
You can't hear with my eyes open
          D                         Em              C
I can't hate with my eyes open
        D  (stop)           Em         Em
I feel better when I'm numb

Verse 2
                D     C                           Em        D  C     Em
Chase destruction of your own insistence
                     D  C                        Em         D  C
Keep it clean,      clean enough to sell
Em                               D  C                     Em
D  C
Lick your own wounds,      anxious for the next one
Em                      D  C                 Em         D  C
Cry for more pain      in what you have

Chorus
                D                 Em           C
You can't see if I'm not listening
                D                         Em    C
You can't hear with my eyse open
          D                         Em          C
I can't hate with my eyes open
         D (stop)           E (bass)     E (bass)
I feel better when I'm numb

Verse 3  (Bass notes for the first two lines)
E                  D  C         E                    D  C
Just another hit   for the one you love
E                         D  C                          E        D  C
If you cared at all,     you would put me down            (Back to verse
pattern)
Em                        D   C                        Em         D  C
Wake up dead man,    can't you see I'm sobbing
Em                        D   C                        Em         D  C
Wake up dead man,    can't you see I'm sobbing

Chorus
                D                 Em              C
You can't see if I'm not listening
               D                         Em       C
You can't hear with my eyes open
          D                         Em            C
I can't hate with my eyes open
        D         C
I feel better
        D         C
I feel better
        D (stop)             Em
I feel better  when I'm numb