A  577655
A* 57x855
E  022100
G  355433
D  x57775
F  133211
F* 88ttxx (t=10)
C  x32010

Griff (play 5's with your pinky while your other fingers hold G)
D----------3--5--
A--3h5--5--------
F----------------
C----------------
G----------------
D----------------

A          A*      E
looking at all the rows
G                           D
all these records look like big zeros
F                       A         G F
got your picture on the back of a .45
A      Griff                  F*
a placeholder til you take up mine
A      Griff                  F*
a placeholder til you take up mine
A                  A*    E
I'm the person you never meet
G                    D
the biggest loser on 16th street
F             A            G           F
the invisible man with the see-through mind
A      Griff                  F*
a placeholder til you take up mine
A      Griff                  F*
a placeholder til you take up mine
A     E      F
break off up in someone's loft in
C
midtown round there next to the square
A  E         F
he likes the way that you look now
C         G  F
like an open book

A  Griff  F* [x2]

A            A*       E
just like my favorite song
G                             D
some pretty words that didn't last that long
F                      A     G   F
like a package sent priority overnight
A    Griff                   F*
placeholder come and take up mine  [x4]

A  Griff  F*

9 Responses to “Placeholder”


  1. 1 Saltandgin

    Wahey, you get a dead monkey in a sack for doing this.

    One quesion though, what is the fingering for A* ?

  2. 2 admin

    oops.. accidentally didn’t copy in the first few lines of the tab so the chords got cut off… i fixed it

  3. 3 rubbsled

    You’re awesome. I’m not much of a guitar player, and I’m excited about practicing this more and playing it well. Keep up the good work; it’s greatly appreciated!

  4. 4 cormac

    i like it. for the G-F switch in the chorus i do the C-shaped G at the 10th then a C/G shape at the 8th for the F. pretty much the same thing though. i was waiting for this tab to come out so i could compare. nice work as always.

  5. 5 admin

    yah… with this one it’s harder to be totally confident of the exact chord voicings just because there’s no video out there… but they are definitely up there… you can hear him sliding up to certain chords though and that helps give you an idea of where they might be.

  6. 6 Saltandgin

    Do you have a quick example of the finger picking shapes?

    This is what I got from another tab..

    ——————————————————–|
    A———–5——–5———–5——–0———–0–|
    F—–6——–6–8——–8————–1—–1——–|
    C—–7——–7——–7———–7—–2——–2—–|
    G—————————————–2————–|
    D–5—–5——–5———-5———0–0–0———–|

  7. 7 admin

    honestly it’s not something i really consciously think about. i just hear it and my right hand does it. wish i could explain better.

  8. 8 Saltandgin

    That’s what pee wee herman said!

  1. 1 New Tab: Placeholder at Smiling at Confusion

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