Brace Yourself

	  		TABBER: acoustigreg 
DATE: june 10, 2004 
 
hey howie fans, i really like this song, and it's pretty easy to play.  thanks to all  
other tabbers who put out Howie Day tabs.  this one is 100% correct, i saw him play it in  
 here goes... 
 
standard tuning 
 
 (tab is relative to capo) 
 
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Intro 
 
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Verse (1st, 2nd, and 4th lines) 
 
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3rd line ("I would hold...") 
 
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Chorus 
 
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Lead in to bridge 
 
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Bridge part one ("On and on...") 
 
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Bridge part two ("Gooooone...") 
 
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Am 
so you think 
C                 G              Am 
you can hold the world up by a string 
     C            G 
with all that you have 
    Am           G             E7         Am   C  G 
and i will hold every part of you if i could 
 
        Am     G 
and i'm on... 
         Dsus2 
and i'm on again 
Dm     C 
brace yourself 
     Am           G 
and all that you have 
   Am  G        Dsus2 
and oh, i'm in love again 
Dm     C 
brace yourself 
 G 
yeah... 
 
so you feel everything and everything should be 
all that you wanted 
stay with me 
i'm in no condition to be 
alone 
 
and i'm on... 
and i'm on again 
brace yourself 
and all that you have 
and oh, i'm in love again 
brace yourself 
 G     E7 
yeah... 
 
Am      C 
on and on 
Dm                E7 
so it's just your false alarm 
Am      C    Dm 
maybe i'll hold my breath 
     E7        Fmaj7     C 
and you'll be gone 
Am            G         Dm    C 
all that you have... yeah... 
Am             E7 
all that you wanted... 
 
so you think 
you can hold the world up by a string 
with all that you have 
and i will hold every part of you if i could 
 
Am  G       Dsus2 
love i'm in love again 
Dm     C            Am           G 
brace yourself with all that you have 
Am  G      Dsus2 
oh i'm in love again 
Dm        C       G      E7 
brace yourself...yeah... 
Dm        C       G      E7 
brace yourself...yeah... 
Dm        C          Am          G 
brace yourself with all that you have 
Dm        C 
yeah... 
Am            G 
all that you wanted...oh... 
 
Dm   C   Fmaj7 
 
 
****the trick to playing this song perfectly is the timing.  listen to the song over and  
to get it right.  good luck.  -acoustigreg