Fear And Loathing In Mahwah Nj

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             FEAR AND LOATHING IN MAHWAH, NJ - Titus Andronicus
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Tuning: Double Drop-D (DADGBd)

(UPDATE: I made some adjustments to this tab based on reading Titus's
MySpace blog.)

This isn't 100% and it mainly only covers Patrick's guitar part, but there are
so few Titus Andronicus tabs out there I thought I'd give it a shot.

This song's in F, and Patrick plays it with a capo on 3, but I think the other guys just
play it in F without the capo. I'll write the chords relative, but for reference
if you want to play this open, "D" = F, "Bm" = Dm, "G" = Bb, "A" = C.

CHORDS:
D     : 000230
Bm    : 024430
G     : x55430
A     : x7765x or x0222x

CAPO ON 3
CHORDS D A TIVE

Intro riff:

Patrick mixes this with strumming, and it's inconsistent across recorded and live
versions as to which parts he strums and picks, but basically just strum around
the D chord and focus on picking out this melody:
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--2------------------------------2---------------------| 
D|------4-2-0---0---2-4---2-4---0------4-2-0--2--4-------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 

E|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--2----------------------------------------------------| 
D|------4-2-0---0---2-4---2-4---0------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------2---------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 

D (with intro riff)
Why do you do the things you've done

and how dumb would you have to be
                                          Bm
to do them again like I know you're going to?

D (with intro riff)
If you're the poet you say you are

and beauty's in everything you see,
                                                      Bm
then how can love exist in a world run by people like you?

        G                              D
Because when there's suffering, you're there.
     A                             D  A   D
From southern trees, you hang them in the air.
    G                       D                Bm
The world screams out in agony and you don't care,
               G            D           A                    D
but should the shit hit the fan, I just pray you will not be spared.

Fuck you!

D

D
You took a heart with so much room for love

and filled it with hatred and rage
                                                          Bm
until there was nothing left but for it to shrivel up and die.

D
People will tell you that if you don't

love your neighbor, then you don't love God,
                                                       Bm
but no god of mine would put light in such unrighteous eyes.

        G                         D
Now the way we hold each other so tight
           A                            D  A   D
would look more like a noose if held up to the light
           G                    D            Bm
because we betray each other in dreams every night.
          G              D   A                 D
Now let's never speak of it again, all right?

D G D A (repeat to the end)

Solo:
E|--4p0-0-7p0-0-4p0-0-7p0-0-5p0-0-9p0-0-5p0-0-9p0-0------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------| 
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E|--4p0-0-7p0-0-4p0-0-7p0-0-2p0-0-5p0-0-2p0-0-5p0-0------|                  
B|-------------------------------------------------------|                  
G|-------------------------------------------------------|                  
D|-------------------------------------------------------|                  
A|-------------------------------------------------------|                  
E|-------------------------------------------------------| (repeat to coda) 

Keyboard/horn riff at end (can also be played on guitar):
    D             G             D              A
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------0----0--2--0----------------------2----| 
D|--0----0--2--4----------------4-----4--5--4--2---------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------| 
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