Dashboard Confessional — The Good Fight

 Dashboard Confessional - The Good Fight

Ok, I've been trying to work the whole of this out by watching the MTV Unplugged
as I noticed none of the tabs had really put chord order or the outro down.  So
well here's my attempt at the whole song.  I've put the lyrics underneath the
chords to make it a little easier to follow the progressions.  All chords are
strummed except in the chorus when it sounds like Chris is palm muting the Eb
string on fret 5 (third time round), it's actually the bass playing that note.

Tuning - Eb (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb)

|-----4p0------2p0----------0--------2p0----------4p0------2p0------0-
|---0--------0-----4p0----0---0----0-----4p0----0--------0-----4p0--0-
|-6--------4------------2--------4------------6--------4------------2-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------2-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

|-0-------------0------------------0----------------------0----------
|-0-------------0------------------0----------------------0----------
|-1-------------2------------------6----------------------6----------
|-2-------------4------------------6----------------------7----------
|-2-------------4------------------4----------------------7----------
|-0-------------------------------------------------------5----------
   Consider the odds, consider the obvious, the martyr is meaningless,

|----------------0--------------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------0--------------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------1--------------------2----------------------6-----
|----------------2--------------------4----------------------6-----
|----------------2--------------------4----------------------4-----
|----------------0-------------------------------------------------
the campaign has died. In the planning stages and the fallen faces,

|----------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------6----------------------1-----
|----------------7----------------------2-----
|----------------7----------------------2-----
|----------------5----------------------0-----
are the singular proof that it was ever alive.

|--------------0------------------0-----------------------0--------
|--------------0------------------0-----------------------0--------
|--------------2------------------6-----------------------6--------
|--------------4------------------6-----------------------7--------
|--------------4------------------4-----------------------7--------
|---------------------------------------------------------5--------
This purchased rebellion has been outdated, denounced and rescinded

|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------1--------2-------------6-------------6----
|---------------2--------4-------------6-------------7----
|---------------2--------4-------------4-------------7----
|---------------0------------------------------------5----
and left to die, championless, championless, championless

|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-12-------------7---------5-------------5----------
    I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5------------
 Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.

|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-12-------------7--------5-------------5-----------
   I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5-------------
 Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.

|-0-----------------0---------------0--------------0----------
|-0-----------------0---------------0--------------0----------
|-1-----------------2---------------6--------------6----------
|-2-----------------4---------------6--------------7----------
|-2-----------------4---------------4--------------7----------
|-0------------------------------------------------5----------
 Hope has sprung a perfect dive, a perfect day, a perfect lie

|-0---------------0---------0--------------0-------
|-0---------------0---------0--------------0-------
|-1---------------2---------6--------------6-------
|-2---------------4---------6--------------7-------
|-2---------------4---------4--------------7-------
|-0----------------------------------------5-------
 A slowly crafted monologue conceding your defeat.

|---0---------------0------------------0-----------------------0---------
|---0---------------0------------------0-----------------------0---------
|---1---------------2------------------6-----------------------6---------
|---2---------------4------------------6-----------------------7---------
|-2-2---------------4------------------4-----------------------7---------
|-0-0----------------------------------------------------------5---------
     This purchased rebellion has been outdated, denounced and rescinded

|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------1--------2-------------6-------------6----
|---------------2--------4-------------6-------------7----
|---------------2--------4-------------4-------------7----
|---------------0------------------------------------5----
and left to die, championless, championless, championless

|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-12-------------7---------5-------------5----------
    I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5------------
 Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.

|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-12-------------7--------5-------------5-----------
   I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5-------------
 Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.

|--------------------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
|--------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------6-----------
|--------x-------x------x--------14---------7-----------
|--------7-------9------12-------12---------7-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------
 Does it comfort you to know you fought the good fight?

|-------------------------------------------
|----------------------------0--------------
|----------------------------6--------------
|-x-------x--------x-----14--7--------------
|-7-------9--------12----12--7--------------
|-------------------------------------------
  Basking in your victory, hollow and alone

|-------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------0--------------------
|----------------------------------------6--------------------
|---x----------x------x--------14--------7--------------------
|---7----------9------12-------12--------7--------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
 to boast your bitter bragging rights to anyone who'll listen

|------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------0-
|----------------------------------------------6-
|-------------x---------x-------x-----14-------7-
|-------------7---------9-------12----12-------7-
|------------------------------------------------
 While you're left with nothing tangible to gain

|----------------------------0-
|-0--------0--------0--------0-
|-6--------8--------8--------2-
|-7--------7--------9--------2-
|-7--------7--------9--------1-
|------------------------------
 strum these chords out and just end on that E chord after a couple of strums

any questions? andrewbiles@hotmail.com

 Tuning is down a half step on all strings.

This is 100% Correct.

X=donot play this string
p means pull off.

Intro
      C3m            Bsus4            A          Bsus2
Eb-------4p0----------2p0--------------0---------2p0-------------------------
Bb----0-------------0-----4---------0----0-----0-----4-----------------------
Gb-6--------------4---------4----2-----------4---------4---------------------
Db---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb---------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Play the first A chord 8 times.  Eighth note strumming here.
Listen to the song for strumming.

   A  A   E  B  C#m   A   E   B  A  E  B  C#m  A  C#m  Bsus4/D#  E
Eb-x--x---0--x--x-----x---0---0--0--x--x---4---5---0-------0-----0----------
Bb-x--2---0--x--5-----2---0---0--0--7--4---5---5---0-------0-----0----------
Gb-2--2---1--4--6-----2---1---8--6--9--4---6---6---9-------11----13---------
Db-2--2---2--4--6-----2---2---9--7--9--4---6---7---11------9-----14---------
Ab-0--0---2--2--4-----0---2---9--7--9--2---4---7---11------x-----14---------
Eb-x--x---0--x--x-----x---0---7--5--x--x---x---5---9------11-----12---------

Ok on the next part it is just a repition of the same chords in a diff order.

E at the 12th B at the 7th C#m at the 9th B at the 7th and A at the 5th