tabbed this by ear from a performance on youtube of this song backstage at the newport
folk festival . this is the link to the performance :

the song is in standard tuning , capo on the 4th fret .

the intro has this as the basic melody with seth going back and forth between these
notes and the root note of the chord above :

G C

E – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – 0 – 3 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – 2 – 0 – 0 – – – – – 2 – – – 2 – 0 – 0 – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – 0 – 2 – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse 1 :

G C
hurts so bad , you don’t come around here anymore .
G
worse than that , nothing’s really helping
C G
i’ve been thinking ’bout drinking again .

G
it’s alright if you finally stop caring ,
C
just don’t go and tell someone that does .
Am C
cause even though i know there’s hope
Am G
in every morning song ,
Am C D G
i have to find that melody alone .

verse 2 ( same pattern as verse 1 ) :

her name became the flame unto the fire .

a magpie on a wire , warned of those .

dead unto the high , shamelessly alive unto the low .

it’s alright if you finally stop caring ,

just don’t go and tell someone that does .

cause even though i know there’s hope

in every morning song ,

i have to find that melody alone .

bridge :

Am F
we can go ahead if no one notices .
C G
what’s the point of it i have to ask?
Am F
or how you learn to see the hope eternally
C G
when you’re sure to be , oh . . . even less .

verse 3 :

C F
hurts so bad . , more than i expected that it would .
C
worse than that , it seems to be here lasting
F C
just a little longer than it should .

G
it’s alright if you finally stop caring ,
C
just don’t go and tell someone that does .
Am C
cause even though i know there’s hope
Am G
in every morning song ,
Am C D G
i have to find that melody alone .

Am C D G
i have to find that melody alone .
Am C D G
i have to find that melody alone .
Am C D G
i have to find that melody alone .
Am C G
i have to sing that melody alone .

outro : scott plays around with the melody a bit on the banjo with these chords in the background .

G – C – D – G

that’s the entire song! enjoy!