The Airborne Toxic Event - Letter To Georgia

song : ( A ) letter to georgia
band : the airborne toxic event
q/C/C : email me : schm2213@umn . edu

probably the prettiest song by this band to date . absolutely heartwrenching .

note : this is based on one particular live version . it is live at birmingham academy ,
in the uk on the 7th of november 2009 . it was played during a set that is available for
download in its entirety ( like an hour and a half long track ) on the airborne website .
i have seen this song performed live , and it was played slightly differently , and most
youtube clips i have seen all play it differently as well . most versions ive seen he uses
a capo ( sometimes 3 , sometimes 4 . . . ) ; sometimes he plays D G A , sometimes G C D . i guess we
wont know the official version until the studio version comes out , but this version , the one
ive downloaded from their website , is the prettiest version ive heard , so id suggest everyone
grab a copy of it .

if you have a different version somehow and you really like that version and it sounds slightly
different , then try messing around with a capo , or if worst comes to worst replace the chords
below with the following : D – > G , G – > C , A – > D , and move the capo around again .

last note : the way i hear it ( for this version; no capo , standard tuning ) , he ( mikel )
avoids the top E string a lot , emphasizing instead the unchanging note D on the B string
( 3rd fret ) , like the tremolo . sometimes he does play the E string , and sometimes , instead of
the D chord he plays Bm . its too hard to tell , and at this point its too irregular , to put
the bms in this tab , so im just going to put ds in and if you want to throw in the occasional
Bm go for it .

song starts off with annas ( viola ) tremolo on note D ( 8th fret , high E – string ) . eventually , when
steven ( guitar ) begins mimicking , he tremolos in a similar pattern . its pretty much ( top E
string ) : 8 8 8 10 ( in same time as chords below , trem each ) . sometimes they go up to 12 , and one
or both of them might add a second note via the B string .

intro : ( after lead – in trem from anna )
D G D A x4

D
how can i explain to you
G
the picture of this avenue?
D
the rain falls on the street outside
A
my window on this thursday afternoon
D
i sit alone inside
G
these sinful walls i’ve lived inside
D
so many lies ive lived and died
A
none so much as the one ive lived with you .
D G
i see you on the highway
( G )
a thousand miles away
D
rain falls through your hair and cheeks
A
tears and mascara streaks
D
your face reflected in the glass
G
lines in the pavement go past
D
just like the lines around your eyes
A
that held the weight of all these sad goodbyes

interlude :
D G D A x 4
( i think the last time is Bm G D A . . . )

D
everybody that i know
G
tell me just to let it go
D
you run from everything , they say
A
hurt the ones you love blindly
D
but here i sit and picture you
G
with fingers worn , your shirt torn through
D
your heart’s so big and broke in two
A
your mind drifting through all you knew
D
afraid to love , afraid to lose
G
afraid to start , afraid to choose
D
afraid to live , afraid to die
A
afraid to let you days slip by
D
afraid youll change or stay the same
G
afraid well lose ourselves again
D A
afraid of the truth that love

D
could cause you so much pain

( D ) G D

A
i know
D
i felt it , too
G D
i know , i know
A
darlin , i wish it wasn’t true .

( end on D )