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Tuning: G C E A
Addict With a Pen - Twenty One Pilots
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Tabbed by: davidLankitus
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: concert/soprano ukulele (G-C-E-A)
I made a ukulele tutorial video for this song a while ago as well. This version is more accurate though:
The chord progression is this:
G, D, Em, Am
If that's all you wanted to know, then you can skip to the chord chart at the bottom. There's a couple tricks
I wanted to highlight, though, for this to sound more like the piano part. It's a simple piano part, and if
you're interested, there are tutorials of the piano part on YouTube as well. This is the first tab I've ever
tried to make, so if you have any questions, please email me and let me know.
This song should be strummed with a kind of a shuffle feel; the melody isn't played as straight eighth notes
nor is it on 1 and a (1 e + a), so just try to listen to how Tyler Joseph plays it and work from there. Play
up and down on the strings, rather than playing it all one way. Each number represents one eighth count, and
each chord is played for two measures. I also added in the counts underneath each chord.
Addict With a Pen is a quick song, at least for this tab, so try to speed this up when you can. I added in
different "chord names" (G, G[2], etc.) to show when each pattern should be used in the song. This doesn't
mean that you should play a "G2" chord, it was just my attempt to notate it.
Verses/Chorus
G chord:
A|--0--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D chord:
A|--0--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Em chord:
A|--0--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Am chord:
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
This pattern repeats throughout the entire song, pretty much. The ending has some variation, though, when
Tyler goes up an octave and changes the melody a little bit. The actual part (an octave up) is impossible
to play along with chords on the ukulele, but you can play this part at the end, if you want. It's similar
to the ending:
G chord:
A|--0--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D chord:
A|--0--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Em[2] chord:
A|--0-----------x-----2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--3-----------x-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--4-----------x-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
G|--0-----------x-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Am[2] chord:
A|--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
C|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G[2] chord:
A|--0--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D[2] chord:
A|--0--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
C|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Em[2] chord:
A|--0-----------x-----2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--3-----------x-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--4-----------x-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
G|--0-----------x-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Am chord:
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G[3] chord:
A|--x-----------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------|
C|--2-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0-----------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Now, to move onto the chord chart:
G D Em Am
Intro
Verse 1
HelloG
We haven't talked in Dquite some time
I Emknow
I haven't been the Ambest of sons
GHello
I've been traveling in
The Ddeserts of my mind
And EmI
Haven't found a Amdrop
Of lifeG D
I haven't found a Emdrop
Of Amyou
I haven't found a Gdrop D
I haven't found a Emdrop Am
Of Gwater D Em
Am waGaaaaaaDter! Em
Amohhh
G D Em Am
Chorus
GI try desperately to run through the sand
As I Dhold the water
In the palm of my hand
Em'Cause it's all that I have
It's all that I need and
The Amwaves of the water
Mean nothing to me
GBut I try my best
And all that I can to
DHold tightly onto
What's left in my hand
EmBut no matter how
How tightly I will strain
The Amsand will slow me down
And the water will drain
GI'm just being dramatic
In fact, I'm only at it again
DAs an addict with a pen
Who's addicted to the wind
As it Emblows me back and fourth
Mindless, spineless, and pretend
Of Amcourse I'll be here again
See you tomorrow
But it's the end of toGday
End of my ways
As a walking denial
My Dtrial was filed as a crazy
Suicidal head case
EmBut you specialize in dying
You hear me screaming, "Father,"
AmAnd I'm lying here just crying
So wash me with your water
G D Em
Am waGaaaaaaDter! Em Am
HelloG
We haven't talked in Dquite some time
I Emknow
I haven't been the Ambest of sons
GHello
I've been traveling in
Outro
The Ddeserts of my mind
And EmI
Haven't found a Amdrop
Of lifeG D
I haven't found a Emdrop
Of Amyou
I haven't found a Gdrop D
I haven't found a Emdrop Am
G D Em[2] Am[2]
Of water
[Instrumental]
G[2] D[2] Em[2] Am G[3]
Thanks for reading! Stay alive, and stay street!! |-/
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