"The Special Two"
Artist: Missy Higgins
Title : The Special Two
Album : The Missy Higgins EP
Tuning: EADGBE (standard) - up a step with capo.
Capo : Second fret.
Transcribed by: Cian Clarke, http://www.cianclarke.com
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Relative to capo II:
A - x02220
Am - x02210
A* - x2001x
C - x32010
C* - x33010
Dm - xx0231
F - 133211
G - 3X0033 (Best played like this)
Picking pattern: (Lines 1-4) follow the following picking pattern, Lines 5-7 follow just Bar one, line 8 is back to the second bar and so on. Notice the decending pattern that the C chord follows, this carries on throughout the song.
I've hardly... Outside... Days... Feel... Deserve..Rays...
E|-----------------------------1---0-----|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----1-----------1-----------1---1-1---|------------1----------1--------1-------1---------
G|-------2---2-------0---0-----0---0---0-|----------2---2------0---0--------0-------0-------
D|---2-----2-----0-----0-----2-----------|--------2-------0-------------3----3-2------------
A|-0-----------2-----------3-----3-------|--3-2-0---------------------3---------------3-2---
E|---------------------------------------|-------------------3------------------------------
Am A* C (Var here) Am G C* - C
That is the basic picking pattern for the verses, it remains much the same through the song allthough chord order changes, and a pattern also needs to be applied to a F chord and also a Dm chord.
Am A* C
I've hardly been outside this room in days,
Am G C* - C
'cause I don't feel that I deserve the sunshine's rays.
Am A* C
The darkness helps until the whiskey wears away,
Am G C* - C
And it's then I realize the conscience never fades.
Am A* C
When you're young you have this image of your life:
Am A* C
That you'll be scrupulous and one day even make a wife.
Am A* C
And you make boundaries you'd never dream to cross,
Am G C* - C
And if you happen to you wake completely lost.
F G Am
But I will fight for you, be sure that
F Am G* F G
I will fight until we're the special two once aga--in.
Am A2 C
When we could only need each other, we'd breathe together,
F Am G
Our hands would not be taught to hold another's,
C* C
When we were the special two.
Am A2 C
And we could only see each other, we'd breathe together,
F Am G
These arms will not be taught to need another,
C* - C
And we're the special two
Instrumental (chords): (To the same rythem as chorus): Am - A2 - C - F - Am - G - C* - C
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/higgins_missy/the_special_two_crd.html ]
Instrumental tab (emphasis on hammer ons and pull offs):
Am A* C F Am G C* C
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-1p0--------1---------1---------1----------1-----0h1----------3----------1--------
G|----2p0-------2---------0---------0----------2------2---2-----0----0---0---0-0-0--
D|----------2--------0------0---2-----2----3-----3------2-----0---0--2h2-------3-2--
A|--------0-------0h2---------3----------3---------0-----------------3---------3-3--
E|----------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------
Am A2 C* C
I remember someone old once said to me:
Am G C* C
That lies will lock you up with truth the only key."
Am A2 C* C
But I was comfortable and warm inside my shell,
Am G C* C
And couldn't see this place would soon become my hell.
Am A2 C* C
So is it better to tell and hurt or lie to save their face?
Am G C# C
Well I guess the answer is don't do it in the first place.
Am A2 C* C
I know I'm not deserving of your trust from you right now,
Am G
But if by chance you change your mind you know I will not
C F Am G F G
Let you down 'cause we were the special two, and will be again.
Am A2 C
And we will only need each other, we'll breathe together,
F Am G
Our hands will not be taught to hold another's,
C* C
When we're the special two.
Am A2 C
And we could only see each other we'll breathe together,
F Am G F G
These arms will not be taught to need another, and we're the special two
Dm G Am
I step outside my mind's eye's for a minute.
Dm G
And I look over me like a doctor looking for disease,
Am
Or something that could ease the pain.
Dm G Am F
But nothing cures the hurt you, you bring on by yourself,
G C G
Just remembering, just remembering how we were...
Am A2 C
And we will only need each other, we'll breathe together,
F Am G
Our hands will not be taught to hold another's,
C* C
When we're the special two.
Am A2 C
And we could only see each other we'll breathe together,
F Am G C* C
These arms will not be taught to need another, and we're the special two
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