'Vindicated' by Dashboard Confessional - Guitar Tutorial

            Tuning: Standard
By: jacobhiler@msn.com

This is my first tab.  I figured this off of a live performance of this great song acoustic.

Intro:

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Repeat 2x

Verse:

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Play 2x

Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in and Winding out
The shine of which has caught my eye

And roped me in
So mesmerizing, so hypnotizing 
I am captivated.

Chorus:

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I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along

And I am flawed 
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now 
the things you swore you saw yourself

Verse:

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Play 2x

So clear
Like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intentions
Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye

And rendered me so isoloated, so motivated
I am certain now that

Chorus:

Chorus:

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I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along

And I am flawed 
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now 
the things you swore you saw yourself

Verse 2:

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Up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my finger tips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now to ever swim against the current

Verse:

Play Open
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So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
 2x

Chorus:

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I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along

And I am flawed 
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now 
the things you swore you saw yourself

Then finish vocals:

Hope dangles on a string
like slow spinning redemption.


Thats it, its pretty simple just listen to the song to figure out strumming.