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Frank Black and the Catholics 
Song: So Hard to Make Things Out
Album: Pistolero
Tabbed by: Derek (ProverbialCereal)

There are three different sections to this song. I've
labelled them parts 1, 2, and 3.
                      
  PART ONE** 
E----------------------------2---------------------------------------0--
B------3--3h5--3--0-------------3---------------3--3h5--3--0------------
G-------------------------2---------------------2-----------------------
D--4-------------------0------------2-2-2---4---------------------------
A--2--------------------------------0-0-0---2---------------------------
E--2----------------------------------------2-------------------0-------


E-------------------0--0h2--0---------3---------------------------------
B-------------------1--1----1---3---------3-----------3--3^--0----------
G-------------------------------3h4-------------------4-----------------
D-----------0----------------------------------0*-----------------------
A------0h2------2------------------------------0*-2*--------------------
E--0h2----------2-------------------------------------------------------


E---------------------------2--------------------------------------3--2-
B------3--3h5--3--0------------3---------------3--3h5--3--0-------------
G------------------------2---------------------2----------------2-------
D--4------------------0------------2-2-2---------------------0----------
A--2-------------------------------0-0-0---2----------------------------
E--2---------------------------------------2----------------------------


E------||---------------------------
B------||---------------------------
G------||---------------------------
D--0---||---------------------------
A------||-(back to beginning)-------
E------||---------------------------
         I’m going out big plains to see the spirits rise,
         Out tonight to watch them, do their thing,
         If your coming out with big plans to find some paradise,
         Well there’s nothing here to do but limboing

E-----3---3---3h5---0------0------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------0--4--(played 2x throughtout pt. 1)
A--5-------------------2-------2-2-----2------------------
E--3-------------------0-------0-0-----2------------------
     And some went back
they couldn't face the black
and they're going back today with their personal things
i couldn't go back
i didn't have the knack
so i'll be staying on with my personal things
yeah, i'll be staying on ....


PART TWO:**
         Em
With my ... Personal things...

G  Bm (8x then vocals start)
    
G         Bm                 G   Bm
Well they call this a life I live 
F       G            Bm    G-Bm G-Bm G-Bm
 On the ninety-sixth floor
G        Bm                G   Bm
And they Call it a life he lives 
F            G        Bm  G-Bm-G-Bm 
 That's they guy next door
F            G            Bm   G-Bm-G-Bm 
 Life on the mighty brick tiers
  F            G            Bm   G-Bm-G-Bm
I tried on the ninety-sixth floor
F            G      F            G      F                G
Mighty brick tiers, Ninety-sixth floor, Something had to give

C            G    F#  F                 Em
Why is it so hard to live? It's just so hard to make things,
C            G    F#  F                 Em     
Why is it so hard to live? It's just so hard to make things,
C            G    F#  F                 Em             
Why is it so hard to live? It's just so hard to mkae things out

(same chords)
Well i have a suggestion 
As you bark your querying
Well there ain't no congestion 
On a dark Hyperion
In the nigh’ nigh’ nigh’ nigh’ night        
In the nigh’ nigh’ nigh’ nigh’ night
No congestion, dark Hyperion, why why why why

Why is it so hard to live... etc.

PART THREE:

C  Am  F (4x)

     C                Am      F  G                     C-Am-F  C-Am-F
Well I'll tell you my philosophy, Things must've been grand
C               Am       F  G              C-Am-F  C-Am-F
Way back in the old country, in a younger land
F                Dm
Now I can hardly wait, yeah
G            Bb               C-Am-F  C-Am-F 
I can hardly wait to see them rise
F                Dm          G            Bb   C-Am-F  C-Am-F
Now I can hardly wait, yeah, for it to materialize
F
Now I can hardly wait, yeah
Dm
I can hardly wait, yeah
G                             Bb  (stop)
I can hardly wait to see them rise
                           F  Dm  Bb (2x)
They're so hard to make out
                        F  Dm  Bb  F
They're so hard to make out

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Symbols and the meanings:
h = hammer on
^ = bend upward
* = palm mute

**PART ONE: I didn’t tab out every single not as you see. That would 
take to long and be to much of a hassle. He basically just repeats
it over and over. It’s slightly different each time. Mostly just by
one or two notes. Sometimes he adds a note or doesn’t play something. 

**PART TWO chords: (I don’t think he plays the full chords every time.)
   G    Bm     F     C     F#   Em    
E--3--|--2--|--1--|-----|--2--|--0--|--
B--3--|--3--|--1--|--5--|--2--|--0--|--
G--4--|--4--|--2--|--5--|--3--|--0--|--
D--5--|--4--|--3--|--5--|--4--|--2--|--
A--5--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--4--|--2--|--
E--3--|-----|--1--|-----|--2--|--0--|--

and for PART THREE, well, it rocks. What a great song. Play C and Am
as open chords.

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