Artist: Flickerstick
Title:  "Smile"
Album:  Welcoming Home the Astronauts
Transcribed by:  Dillon McGilberry
Email:  [email protected]

"Smile" by Flickerstick
Standard Tuning - E A D G B E
This tab is correct and was based on watching the band play live at numerous occasions

Chords Used

G      (320033)
Cadd9  (x32033)


Verse Progression played on acoustic throughout entire song - strumming pattern varies
-----
              G
Your ship is high 
   Cadd9                    G         Cadd9
And I don't know if it'll make it down 
               G     Cadd9     
But I'm gonna try to slip inside 
     G              Cadd9
The mind of a clown 
       G
Follow me 
  Cadd9         G       Cadd9
Thinking I can save them 
       G
Follow me 
  Cadd9         G         Cadd9 (hold and let ring)  
Thinking I can turn a frown...into a smile 

Pre-chorus (Rex plays this riff over the same chord progression)

E-----------------12-12-12-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B--15-15-15-15-15----------|--13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-|--12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-|
G--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
             G                        Cadd9                        G
E--------------------------|
B-----------------12-12-12-|
G--14-14-14-14-14----------|
D--------------------------|
A--------------------------|
E--------------------------| Repeat 4 times
    Cadd9     Into a smile 
	      Who-oh Who-oh... 
	      Into a smile  (Guitar progression strumed more aggresivly into chorus)

Chorus (Guitar progession more aggresive.  Rex joins brandin with chords.  Cory plays                riff/solo)

E-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B--12-----------12-----------12-15-12-|--12-----------12-----------12-15-12-|
G------14-12-14-----14-12-14----------|------14-12-14-----14-12-14----------|
D-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
                G                                        Cadd9

E-----------------------------------|----12-15-12------------------------------------|
B-12-----------12-----------12-15-12|-15----------15-12-15-12-13-12-------12-13-12---|
G-----14-12-14-----14-12-14---------|-------------------------------14-12----------14|
D-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
                G                                        Cadd9

(Progression continues throughout whole song.  Cory's solo is mainly improvised when    played live so it changes show to show.  However use the same scale and solo       throughout rest of the song) 

              G
Your ship is high 
   Cadd9                   G          Cadd9
And I don't know if it'll make it down 
               G     Cadd9
But I'm gonna try to slip inside 
     G             Cadd9
The mind of a clown 

     G      Cadd9
Into a smile 
         G  Cadd9
Into a smile 
         G  Cadd9
Into a smile 
         G  Cadd9
Into a smile 
         G  Cadd9 
Yeah, yeah....         (repeat until end - quick cutoff ending the song)


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