Ari Hest - They're on to me
Tabbed by Randy Zwitch


Standard tuning, except tune the b string down to a

(*Tab does not show exact number of strums for each chord.  Listen to a recording to aid with strumming pattern)

Intro

e--0--0-------|----0--0-------|---0--0-------------0---|
a--0--0-------|----0--0-------|---0--0-------------0---|
g--2--1--x4---|----2--1--x2---|---2--1--x2---or----6---|
d--2--2-------|----2--2-------|---0--0-------------7---|
a--0--0-------|----2--2-------|--------------------5---|
E-------------|----0--0-------|------------------------|

*On some versions, I've seen/heard Ari play "2-1" pattern on the 3rd string, others times he's just strummed the "5-7-6" chord

(1)

e--0--0-------|----0--0-------|---0--0---0--0------|
a--0--0-------|----0--0-------|---0--0---0--0------|
g--2--1--x4---|----2--1--x2---|---2--1---6--7------|
d--2--2-------|----2--2-------|---0--0---0--0------|
a--0--0-------|----2--2-------|--------------------|
E-------------|----0--0-------|--------------------|

(2)

e---0------0-----0----0------|    e---0----0---0---0---|
a---0------0-----0----0------|    a---0----0---0---0---|
g---8-----11-----7----6------| or g---8----1---7---6---|
d---9-----12-----6----6------|    d---9----3---6---6---|
a---9-----12-----7----7------|    a---9----3---7---7---|
E---7-----10-----0----0------|    E---7----1---0---0---|

*Judging by a videotape I have, the "7-6-6" chord is clearly wrong.  Ari plays something farther up the neck, perhaps at the 12th fret.
**  Sometimes as the second chord, Ari plays a D barre chord, other times he plays a F barre chord
(3)

e---0----0----0----0---0---0---2----------|
a---0----0----0----0---0---0---0----------|
g---2----9---11---10---2---1---0----10----|
d---2----7---12---11---2---2---0-----0----|
a---0----x--(12)--x----0---2---x-----x----|
E--------9---10---10-------0---3----10----|

Interlude (almost, if not exactly, the same as part (2) )

e---0---0---0----|
a---0---0---0----|
g---8--11---7----|
d---9--12---6----|
a---9--12---7----|
E---7--10---0----|

This is my best attempt at the lyrics, there's no reason to believe they are 100% accurate....

(1)The tile in the kitchen is cracking
The stairs to the basement are sinking
Somebody told me I was crazy
Thinking about the limits of thinking

The crevice in the ceiling is rusting
Who knows when it will cave in
The image of a broken heart bursting
In the middle mirrors my skin

(2)I go walking through New York City
Trying to avoid the sidewalk cracks
Every step that I'm taking
I fear I'm under attack

(3)They're on to me
And I am scared to go in
Once have a control
Rules are there to bend

Now they're on to me
I don't know how to get out
The thought never crossed my mind
Now I'm alone out of time

Out of time

(1)The fire from the stove is blazing
Spreading throughout my home
Didn't know what I was risking
Living here all alone

I can go out to the country
And thrive among the mountain
Sooner or later I'm thirsty
And wish I could drink from a fountain

(2)I go walking through this city
Trying to avoid the sidewalk cracks
Every step that I'm taking
I fear I'm under attack

(3)They're on to me
And I am scared to go in
Once have a control
Rules are there to bend

Now they're on to me
I don't know how to get out
The thought never crossed my mind
Now I'm alone out of time

Out of time

(interlude)

(2)I go walking through this city
Trying to avoid the sidewalk cracks
Every step that I'm taking
I fear I'm under attack

(3)They're on to me
And I am scared to go in
Once have a control
Rules are better than

Now they're on to me
I don't know how to get out
The thought never crossed my mind
Now I'm alone out of time