"The Ghost of a Good Thing"  (Unreleased) 
Dashboard Confessional 
Tabbed by:  Tyler Michalicek (TylerMichalicek@yahoo.com) 
Feel free to send comments or corrections of this tab. 
Sorry for any mistakes, this is my first tab. 
 
tabbed in standard tuning but most likely play in Eb like most all dash songs 
move every note up a 1/2 step for Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb tuning 
 
{Song Order} 
part 1 x3 
part 2 x4 
part 3 x4 
part 1 x2 
part 2 x4 
part 3 x3 
part 4 x2 
part 3 x4* 
   
  {Intro/Verse} (part 1) 
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|--5---5---5---5----------------|-----------------------------------| 
|--5---5---5---5--2---2---3---|3-------------------5---5---5---| 
|--3---3---3---3--2---2---3---|3-------------------5---5---5---| 
|--------------------0---0---1---|1-------------------3---3---3---| 
 
|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------| 
|7---7---7---2---3---3---3---| 
|7---7---7---2---3---3---3---| 
|5---5---5---0---1---1---1---| 
 
     (part 2) 
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
|7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5----| 
|7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5----| 
|5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---|1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3----| 
 "     but,  I     believe in you so much..." 
 
     {Chorus} (part 3) 
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|5---5---------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|5---5----------8---8-----------|7---7-----------5---5-----------| 
|3---3----------8---8-----------|7---7-----------5---5-----------| 
|----------------6---6-----------|5---5-----------3---3-----------| 
 
      last riff of chorus 
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|5---5----------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|5---5----------8---8-----------|7---7----------------------------| 
|3---3----------8---8-----------|7---7----------------------------| 
|----------------6---6-----------|5---5----------------------------| 
 
last time playing chorus in song play 2nd riff like this 
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|5---5---------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
|5---5----------2---2-----------|3---3-----------5---5-----------| 
|3---3----------2---2-----------|3---3-----------5---5-----------| 
|----------------0---0-----------|1---1-----------3---3-----------| 
 
 {Bridge} (part 4)     
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|------------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
|----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|7-----------5---5-------3---3---|--------------------------------| 
|----3---3---3---3---2---2---2---|7-----------5---5-------3---3---|--------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|5-----------3---3---0---1---1---|--------------------------------| 
"Just bend the pieces till they fit...."