#PLEASE NOTE:  This file represents my impression of how Jonatha Brooke
plays this song from listening to the track on her album, Careful 
What You Wish For, and from watching her play the song in the video 
on her Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/jonathabrooke/videos/1170916553240423/> .  
You can buy the CD on her website:  <http://www.jonathabrooke.com> .  
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research, 
and are encouraged to support Jonatha's artistry by buying her gear.   
Please email me <marian@aon.at> if you have a different impression 
of how it should be played. # 

Created:  2020-08-17

After The Tears
Words & Music by Jonatha Brooke

Transcribed by:  Marian <marian@aon.at>


This song is played on a mandolin with the bottom string lowered 1/2 step. 

Tuning:  F#DAE

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Intro: 

0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020 1010 
0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020 1010 

Verse 1: 

0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020 1010 
Think of me once in a    -while 

0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020 1010 
Put in a good word 

0000 8000 
You’re right up there with the 

6000 
stars in the sky and the 

5400 
tears in my eyes, but it’s 

2020 
okay 

3000 
you’ll never doubt 

3500 
you’ll never say 

 
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Chorus: 

0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020   4000 
After the tears have     fall   -en 

5400    5500    3200     1230      0030 0020 0000 
I’ll    be      better off      without you 

    1010     4000 
And I’ll     say 
   
8000   7000     5400    1010 
Every -thing I  wanted 

8000   7000    5400     1010 
Every -thing I wanted       to 

2020   2040   2050   1050 
say 

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Verse 2 – like Verse 1, except for: 

2020 
lonely 

3000     3400    3500 
lonely 

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Chorus 
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Bridge:

0000       8000         6000 
Can’t even picture your face anymore, tell me 

5400 
how will I know you 

2020 
did I? 

3000    3400    3500 
know you? 

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Chorus 
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Outro: 

0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020 1010 
Everything 

0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020 1010 
Everything 

0000 0020 0000 0050 0000 1020 4500 5400 
Everything 

3500 0002 


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