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Clove Smoke Catharsis

AFI
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

CLOVE SMOKE CATHARSIS

By: Afi

Tabbed by thod_leach

Intro: Repeat with this chord at the end:

|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--|--------------------7-7--7-7--7-7-----------------|
|--5--5-5--8--7--7-7--7--7-7-7--8--8-8-8--|--------------------5-5--5-5--5-5-----------------|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--6--6-6-6--6--6-6-6--|--------------------9-9--9-9--9-9-----------------|

verse 1:

|--5-----5-------5-----5----------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------6-----5--------5-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-----7----7------------7--------------------------------7------------|
|--7--7----------7--7-----------7--7-----7---------7--7----------7----------|
|--5-------------------------------5---------5-----5--5------------5--------|
|--5-------------------------------6--6---------6--5--5--5-----------5------|

verse 1 (distorted guitar):

|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5---------------------------------------------|
|--6--6-6-6--5--5-5--5-5---------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7-7-----------------------------------|
|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7-7--------------------|
|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--------------------|
|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--6--6-6-6--8--8-8-8--9-9--------------------|

chorus: (I'm not including the exact amount of strums here, just the chords)

on the second chord (A major) of the second measure of the chorus,

there is harmonics on the E string

|--5---5---6---8----10----------5---5---6---8----10--------------------|
|--6---5---6---8----10----------6---5---6---10---12--------------------|
|--7---6---7---9----10--9-------7---6---7---10---12----13--------------|
|--7---7---8---10---11----------7---7---8---10---12--------------------|
|--5---7---8---10---11--7-------5---7---8---8----10----11--------------|
|--5---5---6---8----9---x-------5---5---6---8----10--------------------|

verse 2 and chorus 2 are basically the same as the first except there is less

individually picked strings and the chorus is doubled with and extra octave chord at the end:

G --16--

D -------

A -14--

Break:

At the end:

|--7---9---10---8---8-----------------9-------------------|
|--7---9---10--10---8-----------------9-------------------|
|--7---10--11--10---9----------------10-------------------|
|--9---11--12--10---10---------------11-------------------|
|--9---11--12---8---10---------------11-------------------|
|--7---9---10---8---8-----------------9-------------------|

Breakdown: (once again, the exact strums aren't represented)

At the end:

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------10--9---------7----------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--10--11-------------------------------|
|--5--8--7--7--8--7--7----7------7---7---------5----------|
|--5--5--5--6--6--8--8----9------9---9--------------------|

repeat chorus and then finish out song on this octave chord:

G ---7---

D -------

A ---5---

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