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The Kennedy Curse

Alexisonfire
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Song

THE KENNEDY CURSE

by Alexisonfire

Intro

Gtr III

|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----2-----2-(2)-(2)---|-----7-------7---|
|---3---3---3-(3)-(3)---|---7---7---7---7-|
|-1-------1-1-(1)-(1)-1s|=5-------5-------|

|

| Gtr IV

|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|

(F) (Am)

|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------2-------2-(2)-----(2)---|-------------7-------------7----|
|-----3----3----3-(3)-----(3)---|-------7-------------7---7---7--|
|-1-----------1-1-(1)-----(1)-1s|=5---------------------5--------|

|

|-----0-------------------------|-----0-----1--------------------|
|-------------------------------|---1---1-----1------------------|
|---2---2-(2)---------(2)-------|-2-------2-----2-(2)------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

F5 A5

Gtr I

PM| PM|

|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2---(2)----|-7-7-7---(7)---(7)-----|
|-3-3-3---(3)----|-7-7-7---(7)---(7)-----|
|-1-1-1---(1)----|-5-5-5---(5)---(5)-17\-|

|

| Gtr II

|-----0---(0)----|-----1---(1)-----------|
|-----1---(1)----|-----1-----------------|
|-----2---(2)----|-----2-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|

Q=113 1.,2.,3. 4.

N.C.(F) F5

~ PM--|

4x

||---------------------------------||------------------|
||o-------------------------------o||------------------|
||------------------0--------------||------------------|
||------2-----3---------3---2---3--||-3-3-3-3----(3)---|
||o-------------------------------o||-3-3-3-3----(3)---|
||--1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---1----||-1-1-1-1----(1)---|

|

| PM--|

| 4x

||---------------------------------||------------------|
||o-------------------------------o||------------------|
||---------------------------------||------------------|
||---------------------------------||-3-3-3-3----(3)---|
||o-------------------------------o||-3-3-3-3----(3)---|
||---------------------------------||-1-1-1-1----(1)---|

Verse

N.C.(F) N.C.(Am)

PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~ PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~

||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||------------------0---------------|-----------------0-----------------||
||------2-----3---------3---2---3---|-----2-----3---------3---2---3-----||
||o---------------------------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0---0------o||
||--1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---1-----|-----------------------------------||

|

||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7---||
||o-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7--o||
||--1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5---||

F5 G F E

|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10--9--9--9-|
|-3-3-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8--8--7--7--7-|
|-1-1-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-------------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-14-14-14-|--7--7--7--7--7--7-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7--8--8--8-10-10-10-12-12-12-|--5--5--5--5--5--5-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

F5 G F E

|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-x-x-9-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8--8-x-x-7-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-x-x-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-x-x-7-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-x-x-5-|

F5 G F E

|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-9-9-9-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8--8-7-7-7-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------------|

|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-|

Q=90

F5 G F E

~~

|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-x-12-10--9--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-10-10-10-10-10-x-10--8--7--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------|

|

| ~~

|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------12-10-12--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7--7--7--7--7-x-----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7--7--7--7--7-x-10--8-10--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--5--5--5--5--5-x-----------|

Chorus

N.C.(F)

PM| PM| PM| PM-| PM-| ~

||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||------------------------0-------------------|
||--------2-------3---------------3-------2---|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--1--1----1--1----1--1-----1--1----1--1-----|

|

|         PM--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
||o-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
||--0--1--1-0--1--1-0--1--1--0--1-1--0--1-1-1-|

N.C.(A)

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~

4x

|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------0-----------------||
|-----2-----3-----------3-----2-----||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0------o||
|-----------------------------------||

|

|     PM------------------------|

| 4x

|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-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--o||
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

Breakdown

E F E F E

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-/7-------------------------------|-/8p==========7h======8p======7---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

|--3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|--3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

C D E D C

|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-\3-------------------------------|-/5-------/7---\5-------\3-----------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|

|--3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|--3p0h1p0h=5p0h=1p0h3p0h=1p0h5p0h1p0-|

|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E F E F E

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-/7-------------------------------|-/8p==========7h======8p======7---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

|--3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|--3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

C D

~~~~~~~~~

|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|-\3-------------------------------|-/5--/7-\5----(5)-|
|----------------------------------|------------------|

|

| ~~

|--3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-/8---------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------|

Interlude

F5

    PM--|            PM--------|
||-----------------------|--------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------|
||--3-3-3------------3-3-|-3-3-3-----------3--|
||o-3-3-3------------3-3-|-3-3-3-----------3--|
||--1-1-1------------1-1-|-1-1-1-----------1--|

|

| Gtr IV

||---------0-------------|--------0-----------|
||o-----5----5-(5)-------|-----5----5-(5)-----|
||-----------------------|--------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------|

1.,2.,3.

A5

  PM--|            PM--------|

4x

|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|-7-7-7------------7-7-|-7-7-7-----------7----||
|-7-7-7------------7-7-|-7-7-7-----------7---o||
|-5-5-5------------5-5-|-5-5-5-----------5----||

|

| 4x

|-----1----1-(1)-------|-----1----1-(1)-------||
|--------5-------------|--------5------------o||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------|----------------------||

4.

A5

|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|-7--------------|-(7)--------------|
|-7--------------|-(7)--------------|
|-5--------------|-(5)--------------|

|

|---1---1-(1)----|-----1---1-(1)----|
|-----5----------|-------5----------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|

Guitar Break

F5

Gtr I

|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

|

| Gtr II

|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

A5

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

|

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

F5

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3---|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3---|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3---|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|

|

|-3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|-3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

A5

|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-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---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------|

|

|-3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|-3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0----|

|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|

Bridge

1.

F5

    PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|

|

|   PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|

A5

  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-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--||
|-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-o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

|

| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-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--||
|-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-o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

2.

F5

  PM----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

|

|-3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

N.C.

|-3p0h1p0h1p0-----3p0h1p0h1p0-----|-3p0h1p0h1p0-----3p0h1p0h1p0-----|
|-------------3p1-------------3p1-|-------------3p1-------------3p1-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

|-3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|-3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0h3p0h1p0h5p0h1p0-|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Outro

F5

||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

|

||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

1.

A5 A G A G A G A G

~~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~~

|-----------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----12-------12-------12-12-----12-----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-10---0-0-10---0-0-10-10---0-10----o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------------------------||

|

|-----------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7----7-7----7-7---7--7----7-7--7-----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7----7-7----7-7---7--7----7-7--7----o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5----5-5----5-5---5--5----5-5--5-----||

2.

A5 G F G F5

~~

|---------------------|----------|--------*|
|---------------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------12-10-12--|----------|--------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-----------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-10--8-10--|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----------|-1--------|-(1)----*|

|

| ~~

|---------------------|----------|--------*|
|---------------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------12-10--9--|----------|--------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-----------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-10--8--7--|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----------|-1--------|-(1)----*|

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