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Alexisonfire
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★4.9(11)

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Song

WATERWINGS (AND OTHER POOL SIDE FASHION FAUX PAUS)

by Alexisonfire

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - Dallas

Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - Wade

Verse 1 & 2

E5 G5 D5

Gtr I

PM--|

*|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
*|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
*|----------9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
*|----------9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
*|----------7--(7)--7--7--7--7--7-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
*|---0-0-0---------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| PM--|

*|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
*|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
*|---------12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-14-|-(14)-14-14-14-14-14-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
*|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
*|---------10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
*|---0-0-0---------------------------|------------------------------------------|

E5 G5

PM--|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--(7)--7--7--------9--9--9--9--9--9-12-|
|--(7)--7--7--------9--9--9--9--9--9-12-|
|--(5)--5--5--------7--7--7--7--7--7-10-|
|------------0-0-0----------------------|

|

| PM--|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(11)-11-11-------12-12-12-12-12-12-14-|
|---------------------------------------|
|--(9)--9--9-------10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|
|------------0-0-0----------------------|

D5

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|------------------------------------------|

|

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-(14)-14-14-14-16-16-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|------------------------------------------|
|-(12)-12-12-12-14-14--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|------------------------------------------|

E5 C5 D5

PM--|

|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--(7)--7--7--------9--9--9--9--9--9-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|--(7)--7--7--------9--9--9--9--9--9-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|--(5)--5--5--------7--7--7--7--7--7-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|------------0-0-0---------------------|------------------------------------|

|

| PM--|

|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-(11)-11-11-------12-12-12-12-12-12-9-|-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--(9)--9--9-------10-10-10-10-10-10-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|------------0-0-0---------------------|------------------------------------|

To Coda

E5 G5

PM--|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--(7)--7--7--------9--9--9--9--9--9-12-|
|--(7)--7--7--------9--9--9--9--9--9-12-|
|--(5)--5--5--------7--7--7--7--7--7-10-|
|------------0-0-0----------------------|

|

| PM--|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(11)-11-11-------12-12-12-12-12-12-14-|
|---------------------------------------|
|--(9)--9--9-------10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|
|------------0-0-0----------------------|

D5 D5

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--7--------------7--|
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--7--------------7--|
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10--5--------------5--|
|------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|

|

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(14)-14-14-14-14-14-11-------------11--|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--9--------------9--|
|------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----|

D5 D5 D5 D5 E5

2/4

|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--(7)--------------7--------7--------7-|--(7)--------7--9--9--9-|
|--(7)--------------7--------7--------7-|--(7)--------7--9--9--9-|
|--(5)--------------5--------5--------5-|--(5)--------5--7--7--7-|
|------0-0-0-0-0-0-----0--0-----0--0----|-------0--0-------------|

|

|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-(11)-------------14-14-14-16-16-16-19-|-(19)-19-19-19-21-21-21-|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--(9)-------------12-12-12-14-14-14-17-|-(17)-17-17-17-19-19-19-|
|------0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|------------------------|

Pre-Chorus

E E E E E E

4/4

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

||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------|---------------------------|
||-------9--------9----9--9--9-|------9--------9----9--9---|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------0-|
||o------7--------7----7--7--7-|------7--------7----7--7---|
||--0-0----0-0-0----0----------|-0-0----0-0-0----0---------|

|

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

||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------|---------------------------|
||------12-------12---12-12-12-|-----12-------12---12-12---|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------2-|
||o-----10-------10---10-10-10-|-----10-------10---10-10---|
||--0-0----0-0-0----0----------|-0-0----0-0-0----0---------|

N.C.(D)

3x

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||

|-(0)-0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7p0-5p0-4h5p4-0-|-(0)-0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7p0-5p0-4h5p4p0--||

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||

|

| 3x

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||

|-(2)p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7p0-5p0-4h5p0-2-|-(2)p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7p0-5p0-4h5p4p0--||

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||

E E E E D5 E5

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

|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|------9--------9----9--9--9-|------9--------9---7-7--9-|
|----------------------------|-------------------7-7--9-|
|------7--------7----7--7--7-|------7--------7---5-5--7-|
|-0-0----0-0-0----0----------|-0-0----0-0-0----0--------|

|

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

|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----12-------12---12-12-12-|-----12-------12---7-7--9-|
|----------------------------|-------------------7-7--9-|
|-----10-------10---10-10-10-|-----10-------10---5-5--7-|
|-0-0----0-0-0----0----------|-0-0----0-0-0----0--------|

C5

||--------0-----0-----0-----0----|
||o-------0-----0-----0-----0----|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5--|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5--|
||o-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3--|
||-------------------------------|

|

||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5--|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5--|
||o-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3--|
||-------------------------------|

D5

|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-(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-|
|-(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-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

E5

3x

|-------0-----0-----0-----0----||
|-------0-----0-----0-----0---o||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-o||
|------------------------------||

|

| 3x

|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-o||
|------------------------------||

C5 D5

|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|
|-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|
|-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-(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-----|
|-(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-----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(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-----|
|-(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-----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

D.S. al Coda

E5 E5

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------9-|
|-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-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-0-0----|

|

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------12-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------10-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-0-0----|

&

G5 D5

2/4

|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--(7)--7--7--7--|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--(7)--7--7--7--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--(5)--5--5--5--|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|

|

|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-(11)-11-11-11--|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--(9)--9--9--9--|
|----------------------------------------|----------------|

Bridge

N.C.(D)

4/4

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0--||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|

|   PM------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||--4---4---------------------------|-5---5----------------------------||
||o-2---2---------------------------|-3---3---------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

N.C.(D)

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4p0-5p0-9p0-7p0-5p0-4p0-7-5-4-0-|-4p0-5p0-9p0-7p0-5p0-4p0-7-5-4-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| PM----------------------|         PM----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------4-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7S9-9-9-|---------4-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7S9-9-9-|
|-4---4---------------------------|-5---5---------------------------|
|-2---2---------------------------|-3---3---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

N.C.(D) E5

2/4

PM--|

|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------9-|
|-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-9p0-7p0-|-5p0-4p0-5-4-0-5----(5)-|-(5)-(5)--9-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|----------7-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------|

|

| PM----------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------|
|---------4-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7S9-9-9-|---------x-x-x-5----(5)-|-(5)-(5)--9-|
|-4---4---------------------------|-5---5---x-x-x-5----(5)-|-(5)-(5)--9-|
|-2---2---------------------------|-3---3---x-x-x-3----(3)-|-(3)-(3)--7-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------|

Out-Chorus

E5 C5

4/4

||--------0-----0-----0-----0---|
||o-------0-----0-----0-----0---|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|
||o-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-|
||------------------------------|

|

||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|
||--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|
||o-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-|
||------------------------------|

D5

|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|-------0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-(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-|
|-(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-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

E5 C5

|-------0-----0-----0-----0----||------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-------0-----0-----0-----0---o||------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||-(9)9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-5-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||-(9)9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-5-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-o||-(7)7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-3-|
|------------------------------||----------------------------------|

|

|------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------o||----------------------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||----------------------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--||--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-o||----------------------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------------------|

D5

|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-(5)5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-7-|
|-(5)5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-7-|
|-(3)3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-5-|
|----------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

E5

|------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-(7)7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-(7)7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-9-|
|-(7)7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-(7)7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-9-|
|-(5)5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-(5)5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-7-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

C5 D5

|------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-(9)9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-5-|-(5)5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-7-|
|-(9)9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-5-|-(5)5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-7-|
|-(7)7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-3-|-(3)3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-5-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

N.C.(D)

|------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-(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---7-7-7-2-|
|-(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---|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-4p0-5p0-7-5-4-0-|--4--0-5-0-7-5-4-0-4-0-5-0-7-5-0-2-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

N.C.(D)

2/4

|-----------------------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------------------|-------*|

|-(2)p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7p0-5p0-4h5p4p0-|-5\----*|

|-----------------------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------------------|-------*|

|

|-----------------------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------------------|-9-----*|

|-(2)p0-5p0-4p0-5p0-7p0-5p0-4h5p4p0-|-9\----*|

|-----------------------------------|-7-----*|
|-----------------------------------|-------*|

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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