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Blue in the Face

Alkaline Trio
Tab
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Song

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Blue in the face Acoustic - Alkalie Trio

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Tabbed by:Boz945

Email:LOC2382180@aol.com

Tuning:Normal EADGBe

Intro/Ottro Listen to the song on good mourning to get it.

It just switches from E to Esus4 (0221xx) to (0222xx) looks complicated but its not

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-x5-1h-2x5-2-2-2p1-x5--1h2p1h2p1x5--------------------------------------|
D|-2----2--2---2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------|
A|-2----2--2---2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------|
E|-0----0--0---0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------|

Verse: listen for the changes

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-x5--6-6-6-7-7-7-6-7--7-x3---6-x3--7-x5----------------------------------|
A|-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4------4-----7-------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-x5--6-6-6-7-7-7-6-7--7-x3---6-x3--9-x5----------------------------------|
A|-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4------4-----9-------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------7-------------------------------------|

Chorus: first bit 3 times then second bit

e|-------------------_-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------_-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------1-x3-------_-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-x3--2-----9-x5-_----7-x5-7-x5--9-x5------------------------------------|
A|--7-----2-----9----_----7----7-----9---------------------------------------|
E|--5-----0-----7----_----4----5-----7---------------------------------------|

Bridge: "all that followed fell" and whatnot

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9-x5--9-x5--9-x5--7-x5--------------------------------------------------|
A|---7-----6-----9-----7-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---0-----------7-----5-----------------------------------------------------|

End: intro then this

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------1--------------------------------------------|
D|---------6-x5--7-x5--9-x5--7--2--------------------------------------------|
A|---7-x5--6-----7-----9-----7--2--------------------------------------------|
E|---4-----4-----5-----7-----5--0--------------------------------------------|

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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Just play around with it and listen to the good mourning version its an awesome

song hope you can use it, my first tab email me LOC2382180@aol.com

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