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Rooftops

Alkaline Trio
Tab
★4.8(4)

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

Song

Rooftops

Alkaline Trio

Tabbed by: Sean Tuffnell

Standard Tuning

Intro

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
A|---5p4-4--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
E|----------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|

Verse

Pt. 1

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------77777777------|
D|---7777777777777777--44444444--77777777------|
A|---7777777777777777--44444444--55555555------|
E|---5555555555555555--22222222----------------| x3

....................................

Pt. 2

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------77777777--7777----|
D|---7777777777777777--44444444--77777777--7777----|
A|---7777777777777777--44444444--55555555--5555----|
E|---5555555555555555--22222222--------------------|

......................................

Chorus

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------777--|
D|---777--777-9999--444--777--|
A|---777--777-9999--444--555--|
E|---555--555-7777--222-------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7777-------------------------------------------|
D|---777--777-9999--444--7777--7/5--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
A|---777--777-9999--444--5555-------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
E|---555--555-7777--222-------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|

Verse Pt.1 x1

Verse Pt.2 x1

Chorus Variation

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------777--|
D|---777--777-9999--444--777--|
A|---777--777-9999--444--555--|
E|---555--555-7777--222-------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7777-----|
D|---777--777-9999--444--7775-7/5-|
A|---777--777-9999--444--5555-----|
E|---555--555-7777--222-----------|

Repeat both sections

Bridge

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---9-7-6-6-7---|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------| x8

Outro

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---66666666-7777-9999-7777-6666-4444-2222---|
D|---xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx---|
A|---44444444-5555-7777-5555-4444-2222-0000---|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---66666666-7777-9999-7777-6666--4~~~~~~~~-------|
D|---xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx--x~~~~~~~~4~~~---|
A|---44444444-5555-7777-5555-4444--2~~~~~~~~x~~~---|
E|------------------------------------------2~~~---|

Any Questions, Comments or Corrections e-mail me at chipmunkthe3rd@hotmail.com

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