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Song

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Alkaline Trio - Sadie

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Standard Tuning

Intro/Verses

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|9--9--9--10-10-10-9--10-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------------|
  ---------------------|
  ---------------------|
  -10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9|
  -7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7|
  ---------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|9--9--9--10-10-10-9--10-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------------|
  ---------------------|
  ---------------------|
  -9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-----|
  -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
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Choruses (2nd Chorus is 1/3 longer, but played the same)

e|--------|      |---------------------------|
B|--------|      |---------------------------|
G|-5------| then |---------5-----------7-----|
D|-5(X16)-|      |---2-----5(X8)-5-----7(X8)-|
A|-3------|      |---2(X8)-3-----5(X8)-5-----|
E|--------|      |---0-----------3-----------|

Bridge:

solo breakdown thing played over bass

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---8---------------8---8-12--12~~~---7-8echo-----|
G|-7---7---------------7---------------------------|
D|-------9-----9~~~--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Breakout (Whoa!!)

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-------------5-------|
D|-5-----2-----5(X8)---|
A|-5(X8)-2(X8)-3-------|
E|-3-----0-------------|

after Matt's Whoas it goes back to the chorus chords with this solo on top

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8~8----------------15-15-15-13-13-12~~-(X3)-15-15-15------------------|
G|-----7-------(X4)-------------------------------------12-12-14~~-------|
D|-------10--9-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Thats about it, heres the song flow:

I

V

C

V

C

Breakdown

Breakout

Chorus w/ solo

I

Listen to the song, its pretty easy to catch on. Matt throws little echo effects into

the intro and verses with a second guitar, but they're easy to figure out.

Email me if you got comments or questions bigg_albert@hotmail.com

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