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San Francisco

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

Song

San Francisco - Akaline Trio

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Tabbed by: mike

Email:antiflagpunknofx@aol.com

Tuning:Normal

intro 1 (x2)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0---------------------------------------|

intro 2 (x4)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-13-13-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--11-11-------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

verse

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------10-10-10--------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9--2-2-2--6-6-6--4-4-4--9-9-9-9--9--9--2-2-2--4-4-4-------------------|
A|-9-9-9--2-2-2--6-6-6--4-4-4--9-9-9-7--7--7--2-2-2--4-4-4-------------------|
E|-7-7-7--0-0-0--4-4-4--2-2-2--7-7-7----------4-4-4--2-2-2-------------------|

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9--2-2-2--6-6-6--4-4-4--2--------------------------------------------|
A|-9-9-9--2-2-2--6-6-6--4-4-4--2--(let ring)--------------------------------|
E|-7-7-7--0-0-0--4-4-4--2-2-2--0--------------------------------------------|

x x x x x x x x

interlude (x2)

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

chorus

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--(x2)----|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
E|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------|

chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8------------------2------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--2------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--0--0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------|

x x x x x x x x x x x

e|--------------------------------------/------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------/------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------/---------2-2-2-2-2-2-4--------------|
D|--------------------------------------/---------2-2-2-2-2-2-4--------------|
A|-2-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-4-7----/--ending-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--------------|
E| -------------------------------------/------------------------------------|

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

SONG ORDER:

intro 1

intro 2

verse

interlude

verse

chorus

intro 2

verse

interlude 2 (listen for exact / power chords of A|-7-7-7-7-76-7-7-7)-|

third verse (no guitar just hammer ons) (A|-6h7-6h7-6----------------|h7)

chorus

chorus

ending

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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this is my first tab i know its not 100% in some places but it's close so listen to the

for 100% thanks email corrections

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