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Trucks and Trains

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

Artist: Alkaline Trio

Song: Trucks and Trains

Album: From Here To Infirmary

Guitarist: Matt Skiba

^= bend note

/= slide up

\= slide down

///= pick scrape

PM.= palm mute

~= ring out

Intro x2

e|-77-99-1010-1212-1010-99-1010-99-----------------------|
b|-00-00--0-0--0-0--0-0-00--0-0-00-7777777888888777-(7^)-|
g|---------------------------------0000000000000000------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|()=play 2nd time

No Guitar in verse

Pre-Chorus

e|-------------------|
b|-------------------|
g|-------------------|
d|-55555555-77777777-|
a|-55555555-77777777-|
e|-33333333-55555555-|

PM........ ........

Chorus

e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
g|-777777777777-----------------------|
d|-777777777777-7777\5555555555555555-|
a|-555555555555-7777\5555555555555555-|
e|--------------5555\3333333333333333-| x3
e|-----------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------|

d|-7777777777777777\55555555/7777777-|

a|-7777777777777777\55555555/7777777-|

e|-5555555555555555\33333333/5555555-| x1

Intro x2

e|-77-99-1010-1212-1010-99-1010-99-----------------------|
b|-00-00--0-0--0-0--0-0-00--0-0-00-7777777888888777-(7\)-|
g|---------------------------------0000000000000000------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|()=play 2nd time

Verse 2

e|-----------|
b|-----------|
g|-----------|

d|-/////////-|

a|-/////////-|

e|-----------|this is after he sings "plummet down in flames"

Pre-Chorus

e|-------------------|
b|-------------------|
g|-------------------|
d|-55555555-77777777-|
a|-55555555-77777777-|
e|-33333333-55555555-|

PM........ ........

Chorus

e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
g|-777777777777-----------------------|
d|-777777777777-7777\5555555555555555-|
a|-555555555555-7777\5555555555555555-|
e|--------------5555\3333333333333333-| x3
e|-----------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------|

d|-7777777777777777\55555555/7777777-|

a|-7777777777777777\55555555/7777777-|

e|-5555555555555555\33333333/5555555-| x1

Solo x4

e|-77-99-1010-1212-1010-99-1010-99-|
b|-00-00--0-0--0-0--0-0-00--0-0-00-|
g|---------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|

Bridge

e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------777-|
d|-99999999-77777777-55555555-44444-777-|
a|-99999999-77777777-55555555-55555-555-|
e|-77777777-55555555-33333333-22222-----| x3

PM........ ........ ........ .....

e|-------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|
d|-99999999-77777777-55555555-77777777-|
a|-99999999-77777777-55555555-77777777-|
e|-77777777-55555555-33333333-55555555-| x1

While this is being played another guitar is pick scraping

like in the 2nd verse

Chorus

e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
g|-777777777777-----------------------|
d|-777777777777-7777\5555555555555555-|
a|-555555555555-7777\5555555555555555-|
e|--------------5555\3333333333333333-| x3
e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------7~-|
d|-7777777777777777\55555555/7777777-7~-|
a|-7777777777777777\55555555/7777777-5~-|
e|-5555555555555555\33333333/5555555----| x1

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