The Handshake

Song

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THE HANDSHAKE - Bad Religion

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Transcription by Ryan McCallum, d95mr@causeway.infc.ulst.ac.uk

*** Song Structure ***

Intro Chorus

Riff A (x4) Riff D (x1 & 1/2)

Riff E

Verse 1 Riff A (x2)

Riff B (x2)

Riff C Bridge (Half Time)

Riff B Riff F (x2)

Riff G

Verse 2

Riff B (x2) Solo (Double Time)

Riff C Riff A (x2)

Riff A Riff C > w/ Solo Line

Riff C Riff A /

Riff A

Verse 5

Chorus Riff B (x2)

Riff D (x1 & 1/2) Riff C

Riff E Riff A (x2)

Riff A (x2)

Outro

Verse 3 Riff H (x6)

Riff B (x2) Riff E

Riff C Riff I

Riff B

Verse 4 Note: Add Pickslides, Chord Slides etc

Riff B (x2) Listen To The Record To Hear When.

Riff C

Riff A PS: The Timing's Probably Off, So Use

Riff C The TAB In Conjunstion With The

Riff A Record.... Enjoy.

*** Riffs ***

Riff A End Riff A

|---------------------------------| Note: The x's also include a harmonic

|---------------------------------| overtone. A second guitar plays

|-6-----6-----6-----6-6-6---4-4---| just x's / harmonics...
|-6---x-6---x-6---x-6-6-6---4-4---| (listen closely you'll hear it!)
|-4---x-4---x-4---x-4-4-4---2-2---|
|---------------------------------|

Riff B End Riff B Riff C End Riff C

|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
|-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---4-4---| |-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|
|-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---4-4---| |-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2---| |-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------| |-----------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|

Riff D End Riff D

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------4---6---|-----------------------------4---|
|-7-7-7---7---7-------2---4---6---|-6-6-6---6---6-------7---2---4---|
|-7-7-7---7---7-----x-2---2---4---|-6-6-6---6---6-----x-7---2---2---|
|-5-5-5---5---5-----x-0-----------|-4-4-4---4---4-----x-5---0-------|

Riff E End Riff E

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------4-------4-------|
|-2-------2-------4-------4-------|
|-0-------0-------2-------2-------|
|---------------------------------|

Riff F End Riff F

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---------------------------|-4---4-----------5---5-----------|
|-2-------2-------1---1-----------|-4-------4-------6-------6-------|
|-2-----------2---2-------2-------|-4-----------4---6-----------6---|
|-0---------------2-----------2---|-2---------------4---------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

(let notes ring throughout........................................)

Riff G End Riff G

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------1---1-----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-----------2---2-------2-------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0---------------2-----------2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|

(see above - Riff F!) pm-------------------------------|

Solo

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|-----------------------------------------------------5-------5---|
|---------------------4-------4---6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------6-------|
|---------4---5---6-------6---------------------------------------|
|-4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|
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(wide vibrato)

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|-7bu(9)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
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(bend up & hold w/wide vibrato) (wide vibrato)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----4-----------------------------------------------------------|
|/6-------6---4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-/6---4---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------6---5---4---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------7---4---2---|

(slide into G#) (wide vibrato) (slide into G#)

End Solo

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|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

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(hold with wide vibrato as the note gradually fades out.....)

Riff H End Riff H

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------|

Riff I End Riff I

|---------------------------------||
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|-6-----6-----6-----6-6-6-6-6-4---||
|-6---x-6---x-6---x-6-6-6-6-6-4---||
|-4---x-4---x-4---x-4-4-4-4-4-2---||
|---------------------------------||

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