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Boxcar Racer

Box Car Racer
Tab
★3.9(16)

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

---pm----

Verse (Gtr. I)

e|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-7-| just play til you hit the chorus

A|---|

E|-5-|

Chorus (Gtr. I)

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--------888----------------------------------|
D|-222222-----222222-666666666666/777777777777-|repeat as needed
A|-222222-666-222222-666666666666/777777777777-|
E|-000000-----000000-444444444444/555555555555-|

Postchorus (Gtr. I)

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

---palm mute----

Play Main Riff and Main Riff-2

Play Verse again

Play Chorus again

Play Postchorus again

Bridge (Gtr. II Clean)

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|---2--2-2--4--4-2--|
A|-22-22-2-22-22-2-2-|
E|-------------------|

Interlude (Gtr. I clean)

"Tiny voices.. I hear voices.."

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-0------4------4------0------4------5------5------|

Play Bridge again

Play Chorus again

Play Postchorus again

5 - Cat Like Thief

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Intro/Verse/Main Riff (Gtr. I)

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|repeat as needed
A|-00-00-44-44-55-55-55-55---|
E|---------------------------|

Intro/Verse/Main Riff-2 (Gtr. II)

e|----|

B|-10-|

G|-7--|play everytime Gtr. I hits the D string
D|----|in the main riff only
A|----|
E|----|

Chorus (Gtr. I)

"Dooooooooon't Leeeeaaaaaave..."

e|---|
B|---|

G|-6-|just keep playing

D|-7-|

A|---|

E|-5-|

Play Main Riff and Main Riff-2

Play Chorus again

Bridge (Gtr. II)

e|----------------------------------|
B|------14------14--12--12---12-----|
G|--9-9-----9-9------------9----9---|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Continue to play Chorus on Gtr. I and

Bridge of Gtr. II until the song fades away..

6 - And I

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Intro/Main Riff-1

Gtr. I (dist.)

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--111111111111\7777/888\7/111111\777-|
D|-------------------------------------|repeat as needed
A|--999999999999\5555/666\5/999999\555-|
E|-------------------------------------|

play this a few times than gtr. II kicks in with..

Intro/Main Riff-2

Gtr. II (dist.)

e|-----------------------------------------------|------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|------|
G|-77777777---------------77777777---------------|-7~~--|
D|-77777777-999999\555555-77777777-999999\555555-|------|
A|-55555555---------------55555555---------------|-5~~--|
E|----------777777\333333----------777777\333333-|------|

play this^ end of 2nd time

Verse

Gtr. I

e|------|
B|------|

G|-7777-|Just play this the whole verse

D|------|

A|-5555-|

E|------|

Chorus

(Gtr. I plays Main Riff-1

Gtr. II plays Main Riff-2)

Bridge

Gtr. II (all p.m.)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-77-777-9-99-999-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-55-555-7-77-777-9-99-999-5-55-555-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------7-77-777-3-33-333-------------------------------------|

Ending Chorus

Gtr. I

e|-------------------------------------|------|
B|-------------------------------------|------|
G|-77777777777-11111111-9999999-777777-|-7~~--|
D|-------------------------------------|------|
A|-55555555555-99999999-7777777-555555-|-5~~--|
E|-------------------------------------|------|

end on^

7 - Letters To God

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I know this is how a lot of other people tabbed it, but I'm pretty sure

this is the right way to play it so sorry if mine isn't completely unique.

Intro/Verse (clean)

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-222222h4-555555-|repeat as needed
A|-222222h4-555555-|
E|-000000h2-333333-|

Chorus (clean)

I'll do it like the sorrow tab and I'll cordinate the lyrics with the

chords for you... (the explaination is in track #9 so scroll down

a little bit so see them. But just play the chords with the lyrics.

e|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-2-|"And I, I wont.." / "Gooooooo.."

A|-2-|

E|-0-|

e|---|
B|---|

G|-5-|

D|-5-|"Lie. I wont.." / "ooo. Cant you.."

A|-3-|

E|---|
e|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-5-|"Sin..." / "Wait... Maybe.."

A|-5-|

E|-3-|

e|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-7-|"Maybe I don't Wanna.." / "I don't wanna go.."

A|-7-|

E|-5-|

Play Verse again

Play Chorus again

(keep playing the chorus through the piano interlude)

Now the song switchs to distortion..

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-22-2-22-2h4-5-55-5-55-55--2-22-2-22-2h4-5-55-5-55-55-|
A|-2-22-2-22-2h4-5-55-5-55-55--2-22-2-22-2h4-5-55-5-55-55-|
E|-0-00-0-00-0h2-3-33-3-33-33--0-00-0-00-0h2-3-33-3-33-33-|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-2222222h4-55555555--222222222h4-55555555-|
A|-2222222h4-55555555--222222222h4-55555555-|
E|-0000000h2-33333333--000000000h2-33333333-|

Play Chorus with Distortion

8 - My First Punk Song

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(get alot of feedback then play..)

Intro/Verse Main Riff

e|-------------|------------------|---------------|
B|-------------|------------------|---------------|
G|-------------|---------6--------|----------6----|
D|-------------|--777777-6-6-8\7--|-22222222-6-66-|
A|-------------|--777777-4-6-8\7--|-22222222-4-66-|
E|-------------|--555555---4-6\5--|-00000000---44-|

repeat as needed repeat as needed

Play Main Riff Again

Riff A

"Theres one problem.."

e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|-888888--|repeat as needed
A|-888888--|
E|-666666--|

Then he starts saying "I got no dick" play Main Riff

Play Riff A again

9 - Sorrow

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This song has a few ways to play the intro so I'll give you them

and you can decide for yourself...

Intro/Main Riff

e|----------------|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|---------------|Pick one,
D|-0-----2---0----|----------------|-------2---0---|repeat as needed
A|---4-0---0---4--|--5-4-0-7-4-5-4-|-5-4-0---0---4-|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|

Verse

"Because I need, you, more...."

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-7777777777-6666666666-4444444444/6666666666--|Repeat as needed
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|-5555555555-4444444444-2222222222/4444444444--|

(Tom plays the verse with the gain alittle low)

(Play Main Riff again)

Prechorus (heres what everyone forgot to put in there tabs!)

"Because we moved, to fucking fast.."

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-66666666-44444444-10101010/1212121212121212-10101010-66666666-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-44444444-22222222-88888888/1010101010101010-88888888-44444444-|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|

D|-10101010/1212121212121212-|

A|---------------------------|

E|-88888888/1010101010101010-|

Chorus 1 (I'll give you the lyrics over the power chords so you know when

to play them.. just play the powerchord over and over until

the lyrics the cordinate with them finish. Just listen to the

song to figure it out.. jeez!)

e|---|                e|---|
B|---|                B|---|
G|---|"I'm Sorry.."   G|---|"Please forgive me.."
D|-7-|                D|-6-|
A|-7-|                A|-6-|
E|-5-|                E|-4-|
e|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-6-|"Belieeeeeeeve me if you want.."

A|---|

E|-4-|

At the end of that part of the chorus play this

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-444444----|
A|--------0~-|
E|-222222-0~-|

Play Main Riff again

Play Verse again

Play Chorus again and repeat once

Interlude (clean)

e|----------------------|-------------|
B|-0-3-2--0-3-2--0-3-2--|--0-2-3-2-0--|
G|----------------------|-------------|
D|----------------------|-------------|repeat as needed
A|----------------------|-------------|
E|----------------------|-------------|

Listen to song to get rythem

Play Chorus again and repeat once

(drum outro)

10 - There Is

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PUnkKid182 already made one of the best tabs for the song and it wouldn't be

right to make one just like his and put it in here so I'm just gonna advise

you use his tab. Thanks.

11 - End With You

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Intro/Riff A

e|------|
B|------|

G|-6666-|repeat as many times needed

D|------|

A|-4444-|

E|------|

Intro pt. 2

"What the fuck!?" Main Riff (3x)

e|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------6------------------------|
D|----------------------6-|-444-6/7--77777777\6/7-6------------------------|
A|-444-6/7-77777777\6/7-4-|-444-4/5--77777777\6/7-4------------------------|
E|-222-4/5-55555555\4/5---|-222-4/5--55555555\4/5--------------------------|

Verse

e|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|Repeat 2nd part
D|-222-4-6/7-|-------4-4-4-------------|as needed...
A|-222-4-6/7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-000-2-4/5-|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-|

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Prechorus

*repeat RIFF A*

Chorus

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------6666-|
D|-6666666666666666/4444444444444444------|
A|-6666666666666666/4444444444444444-4444-|
E|-4444444444444333/2222222222222222------|

*repeat MAIN RIFF*

*repeat VERSE*

*repeat RIFF A*

*repeat CHORUS*

Interlude (with effects)

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------666/7\4~-|
D|-444/6/7~-----------|Repeat as needed
A|-----------444/5\2~-|
E|-222/4/5~-----------|

*repeat CHORUS*

*repeat RIFF A*

12 - Elevator

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This song has only one riff per guitar that they play the entire song...

play both with low gain..

Gtr. I (dist.)

e|----------------------------|
B|------------------0~--------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------5-------7-------9---|
E|-\333333-33/8888-888\777777-|

Gtr. II (dist.)

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-55555555555555555555----101010101010-----99999999999999----|
A|----------------------x0---------------x0----------------x0-|
E|-33333333333333333333-x0-8888888888888-x0-77777777777777-x0-|

do these^ really fast

Elevator is the one song that I'm kinda unsure about.. so I dont know if its

right or now..

13 - Instrumental

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Gtr. I (dist. and all p.m.)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-55-------44-------55------44------55------44------55------44-------|
E|---555555---444444---222222--444444--555555--444444--222222--444444-|

repeat as needed

Gtr. II (dist.)

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|------8888------9999---------------------|repeat as needed
D|-2222-8888-2222-9999-2222-6666-2222-7777-|
A|-2222-6666-2222-7777-2222-6666-2222-7777-|
E|-0000------0000------0000-4444-0000-5555-|

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