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CAKE
Tab
4.4(25)

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

Part 1 Intro and Verse

Play Clean and Slow

Am C F

e|---------------0-----------------------0-----------------------1-----------|
B|------------1-----1-----------------1-----1-----------------1-----1--------|
G|---------2--------------2--------0--------------0--------2--------------2--|
D|------2--------------2--------2--------------2--------3--------------3-----|
A|---0-----------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------1-----------------------|

D7

e|-------------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1-----1----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2--------------2----------------------------------------------------|
D|----0--------------0-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Part 2

This part comes directly after the verse

Play 4 times a little distorted

e|--5--5-5--x-x-----x------x-x--3-x--1--1-1-x-x-1-1--1--1--1-----------------|
B|--5--5-5--x-x--7--x--5-5-x-x--3-x--1--1-1-x-x-1-1--1--1--1-----------------|
G|--6--6-6--x-x--7--x--5-5-x-x--4-x--2--2-2-x-x-2-2--2--2--2-----------------|
D|--7--7-7--x-x--7--x--5-5-x-x--5-x--3--3-3-x-x-3-3--3--3--3-----------------|
A|--7--7-7--x-x--5--0--3-3-x-x--5-x--3--3-3-x-x-3-3--3--3--3-----------------|
E|--5--5-5--x-x------------x-x--3-0--1--1-1-x-x-0-0--0--0--0-----------------|

d u d d u d u d u d u d u d u d d u d ud ud ud u

Part 3

Chorus

Clean and Slow

Em Am Em Am G

e|--------------------------0----------------------------------0-------------|
B|---------0--------------1---1---------------0--------------1---1-----------|
G|-------0---0----------2---------2---------0---0----------2---------2-------|
D|-----2---------2----2---------2---------2---------2----2---------2---------|
A|---2---------2----0-------------------2---------2----0---------------0---2-|
E|-0----------------------------------0----------------------------------3---|

After this pick

C G C Am C F D7

e|----------------------0---------------------------------0----------0--0--1--2--|
B|-----3--------------1---1--------------3--------------1---1--------1--1--1--1--|
G|---0---0----------0---------2--------0---0----------0---------2----2--0--2--2--|
D|-0---------0----2---------0--------0---------2----2---------0------2--2--3--0--|
A|---------2----3------------------2---------0----3------------------0--3--3--0--|
E|-------------------------------3-----------------------------------------1-----|

then part 2

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| x Dead note

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