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The Philosopher

Death Cab for Cutie
Tab
★4.3(11)

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

Intro

e||------h--h---p--h--h------h--h---p-----h----||
B||--0--5--8--12--8--5---0--5--8--12--8--5-----||
G||--------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------||
e||------h---h---p---h--h------h---h---p------h--||
B||--0--7--10--15--10--7---0--7--10--15--10--7---||
G||----------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------------------||
e||------h--h---p--h--h------h--h---p-----h----||
B||--0--5--8--12--8--5---0--5--8--12--8--5-----||
G||--------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------||
e||------h--h---p-----h-----h--h---p-----h-----||
B||--0--4--7--10--7--4--0--4--7--10--7--4--0---||
G||--------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------||

riff:1

e||--------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------||
D||--4--2--------------------------------------||
A||--2--2--4--3--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---------||
E||-----0--2--1--1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---------||

. . . . . . . . .

riff:2

e||-------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------(scream)--||
D||---------------h-------------------------------------/-------||
A||-2------7---6-7-9--2----7(7)\4-2-4--6----7-666-666--6----~---||
E||-0--------0--------0----------------4------444-444------3----||

... ..

e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------(scream)--------------------------------------||
D||-------~----------/-------------8-9-8-------------8-9-8--------||
A||-6----7-666-666--6----~---2---9-6-7-6----/--2---9-6-7-6--9-11--||
E||-4------444-444------3----0-------------8---0------------7-9---||

... ..

e||-----------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------(scream)----------------------------||
D||------------------/------------------------/---------||
A||-6----7-666-666--6----~---6----7-666-666--6-----~----||
E||-4------444-444------3----4------444-444-------3-----||

... .. ... ..

riff: 3

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------7-----------7------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------10-----------10----------||
E||--5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----8-8------||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

e||-------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------7-----------7----||
A||--------5-----------5-----5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5------||
E||--3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3------------------------||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Solo

e||----------------------------------------------||
B||---------------/\-----------------------------||
G||--14---16-16-16-----14---16-16-16-17-17/19-19-||
D||----------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------------------||
e||-------------------17---------------------------------------------||
B||----------15-17-18----18-17-15----------------15------------------||
G||-14-16-17----------------------17-16-14-16-17----17-16-14---------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------15-14-12||
A||------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------------------------------------||
e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------||
A||15-14-etc.-----------------------------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------------------------||

riff:4

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

riff:5

e||------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------||
A||--7-----8-----7-----8----2----3----2----3-------||
E||--5-----6-----5-----6----0----1----0----1-------||

************************************

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| . Staccato

| / Slide up

| ~ Vibrato

************************************

Intro

[riff:1] play 7 times

riff:2

[riff:3] play 4 times start solo on 2 repeat

[riff:4] play 6 times

[riff:1] play 7 times

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