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Death Cab for Cutie
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

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YOUR BRUISE - Death Cab for Cutie

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Tabbed by: A.J. Conner

Email: ajconner123@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Intro/Outro

Guitar 1:

e|--------0--------0---------------------0--------0--------------------------|
B|-----7--------7--------7--7---------7--------7--------7--7-----------------|
G|--8--------8--------8-----8------8--------8--------8-----8-----------------|
D|--6--------6--------6-----9------6--------6--------6-----9-----------------|
A|--------------------------7------------------------------x-----------------|
E|--------------------------0------------------------------7-----------------|

Guitar 2: (Optional, I've only heard this part live, it's a harmony to the above)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----12---------11-------------9---------12---------11---------------------|
G|---------11------------11--------------------11------------11-----11-------|
D|--9----------9------9------9----------9----------9------9------9-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Verse

Guitar 1: (Repeat)

e|-----------------------------0---0-0---------------------------------------|
B|--------0--------------0-----4/5-5-4-0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
G|-----8-----8--------8----------------4-4-4/8-------------------------------|
D|--6--------------6---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------9------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----7---------7-0-------5-5-4--9-9------7---------7-0-------5-5-4----------|
G|------8-----8----------------------8------8-----8-----------------4-4/6-4--|
D|--6-----6-9---------------------------6-----6-9----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------0-0---------------------------------0-0-----------------|

Oh, and if you want to be blown away by another beautiful harmony, play this

along with Guitar 1 as an option to playing what's tabbed for Guitar 2:

e|------------------------2/4-4-2--------------------------------------------|
B|-----7-4-7------7-4-------------4-4-4/7------------------------------------|
G|--4--------4-4-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse (GUITAR 1 PLAYS INTRO RIFF)

Guitar 2:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------6---9-9-7-6-6/7-7-7-6-6-4-4-------6---9-9-7-6-6\-2-2-4-4-6-6---------|
E|--4-4---7-------------------------7-4-4---7--------------------------------|

Chorus

Both Guitars:

e|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--8-8-10-10-8-8------------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-8-8-11-11-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9-9--x--x-7-7------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--X-X-X-X-X--X--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9--9--9-9-9------------|
A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-6-6-9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7--7-7-7------------|
E|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------|

Song Order:

Intro - 4x

Pre-verse - 2x

Verse - 4x

Chorus - 2x

Pre-verse - 2x

Chorus - 4x

Outro - 2x

Enjoy, a correct version needed posted, so here you go :]

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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