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Rookie of the Year

Funeral for a Friend
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Tab2

Bass1

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

Song

Artist-FFAF

Track-Rookie Of The Year

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This isn't quite perfect but it's about as close as I can get.

Tuning C# G# C# F# A# D# or Db Ab Db Gb Bb eb

Intro

Gtr.1

eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----11-14-11--7-7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9--6-6-6--7-7--------|
Db|-9--x--x--x---5-5-5--5-5-5--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-77-7-7-|
Ab|-9--9--12-9---5-5-5--5-5-5--7-7-7--4-4-4--5-5-77-7-7-|
Db|-9------------5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------77-7-7-|

Gtr.2

eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---------->-------------------------------------------|
Ab|-9-let ring->-------------------------------------------|
Db|-9---------->-------------------------------------------|

Gtr.1

eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----11-14-11--7-7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9--6-6-6--7-7--------|
Db|-9--x--x--x---5-5-5--5-5-5--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-77-7-7-|
Ab|-9--9--12-9---5-5-5--5-5-5--7-7-7--4-4-4--5-5-77-7-7-|
Db|-9------------5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------77-7-7-|

Gtr.2 (silent)

Gtr.1 + 2

eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----11-14-11--7-7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9--6-6-6--7-7--------|
Db|-9--x--x--x---5-5-5--5-5-5--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-77-7-7-|
Ab|-9--9--12-9---5-5-5--5-5-5--7-7-7--4-4-4--5-5-77-7-7-| x2
Db|-9------------5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------77-7-7-|

Gtr.1 + 2

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-9-9-9-|
Db|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
Ab|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
Db|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-7-7-7-|

Verse

Time sig changed to 2

4

Gtr.1 + 2

eb|----------|
Bb|----------|
Gb|----------|
Db|-0000-0-0-|
Ab|-0000-0-0-|
Db|-0000-0-0-| x2

PM .... . .

Back to 4

4

Gtr.1

eb|------------10-------------------------||
Bb|---------------10------------10-12-10--||
Gb|---------------------------------------||
Db|-0000-0-0----------0000-0-0------------|| x2
Ab|-0000-0-0----------0000-0-0------------||
Db|-0000-0-0----------0000-0-0------------||

PM .... . . .... . .

Gtr.2

eb|---------------------------------------||
Bb|---------------------------------------||
Gb|------------7--7--------------6--6-----||
Db|-0000-0-0---7--7---0000-0-0---7--7-----|| x2
Ab|-0000-0-0---9--9---0000-0-0---9--9-----||
Db|-0000-0-0---0--0---0000-0-0---0--0-----||

PM .... . . .... . .

Chorus

Gtr.1

eb|------------14-12-10------------14-12-10-|-------------------------------------||
Bb|-10-----10-----------10-----10-----------|-10-10--10-8-8--8-7-7--7-8/10-10/12--||
Gb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Db|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| x2
Ab|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Db|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
eb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Gb|-----------------------------------------|-7-7-7--6-6-6--9-9-9--9-11--11-12----||
Db|-5---------------------------------------|-x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-----|| x2
Ab|-5-let ring->----------------------------|-5-5-5--4-4-4--7-7-7--7/9---9/ 10----||
Db|-5---------------------------------------|-0--let ring-------------------------||

Verse 2

Verse

Time sig changed to 2

4

Gtr.1 + 2

eb|----------|
Bb|----------|
Gb|----------|
Db|-0000-0-0-|
Ab|-0000-0-0-|
Db|-0000-0-0-| x2

PM .... . .

Back to 4

4

Gtr.1

eb|------------10-------------------------||
Bb|---------------10------------10-12-10--||
Gb|---------------------------------------||
Db|-0000-0-0----------0000-0-0------------|| x2
Ab|-0000-0-0----------0000-0-0------------||
Db|-0000-0-0----------0000-0-0------------||

PM .... . . .... . .

Gtr.2

eb|---------------------------------------||
Bb|---------------------------------------||
Gb|------------7--7--------------6--6-----||
Db|-0000-0-0---7--7---0000-0-0---7--7-----|| x2
Ab|-0000-0-0---9--9---0000-0-0---9--9-----||
Db|-0000-0-0---0--0---0000-0-0---0--0-----||

PM .... . . .... . .

Chorus

Gtr.1

eb|------------14-12-10------------14-12-10-|-------------------------------------||
Bb|-10-----10-----------10-----10-----------|-10-10--10-8-8--8-7-7--7-8/10-10/12--||
Gb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Db|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| x2
Ab|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Db|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
eb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Gb|-----------------------------------------|-7-7-7--6-6-6--9-9-9--9-11--11-12----||
Db|-5---------------------------------------|-x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-----|| x2
Ab|-5-let ring->----------------------------|-5-5-5--4-4-4--7-7-7--7/9---9/ 10----||
Db|-5---------------------------------------|-0--let ring-------------------------||

Gtr.1

eb|------------14-12-10------------14-12-10-|-------------------------------------||
Bb|-10-----10-----------10-----10-----------|-10-10--10-8-8--8-7-7--7-8/10-10/12--||
Gb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Db|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| x2
Ab|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Db|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
eb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Gb|-----------------------------------------|-7-7-7--6-6-6--9-9-9--9-11--11-12----||
Db|-5---------------------------------------|-x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-----|| x2
Ab|-5-let ring->----------------------------|-5-5-5--4-4-4--7-7-7--7/9---9/ 10----||
Db|-5---------------------------------------|-0--let ring-------------------------||

Gtr.1

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|-7--7-7--6--6-6--9--9-9--9-11-11-|
Db|-x--x-x--x--x-x--x--x-x--x-x--x--|
Ab|-5--5-5--4--4-4--7--7-7--7-9--9--|
Db|---------------------------------|

Gtr.2 (Silent)

Gtr.1

eb|--------9-10------10-9---------------9-10------12-10----||
Bb|-----10--------10------10---------10--------10-------10-||
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|| x2
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------||
Db|--------------------------------------------------------||

Gtr.2

eb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Db|-0-------------------0-0-0-0-0------------------0-0-0-0-|| x2
Ab|-0-------------------0-0-0-0-0------------------0-0-0-0-||
Db|-0-------------------0-0-0-0-0------------------0-0-0-0-||

PM . . . . . . . .

Gtr.1

eb|--------9-10------10-9---------------9-10------12-10----||
Bb|-----10--------10------10---------10--------10-------10-||
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|| x2
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------||
Db|--------------------------------------------------------||

Gtr.2

eb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------||
Db|-5---------------------------0------------------4-------|| x2
Ab|-5---------------------------0------------------4-------||
Db|-5---------------------------0------------------4-------||

Outro

Gtr.1

eb|-9----10----9----------------9----10----9----|
Bb|-----------------10----12--------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------|

Gtr.2

eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|-9----------------------5--------------------|
Ab|-9----------------------5--------------------|
Db|-9----------------------5--------------------|

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