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Interpol
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★4.8(12)

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Song

Interpol

Specialist

Intro A

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0---0-------0---7---7---7---7--|-5---5-------5---5---5---5---5--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Intro B

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0---0-------0---7---7---7---7--|-5---5-------5---5---5-------5--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Intro C

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-----0---0---0---7---7---7---7--|-5---5-------5---5---5---5---5--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Intro D

G|--------------------------------|-------------7------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0---0-------0---7---7---7---7--|-5---5---------------5-------5--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Intro E

G|--------------------------------|-----7--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------6--|
A|-0---0-------0---7---7---7---7--|-5-------5----------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------5-5-5---6---6------|

[00:00] Intro A,B

[00:08] Intro A,B,B,B (vocals)

[00:26] Intro C,B,B,D (guitar)

[00:43] Intro A,B,B,E (drums come in)

Verse

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|-0---0-------5---7---7---7---6--|-5---5-------5---5---5-------5--||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 3x
G|--------------------------------|-----7--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------6--|
A|-0---0-------5---7---7---7---6--|-5-------5----------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------5-5-5---6---6------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|-0---0-------5---7---7---7---6--|-5---5-------5---5---5-------5--||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 3x
G|--------------------------------|-----7-------7-------7-------7--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0---0-------5---7---7---7---6--|-5-------5-------5-------5------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Chorus

G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----10---10---9-9-9---9---9---7-7|-7---7---7---5-5-5---5---5---5--|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------7-7*----5-5*-|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----10---10---9-9-9---9---9---7-7|-7---7---7----5-------3---------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

* Triples at [02:19]

Break

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0------------------------------|-0---------------------------3-4|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

(do not any ring notes)

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5---------------------------3-4|-5-------------------7-7-7---7-7|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-----8---8---8-8----------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------7-7-----9-9|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------5-------7------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Post Chorus

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-1---1-------0---1---1---1---0--|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Post Chorus Ending A

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

Post Chorus Ending B

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Pre-Outro

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|-5---5-------0-0-5---5-------0-0|-5---5-------0-0-5---5-------0-0||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 3x
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5-------0-0-5---5-------0-0|-3---3-3-3---0---3---3---4---4--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Outro

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---7---7--|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------5-------6--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-3---3---3---3---3-------4------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---7---7--|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-12--12--12--101010--101012--12-|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Break II

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------3-3-----3-3|
A|-----5-(18)---------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-0------------------------------|-----------------3-------3------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------5-5-----6-6|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------3-------4------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[01:00] Verse

[01:35] Chorus

[01:44] Verse

[02:19] Chorus

[02:28] Verse only first 4 bars (I love the way...)

[02:45] Break

[03:01] Post Chorus + Ending A

[03:18] Pre-Outro

[03:36] Outro

[03:53] Verse

[04:27] Chorus

[04:36] Verse only first 4 bars (I love the way...)

[04:53] Break

[05:10] Post Chorus + Ending B

[05:26] Post Chorus + Ending A

[05:43] Break II

[06:00] Outro 2x

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