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Sidewalk

No Use for a Name
Tab

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

Song

song: Sidewalk (written by Tony Sly)

band: No Use For A Name

Album: Making Friends

Tuning: Standard

tabbed by: 'Nufan' - Peter Tom Takaro

problems & feedback on nouseforaname@freemail.hu

keys,

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

~ = let ring

x = strum muted strings / mute string

or

x = Palm mute the upcoming chord/or the one before

PM = Palm mute

NH = Natural Harmonic

****INTRO****

*

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-x--9-x-x--9/10-x-x-10-x-x-10\-6-x-x--6-x-x--6-|
G|-x-x-13-x-x-13/14-x-x-14-x-x-14\10-x-x-10-x-x-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

**

Lead Gtr

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-9---7---6---6---7---11---12---6--11-9---7---6---6---------|
G|--x-x---x---x---x---x----x----x---x---x-x---x---x---x---8---6~|
D|--8-6---4---3---3---4----8----9---3---9-6---4---3---3---x---x~|
A|--------------------------------------------------------6---4~|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

**

Rhythm Gtr

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------8---6---3---4---------4---7---------8---6---3---4-----|
D|--4-3---8---6---3---4----4----4---7---4-3---8---6---3---4-----|
A|--4-3---6---4---1---2----4----2---5---4-3---6---4---1---2-----|
E|--2-1--------------------2------------2-1---------------------|

****Verse****

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------x-x-4--x-x-4--x-x-7--x-x-7----|
D|--4-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-4--x-x-4--x-x-7--x-x-7----|
A|--4-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-2--x-x-2--x-x-5--x-x-5----|
E|--2-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------------------------|

Palm Mute

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------x-x-4--x-x-4--x-x-6--x-x-6----|
D|--4-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-4--x-x-4--x-x-6--x-x-6----|
A|--4-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-2--x-x-2--x-x-4--x-x-4----|
E|--2-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------------------------|

Palm Mute

****Pre Chorus****

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

****CHORUS****

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--8---------------4----------------------------|( x2 )
D|--8-------8-------4-------4--------------------|( x2 )
A|--6-------8-------2-------4--------------------|
E|----------6---------------2--------------------|
e|------------------------------|----------------|
B|------------------------------|----------------|
G|--4---------------6-----------|--4-4-4---------|
D|--4-------6-------6-----------|--4-4-4---------|
A|--2-------6-------4-----------|--2-2-2---------|
E|----------4-------------------|----------------|

Palm mute

****Verse****

****Pre Chorus****

****Chorus****

****Bridge****

(almost same as intro)

*

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-x--9-x-x--9/10-x-x-10-x-x-10\-6-x-x--6-x-x--6-|
G|-x-x-13-x-x-13/14-x-x-14-x-x-14\10-x-x-10-x-x-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

**

Lead Gtr

e|------------------------------------------------------|--------|
B|-11-9---7---6---6---7---11---12---6--11-9---7---6---6-|--------|
G|--x-x---x---x---x---x----x----x---x---x-x---x---x---x-|4444--7-|
D|--8-6---4---3---3---4----8----9---3---9-6---4---3---3-|4444--7-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|2222|-5-|
E|------------------------------------------------------|----|---|

** | PM |

Rhythm Gtr

e|------------------------------------------------------|--------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|--------|
G|--------8---6---3---4---------4---7---------8---6---3-|4444--7-|
D|--4-3---8---6---3---4----4----4---7---4-3---8---6---3-|4444--7-|
A|--4-3---6---4---1---2----4----2---5---4-3---6---4---1-|2222|-5-|
E|--2-1--------------------2------------2-1-------------|----|---|

| PM |

****Last Chorus****

*Rhythm Gtr

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--8---------------4----------------------------|(x2 )
D|--8-------8-------4-------4--------------------|(x2 )
A|--6-------8-------2-------4--------------------|
E|----------6---------------2--------------------|

*Lead Gtr

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--8---------------4----------------------------|first time
D|--x-------8-------x-------4--------------------|
A|--6-------x-------2-------x--------------------|
E|----------6---------------2--------------------|

**

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------6-------7-------7--------------------|
G|--8-------x-------x-------x--------------------|second time
D|--8-------3-------4-------4--------------------|
A|--6--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

***then both guitars

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--4-----------------4------7-----4-----7-------|
D|--4-------6-xx------4------7-----4-----7----4~-|
A|--2-------6-xx------2------5-----2-----5----4~-|
E|----------4-xx------------------------------2~-|

NH

****Outro****

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|----3----6---4---3---3----played a few times---|
D|--4----4---4---4---4---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Enjoy!

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