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I Wish I Was a Communist

Nothingface
Tab

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Song

Song: "I Wish I Was A Communist"

Artist: Nothingface

Album: Skeletons

Transcribed By: Bryan Bramlett (bryanmb87@aol.com)

Tuning: Drop D, 1/2 Step Down (Db,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)

VERSE:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-6-6-6-6-6-6-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-----|
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-X-X-X-X-X-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------12\-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------12\-|

VERSE B:

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-7777-10-0--0-7777-10-0--0-6666-6666-|
|-7777-10-0--0-7777-10-0--0-6666-6666-|

pm .... ....

VERSE C:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12\-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------12\-|

BRIDGE:

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------0--0---------0--0-6-5-6-5-|
|-7777-10-0--0-7777-10-0--0-6-5-6-5-|
|-7777-10-0--0-7777-10-0--0-6-5-6-5-|

BRIDGE 2:

|-------------------------------|    |-----------------------------|

|-------------------------------|play|-----------------------------|

|---------------------10-10-9-9-| 3X |-----------------------------|
|-6-5-6-5-X-X-6-5-6-5--X--X-X-X-|then|-6-5-6-6-X-X-6-5-3-5-3-1-3-1-|
|-6-5-6-5-X-X-6-5-6-5--8--8-7-7-|    |-6-5-6-5-X-X-6-5-3-5-3-1-3-1-|
|-6-5-6-5-X-X-6-5-6-5-----------|    |-6-5-6-5-X-X-6-5-3-5-3-1-3-1-|

PRECHORUS:

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------6-5-8-4—4-4-4-4-|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3--6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-----------------|

PRECHORUS 2: (^(n) - bend 1/2 step and release)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------6-5-8-4^(4)^(4)-|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3--6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-----------------|

CHORUS:

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-6-0-0-0-6-5-8-0-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-|

POSTCHORUS:

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-13-12-15-11-11-11-11-11-|

pm.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

CHORUS FILL:

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-|

pm. . . . .

INTERLUDE:

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-1-2-2-0-0-1-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1-|
|-1-2-2-0-0-1-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1-|
|-1-2-2-0-0-1-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1--1-2-1—-1-2-1-|

INTERLUDE 2:

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-2-2-0-0-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-|
|-1-2-2-0-0-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-|
|-1-2-2-0-0-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1—1-1-2-1-1-|

OUTRO:

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-1-2-2-0-0-|
|-1-2-2-0-0-|
|-1-2-2-0-0-|

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