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Is This the Part

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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

Artist: One Dollar Short

Song: Is This The Part?

Album: Eight Days Away

Tabbed by: Tim Bryant

Email me: theimmoralmonkey@hotmail.com

/ - Slide from the note in front to the note afterwards.

> - Hold note/chord after you strum it.

The two guitars on this TAB are separated into what each guitarist plays rather

than lead and rhythm. LISTEN TO THE SONG FOR TIMMING!

Guitar One

==========

*Intro* (0:00 - 0:26)

e|--------------------|                      e|------|
B|-10-10-10-8-8-8-7-7-| < Play 18 times      B|-10->-| < Play once after the
G|-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|                      G|-7-->-|   18 of the previous
D|--------------------|                      D|------|   and let fade.
A|--------------------|                      A|------|
E|--------------------|                      E|------|

*Verse One* (0:26 - 0:48) "We went out last night..."

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------7-------|
D|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------0-|
A|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------7-------------------------------------|
D|-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
A|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

*Chorus One* (0:48 - 1:09) "Is this the part..."

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-777-----------------------------777-----------------------------|
D|-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-------------------------7-7-7-7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

*Pre Verse* (1:09 - 1:19)

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-/-11/-9->-/-11---------------9-/-11/-9-7-/-6-/-7-/-14-|
D|-x-/-x-/-x->-/-11---------------x-/-x-/-x-x-/-x-/-x-/-x--|
A|-7-/-9-/-7->-/-9----------------7-/-9-/-7-5-/-4-/-5-/-12-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

*Verse Two* (1:19 - 1:40) "Why cant we just go back..."

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------7-----------------------7-------|
D|-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----------0-|
A|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------7-------------------------------|
D|-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
A|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

*Chorus Two* (1:40 - 2:11) "Is this the part..."

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-777-----------------------------777-----------------------------|
D|-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-------------------------7-7-7-7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|--------------------|                      e|------------|
B|-10-10-10-8-8-8-7-7-| < Play 7 times       B|-10-10-10-8-|
G|-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|                      G|-7--7--7--7-|
D|--------------------|                      D|------------|
A|--------------------|                      A|------------|
E|--------------------|                      E|------------|

*Bridge* (2:11 - 2:33)

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------| < Play 2 times
G|-7-7-6-6-6-----------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4/7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-2-2-2/7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2/5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|

*Chorus Three* (2:33 - 2:58) "Is this the part where we say..."

NOTE: THIS CHORUS HAS 3 GUITARS SO HERE ARE THE 2 LEAD PARTS. Just pick the

one you like, I think the second one is more important but it's up to you.

LEAD ONE

e|-------------|
B|-------------| < Play 16 times
G|-----------7-|
D|-----0-------|
A|-5-5---5-5---|
E|-------------|

LEAD TWO

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------| < Play 4 times
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-8-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
E|-5-5-5-5-7-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|

*Outro* (2:58 - 2:59)

e|-----|
B|-----|

G|-777-|

D|-777-|

A|-555-|

E|-----|

Guitar Two

==========

*Intro* (0:00 - 0:26)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| <Play 2
G|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------| times
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

*Verse One* (0:26 - 0:48) "We went out last night..."

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7------------------------------------------------------------99-|
D|-x------------------------------------------------------------xx-|
A|-5------------------------------------------------------------77-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-----------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-x-----------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-----------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

* The ending of the above section is played so that the volume is slowly

increased as you strum, but that's hard so just do whatever.

*Chorus* (0:48 - 1:09) "Is this the part..."

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-777-----------------------------777-----------------------------|
D|-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-------------------------7-7-7-7-------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

*Pre Verse* (1:09 - 1:19)

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------------------------7->-----|
D|------------------------x->-----|
A|------------------------5->-----|
E|--------------------------------|

*Verse Two* (1:19 - 1:40) "Why cant we just go back..."

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7------------------------------------------------------------99-|
D|-x------------------------------------------------------------xx-|
A|-5------------------------------------------------------------77-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-----------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-x-----------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-----------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

* The ending of the above section is played so that the volume is slowly

increased as you strum, but that's hard so just do whatever.

*Chorus Two* (1:40 - 2:11) "Is this the part..."

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-777-----------------------------777-----------------------------|
D|-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-777-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-555-----777-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------555-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-------------------------7-7-7-7-------------------------| < Play 2
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| times
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

*Bridge* (2:11 - 2:33)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-12-12-12-11-11-11-11----7-7-7-9-11-11-11-11-/-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-|
D|-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--|
A|-5-5-10-10-10-9--9--9--9-----5-5-5-7-9--9--9--9--/-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-7-7-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-|
D|-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
A|-5-5-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--|
E|--------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-9-11-11-11-11-/-12-12-12-12-1414-141414-141414-141416->-|
D|-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--/-x--x--x--x--x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-->-|
A|-5-5-5-7-9--9--9--9--/-10-10-10-10-1212-121212-121212-121214->-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-------------------------7-7-7-7-------------------------| < Play 2
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| times
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

*Outro* (2:58 - 2:59)

e|-----|
B|-----|

G|-777-|

D|-777-|

A|-555-|

E|-----|

Well it's long but it's percise and I guess that's what matters right? Either

way mail me if you think some things wrong but I'm quite

confident with this tab.

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