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Life As We Know It

Petra
Tab
★4.1(3)

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

Song

* Petra - Life as we know it *

* Album: Jekyll & Hyde *

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Transcribed by: Oliver Nemitz (September 2004)

E-Mail: Tabs@OliverNemitz.de

Homepage: www.OliverNemitz.de

This file represents the authors own work.

Please send me an e-mail if you find mistakes!

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verse (acoustic guitar)

E-||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
B-||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
G-||*---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
D-||*------9---9-----9----|-----4---4-----4---|------6---6-----6--------|
A-||-----7---------7---7--|---2---------2---2-|----4---------4---4------|
E-||---0-----0---0--------|-0-----0---0-------|--0-----0---0------------|
E------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
B------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------*||---------------------------------------|
D----------7----4-----4-------*||---------------------------------------|
A--------0----------2---2------||---------------------------------------|
E------0-----0----0------------||---------------------------------------|

Prechorus (play with distortion)

D5 E5 D5 A5 G#5

E-||------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B-||------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G-||o---7----9----7---------|-------------------------------------------|
D-||o---7----9----7----7----|---6---------------------------------------|
A-||----5----7----5----7----|---6---------------------------------------|
E-||-------------------5----|---4---------------------------------------|

Chorus

F#m5 D5 E5 B5 F#m5 D5

E--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
B--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
G---------7----|---------4----|---------7----|--------------------------|
D----4----7----|----2----4----|----4----7----|--------------------------|
A----4----5----|----2----2----|----4----5----|----0---------------------|
E----2---------|----0---------|----2---------|-------4---2p0h2----------|

F#m5 D5 B5 C#5 F#m5 D5 E5 B5

E--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
B--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
G---------7----|----4----6----|---------7----|---------4----------------|
D----4----7----|----4----6----|----4----7----|----2----4----------------|
A----4----5----|----2----4----|----4----5----|----2----2----------------|
E----2---------|--------------|----2---------|----0---------------------|

Guitar Riff

E-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D---------5---------------------|---------5-----5-----------------------|
A----5h7-----7---5--------------|----5h7----7-----7--5------------------|
E-------------------7-6-5--3p0--|-----------------------7--5~~----------|

repeat verse

repeat pre-chorus

repeat chorus

Bridge

G5 B5 G5 E5

E--------------|--------------|---------|---------|---------------------|
B--------------|--------------|---------|---------|---------------------|
G--------------|----4----4----|---------|---------|---------------------|
D----5----5----|----4----4----|----5~---|----2~---|------4p0h2----------|
A----5----5----|----2----2----|----5~---|----2~---|---------------------|
E----3----3----|--------------|----3~---|----0~---|---------------------|

G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 B5 C#5

E-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
B-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
G-------------------|--7-7------------|-----------6---------------------|
D----5-5--7--#-#-#--|--7-7--5--#-#-#--|---7---9---6---------------------|
A----5-5--7--#-#-#--|--5-5--5--#-#-#--|---7---9---4---------------------|
E----3-3--5--#-#-#--|-------3--#-#-#--|---5---7-------------------------|

Listen to the exact rythm here... 2nd guitar

E-||----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
B-||----------------|-----------------||-----------7--------------------|
G-||*---------------|----------------*||-----7--9-----9-----------------|
D-||*--2------5-----|-----5-----7----*||--------------------------------|
A-||---2------5-----|-----5-----7-----||--------------------------------|
E-||---0------3-----|-----3-----5-----||--------------------------------|

in the end they play something like this (this is not correct, I know,

but it sounds similar...)

E----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B-----12/14\12---------|---12/14\12--10--9------------------------------|
G---------------13~~---|--------------------11p9h11---------------------|
D----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------|------------------------------------------------|

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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