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A Lonely September

Plain White T's
Tab
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Song

Band : Plain White T's

Song : A Lonely September

Submitted and created by Ryan Lamothe

Standard Tuning

(0:00)Intro:(clean acoustic gtr.)

*

e-0------:
B-2------:
G-2------:
D-2------:
A-0------:
E-0------:

*stroke up once, then let ring

(0:03),(1:05),(2:46)Riff 1:

e------------2------0------0------:
B------------3------2------0------:
G------------2------2------1------:
D-----4------0------2------2------:
A-----4-------------0------2------:
E-00-02--------------------0------:

(0:36),(1:37),(3:05)Riff 2:

e-2------0------0------0------:
B-3------0------2------2------:
G-2------1------2------2------:
D-0------2------2------2------:
A--------2------0------0------:
E--------0--------------------:

(0:50),Riff 2a:

*

e-2------0-------------------2------0------0------0------:
B-3------0-------------------3------0------2------2------:
G-2------1-------------------2------1------2------2------:
D-0------2------4------------0------2------2------2------:
A--------2------4-------------------2------0------0------:
E--------0------2-------------------0--------------------:

*Let last chord ring

(1:53),(3:20)Riff 2b:

e-2------0-------------------2------0------0------:
B-3------0-------------------3------0------2------:
G-2------1-------------------2------1------2------:
D-0------2------4------------0------2------2------:
A--------2------4-------------------2------0------:
E--------0------2-------------------0-------------:

(2:04)Riff 2c:repeat Riff 2b except for last chord

(2:33)Riff 3:(I improvised)

e--------------2------------------------:
B----------------3-------2--------------:
G-----------------2--------2-------1----:
D-----4-----0---------------2--------2--:
A-------4-------------0---------------2-:
E-02----------------------------0-------:

(2:16)Riff 4:

Gtr. 1(clean acoustic gtr.)

e--------2------0------0:
B--------3------2------0:
G--------2------2------1:
D-4------0------2------2:
A-4-------------0------2:
E-2--------------------0:

Gtr. 2(very slight distortion electric gtr.)

e-----------------------:

B-----------------------:

G----1-2----1-2----1-2--:
D--------0-------------2:
A---------------0-------:
E-2---------------------:

let each note ring

(3:32)Riff 5a:

Gtr.1

e-2------0------0------0------:
B-3------0------2------2------:
G-2------1------2------2------:
D-0------2------2------2------:
A--------2------0------0------:
E--------0--------------------:

Gtr. 2

e-----------------------------:

B-----------------------------:

G----1-2----1-2----1-2----1-2-:
D-0------2--------------------:
A---------------0------0------:

E-----------------------------:

(3:47)Riff 5b:

Gtr. 1

e-2------0--------------------:
B-3------0--------------------:
G-2------1--------------------:
D-0------2------4------4------:
A--------2------4------4------:
E--------0------2------2------:

Gtr. 2

e-----------------------------:

B-----------------------------:

G----1-2----1-2----1-2----1-2-:
D-0------2--------------------:

A-----------------------------:

E---------------2------2------:

let all notes ring

(4:10)Riff 5c:

Gtr. 1

*

e-2------0------0------0------:
B-3------0------2------2------:
G-2------1------2------2------:
D-0------2------2------2------:
A--------2------0------0------:
E--------0--------------------:

*let chord ring

Gtr. 2

*

e-----------------------------:

B-----------------------------:

G----1-2----1-2----1-2--------:
D-0------2--------------------:
A---------------0------0------:

E-----------------------------:

*let note ring

How to play song in order of Riffs:

Riff 1 x4

Riff 2 x2

Riff 2a

Riff 1 x4

Riff 2 x2

Riff 2b

Riff 2c

Riff 4

Riff 3 x2

Riff 1 x4

Riff 2 x2

Riff 2b

Riff 5a x2

Riff 5b x3

Riff 5c

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