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Ashamed of the Story I Told

Polaris (US)
Tab
★4.3(5)

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

Song

Polaris-

"Ashamed of the Story I Told"

Music From the Adventures of Pete and Pete

Verse: (I know the measures look weird, listen to the song for timing.)

D A

|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|---2---5-5-|---4-4---5-4-2-0-|-----------|-----------------|
|-0---0-----|-0-----0---------|---2---5-5-|---4-4---5-4-2-0-|
|-----------|-----------------|-0---0-----|-0-----0---------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|

During the verse, these three riffs are played by a second guitar.

Again, listen to the song.

Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3

|----------10-|-------------|-------------|
|-------10----|-------------|-------------|
|----11-------|----11-12----|----11-12-11-|
|-12----------|-12-------12-|-12----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Chorus:

D5 A5 C5 G5

|---------|--------|--------|---------|
|---------|--------|--------|---------|
|-77777777|--------|55555555|---------|

|-77777777|77777777|55555555|55555555-|

|-55555555|77777777|33333333|55555555-|

|---------|55555555|--------|33333333-|

Bridge:

F C F C

|1-------|0-------|1-------|0-------|
|1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|
|2-------|0-------|2-------|0-------|
|3-------|2-------|3-------|2-------|
|3-------|3-------|3-------|3-------|
|1-------|--------|1-------|--------|

| |

| |

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|----0h2-|3-------|----0h2-|3-------|
|1-------|--3-2-0-|1-------|--3-2-0-|  x2

Thereâ^À^Ùs a riff in the song that the bass plays by itself:

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

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