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Emotional

Rilo Kiley
Tab

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

Song

Rilo Kiley - Emotional

Tabbed by Alexandria Hernandez

Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

Main chords played throughout song...

|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-5--5---5-5--5--|
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-5--5---5-5--5--|
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-5--5---5-5--5--|
|-3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3--3--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-5--5---5-5--5--|
|-5-5-5-5--5---3-3-3-3--5---5-5--5--|
|-3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3--3--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

Part overlaying chords at the beginning and chorus

of the song (actually keyboard, but I tabbed it for guitar)

|------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5----------------|
|-----5-----5-----2---2---2/9--| *repeat as necessary
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

Palm muted part at 1:54

|-----------------------------------|
|---------5-6----------5-6----------|
|-----4-6----------4-6----------4---|
|---5------------5------------5---5-| x4
|-5------------5------------5-------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-------------|
|---------4-4-6-6-----6-6-4-4-----| I can't decipher the rest after 2:10
|-----5-5---------------------5-5-|
|-5-5-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Solo part at the end... Play with slight distortion.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-12-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-10-10-10-10--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-------------|
|-3-3-3/5--7--8-8-8/10--12------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------5---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------5---------|
|--------------------------10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10---5---------|
|-3-3-3/5--7--8-8-8/10--12--------------------------------------------3---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I tabbed this myself..i hope it pleases you all...

icabob123@hotmail.com

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