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It Wasnt a Pretty Picture

Social Distortion
Tab
★4.7(3)

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

Song

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It wasnt a pretty picture - Social distortion

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Tabbed by:ashton dayley

Email:ashton_sg@hotmail.com

Tuning: standard

(lead guitar, intro)

e|----------------------------------10-10-10-12-----------------------------|x2
B|----------8----------8---------8--10-10-10-12-----------------------------|
G|--9-9-7-9----9-9-7-9---9-9-7-9--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(lead guitar riff)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-7-7-8-7-7-8-8-10-8-7-7-7-8-7------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------9-7---7-----9-9-9-9-9--------------------|
D|-------------------------------------9---9-9------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

rythym guitar( intro and verse)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------5-5-5--7-7-7----------------------------------|x8
D|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--7-7-7----------------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--3-3-3--5-5-5----------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------|

after chorus

lead(chorus) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

e|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3------------------7------7-----7-----7---------------| let ring

ring ring ring

B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rythym(chorus)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-----------------|let ring
A|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-----------------|
E|--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-----------------|

Rythme (after chorus)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-7--------------------------------------------------------| x4
A|--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-7--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0--3-3-3-5--------------------------------------------------------|

lead guitar solo

e|---7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12--------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

lead ending

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------8-8-8-10-8-------------------------------------------------------|x4
G|--9-9--9------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Lead guitar Rythme guitar

1. Into/riff into x4

2. verse x4

3. chorus chorus

4. after chorus after chorus

5. intro/riff intro x4

6. verse x4

7. chorus chorus

8. after chorus after chorus

9. solo verse x4

10. intro verse x4

11. chorus chorus

12. ending after chorus

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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