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Authority is Dead

The Casualties
Tab

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

Song

Song: Authority is Dead, by the Casualties Transcribed by: Durr

Alright guys, this is the whole song to Authority is Dead.

No one would post it on here, so i had to get my lazy ass up

and do it myself. Well here it goes:

Standard tuning (low to high): E A D G B E /=slide *=let ring

Intro:

e|-----------------------
B|-----------------------
G|-----------------------
D|---7/9--7/9--5-----5*--
A|----------------7------
E|-----------------------

Intro Part 2:

e|----------------
B|----------------
G|----------7--9--
D|---9(x4)--7--9--
A|---9------5--7--
E|---7------------

And Intro Part 2 ends with:

e|--------------------
B|--------------------
G|----------7--9---9(strum this last chord down slowly)
D|---9(x4)--7--9---9--
A|---9------5--7---7--
E|---7----------------

Verse:

e|-------------------------
B|-------------------------
G|----------7-----9--------
D|---9(x4)--7--7--9--7--9--
A|---9------5--7--7--7--9--
E|---7---------5-----5--7--

Chorus:

e|-----------------
B|-----------------
G|----------9(x6)--
D|---7(x5)--9------
A|---7------7------
E|---5-------------

Chorus Part 2:

e|----------------
B|----------------
G|----------------
D|---7(x5)--7--9--
A|---7------7--9--
E|---5------5--7--

Bridge:

e|----------------
B|----------------
G|----------7--9--
D|---7(x4)--7--9--
A|---7------5--7--
E|---5------------

Bridge Part 2:

e|--------------------
B|--------------------
G|----------7--9---9(strum this last chord down slowly)
D|---7(x4)--7--9---7--
A|---7------5--7---7--
E|---5----------------

And the line up is:

Intro: x1

Intro Pt.2: x2

End of Intro Pt. 2: x1

Verse: x4

Chorus: x3

Chorus Pt.2: x1

Verse: x4

Chorus: x3

Chorus Pt.2: x1

Verse: x4

Bridge: x2

Bridge Pt.2: x1

Verse: x4

Chorus: x3

Chorus Pt.2: x1

Verse: x4 (to play it right just listen to the rythem, its not hard)

Bridge: x2

Bridge Pt.2: x1

And thats the whole song. The song is not hard, trust me, if you think

your doing it wrong, listen to the rythem. If your still playing it

wrong, then i probably effed up on this. Any questions, comments,

hatemail, viruses,or porn, email me at thepinksilhouette@yahoo.com

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