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Walking on Glass

The Movielife
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TABBED BY al@onedollarshort.zzn.com

THE MOVIELIFE

HAS A GAMBLING PROBLEM

WALKING ON GLASS

TUNING Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb

INTRO GUITAR 1

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-*9-9~--|
|--0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-*7-7~--|

**Guitar 2 pick slide** VERSE 1 [BOTH GUITARS]

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|x4

CHORUS 1 [BOTH GUITARS]

"...everything i said (walking on glass)i practiced in my head.."

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|x2

VERSE 2 - SAME AS VERSE 1

CHORUS 2 - SAME AS CHORUS 1

BRIDGE [BOTH GUITARS]

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--*2-2-X-2-2-X-7-7-X-7-7-X-11-11-X-11-11-X-9-9-X-9-9--|
|--*0-0-X-0-0-X-5-5-X-5-5-X--9--9-X--9--9-X-7-7-X-7-7--|x2

**on the second time palm mute the Eb5**

SOLO BIT GUITAR 1

|---------------------------------|--[solo played over these chords]--|

|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|x2
|--7-7777-7-77-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--5-5555-5-55-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

pm ............

GUITAR 2 h = hammer on p = pull off b = full bend ^ = half bend

|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------10-9-----------------|
|--9--9h11p9--9h11p9-9------9-11--9b-8^-----|
|---------------------------------------9^--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

VERSE 3 - SAME AS VERSE 1

CHORUS 3 - SAME AS CHORUS 1

PLAY BRIDGE RIFF AGAIN PM PART - GUITAR 1 JUST PALM MUTE B/W THESE

TO CHORDS

"....you're uncofrtable with me......"

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|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| x3 pm.........
|--7-----9--|
|--5-----7--|

GUITAR 2

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|--6-6-6-7-7h9-[mute the'9'after playin it]--|

|--------------------------------------------|x2

SLOW PART - IS THE SAME CHORDS AND ORDER AS THE BRIDGE RIFF [JUST SLOWER TEMPO] -

THEN THE BIT WITH THE PAUSE AND THE LAST CHORD ARE TABBED BELOW.

|-----------------------------------------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|------|
|--2X--------[SINGING FILLS]------11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-------|--2~--|
|--0X------------------------------9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-[x2]--|--0~--|

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