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Thunder Whales Picnic

The Pillows
Tab

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Song

The Pillows - Thunder Whales Picnic

by Bojan (bojanjo@attbi.com)

First time play A as 576xxx instead of 577xxx

Verse

g1

E----------------|
B----------------|
G----------------|
D-7---2-2-2-2----|
A-7---2-2-2-2----|
E-5---0-0-0-0----|

g2 (bass can be doing this too, but it's up to you)

e----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D----------------------------|x3
A----2-2-2-7-6--2-2-7-7-6----|
E----0-0-0------0-0----------|

g2 does this every time after 1st chrous during the A chord

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

Pre-Chorus

g1

e-----------|
B-----------|
G-----------|
D-9-7-9-10--|
A-9-7-9-10--|
E-7-5-7-8---|

g2

A---------------9-------9-------9-------9-------10-------10-------10-------10---12----|
E-7-7-7-7-7-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-7-7----7-7-7----7-7-7----7-7-7----7-8-----|

g2 does this last time as the song fades out

e--------------|
B-8--8-9-11----|
G--------------|
D-6--6-7-9-----|

A-fast-picking-

E--------------

riff at end of pre-chorus

e---------------------------|

B---------second-time-------|

G----------he-does-it-------|

D-9------------------9------|
A--9------------------9-----|
E---8-----------------------|

Chorus

g1

e-----------v1----------------------------v2-------------play---------v3-----------|

B---------------------------------------------------------v1-----------------------|
G---7p6-----------6-6-6----------7p6---------------------here-----7p6--------------|
D-------7p6--------------------------7p6------------------------------7p6----------|
A-----------9-7-9------------------------9-7-9-7-7------------------------9-7------|
E-7----------------------------7--------------------------------7------------------|

g2

e-----------v1----------------------------v2-------------play----------v3----------|

B--10p9--------------9-9-9-----10p9-----------------------v1----10p9---------------|
G-------9-8--11-9-11----------------9-8--11-9-11-9-9-----here--------9-8--11-9-----|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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