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A Box Full of Sharp Objects

The Used
Tab
★4.7(23)

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Song

Song: A Box Full of Sharp Objects

Band: The Used

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'w/dist'

Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'w/dist'

Intro

Fast Hardcore Punk Q=120

G#5/C# G#5/E G#5/C# G#5/E G#5/C# G#5/E E5

4/4

Gtrs I, II

E. E. E S E E E. E. E. E S E E E. E. S Q S S S S Q E. E. E E. E. E

|------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------
|-8--8--8-8-8-8-8--|-8--8--8-8-8-8-8--|-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-8--|-9--9--9-9--9--9
|-6--6--6-6-6-6-6--|-6--6--6-6-6-6-6--|-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--|-x--x--x-x--x--x
|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7--|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7--|-4--4-4--4-7-7-7-7--|-7--7--7-7--7--7
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------

N.C. G#5/E

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E

|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------8-8-----------------8-8-|---------8-8-----8--8--8-||
|-----6-6-----6-6-x-x-----6-6-----|-----6-6-----6-6-6--6--6-||
|-4-4-----------------4-4---------|-7-7-------------7--7--7-||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||

Verse

N.C.

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------8-8-----------------8-8-|---------8-8-----------------8-8--|
|-----6-6-----6-6-x-x-----6-6-----|-----6-6-----6-6-x-x-----6-6------|
|-4-4-----------------4-4---------|-7-7-----------------7-7----------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

G#5/E

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------8-8-----------------8-8-|---------8-8---8---8---8-8-----|
|-----6-6-----6-6-x-x-----6-6-----|-----6-6---6---6---6---6-6-----|
|-4-4-----------------4-4---------|-7-7-------7---7---7---7-7-----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

G#5/C# G#5/E G#5/C# E5

~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

H S S S S Q Q E E E E E E H S S S S Q W +W

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|------8-8-8-8-8--|-8--8-4-1-4-8-4-|------8-8-8-8-8--|-9--------|-(9)----||
|------6-6-6-6-6--|-6--------------|------6-6-6-6-6--|-x--------|-(x)----||
|-4----4-4-4-4-4--|-7--------------|-4----4-4-4-4-4--|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||

Chorus

C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F# C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F#

Gtrs I, II

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q S S S S

|--------------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-11-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-11-11-|
|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9--9-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9--9--9-|
|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9--9-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9--9--9-|
|--------------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|

C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F# C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F#

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q S S E

|--------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------||
|--------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------||
|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-11-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-11--||
|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9--9-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9--9--||
|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9--9-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9--9--||
|--------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------||

Terrifying Screamo

N.C.

Gtr I

Q. E Q. E Q E H E W +W

|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|-------------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|---------------|-------------|-9--------|-(9)----|
|------7------7-|----7--------|----------|--------|
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|

~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

W +W W W

|-----------|-------------|----------|------||
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-7--------|-5----||
|--9--------|--(9)--------|-9--------|-9----||
|-----------|-------------|----------|------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|------||
|-----------|-------------|----------|------||

Verse 2

G#5/C# G#5/E G#5/E

~ ~

H S S S S Q Q E E E E E E H S S S S Q

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------8-8-8-8-8--|-8--8-4-1-4-8-4-|------8-8-8-8-8--|
|------6-6-6-6-6--|-6--------------|------6-6-6-6-6--|
|-4----4-4-4-4-4--|-7--------------|-4----4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

G#5/E C#5

Q E E E E E E W

|----------------|------||
|----------------|------||
|-8--8-4-1-4-8-4-|-6----||
|-6--------------|-6----||
|-7--------------|-4----||
|----------------|------||

Chorus 2

A5V G#5/E C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F# C#5 G#5/E

Gtrs I, II

|-3-|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

|-------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-------8-8-8-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-|-6--6--8--8-8-|
|-7--7--6-6-6-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9-|-6--6--6--6-6-|
|-7--7--7-7-7-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9-|-4--4--7--7-7-|
|-7--7--------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|

A5V G#5/E C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F#

|-3-|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

|-------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-------8-8-8-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-||
|-7--7--6-6-6-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9-||
|-7--7--7-7-7-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9-||
|-7--7--------|--------------|-----------------||

Breakdown

N.C.

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13S14-14-14-14-14-14--|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13S14-14-14-14-14-14--||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||

Verse

G#5/C# G#5/E G#5/C# G#5/E

Gtrs I, II

E. E. E S E E E. E. E. E S E E E.

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-8--8--8-8-8-8-8--|-8--8--8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6--6--6-6-6-6-6--|-6--6--6-6-6-6-6--|
|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7--|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7--|
|------------------|------------------|

N.C.

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------8-8-----------------8-8-|---------8-8-----------------8-8-|
|-----6-6-----6-6-x-x-----6-6-----|-----6-6-----6-6-x-x-----6-6-----|
|-4-4-----------------4-4---------|-7-7-----------------7-7---------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

G#5/E

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------8-8-----------------8-8-|---------8-8---8---8---8-8-----|
|-----6-6-----6-6-x-x-----6-6-----|-----6-6---6---6---6---6-6-----|
|-4-4-----------------4-4---------|-7-7-------7---7---7---7-7-----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

G#5/C# G#5/E G#5/C#

~ ~

H S S S S Q Q E E E E E E H S S S S Q

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------8-8-8-8-8--|-8--8-4-1-4-8-4-|------8-8-8-8-8--|
|------6-6-6-6-6--|-6--------------|------6-6-6-6-6--|
|-4----4-4-4-4-4--|-7--------------|-4----4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

G#5/E C#5 N.C.

TP

Q E E E E E E W H. Q

|----------------|----------|---------15--||
|----------------|----------|---------15--||
|-8--8-4-1-4-8-4-|-6--------|-6-----------||
|-6--------------|-6--------|-6-----------||
|-7--------------|-4--------|-4-----------||
|----------------|----------|-------------||

Chorus

C#5 G#5/E A5V G#5/E C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F#

Gtrs I, II

|-3-|

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-6--6--8--8-8-|-------8-8-8-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-|
|-6--6--6--6-6-|-7--7--6-6-6-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9-|
|-4--4--7--7-7-|-7--7--7-7-7-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9-|
|--------------|-7--7--------|--------------|-----------------|

C#5 G#5/E A5 G#5/E C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F#

|-3-|

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-6--6--8--8-8-|-------8-8-8-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-|
|-6--6--6--6-6-|-7--7--6-6-6-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9-|
|-4--4--7--7-7-|-7--7--7-7-7-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9-|
|--------------|-7--7--------|--------------|-----------------|

C#5 G#5/E A5V G#5/E C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F#

|-3-|

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-6--6--8--8-8-|-------8-8-8-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-|
|-6--6--6--6-6-|-7--7--6-6-6-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9-|
|-4--4--7--7-7-|-7--7--7-7-7-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9-|
|--------------|-7--7--------|--------------|-----------------|

C#5 G#5/E A5V G#5/E C#5 G#5/E A5 B5/F#

|-3-|

Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E

|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-6--6--8--8-8-|-------8-8-8-|-6--6--8--8-8-|-2--2--11--11-11-||
|-6--6--6--6-6-|-7--7--6-6-6-|-6--6--6--6-6-|-2--2---9---9--9-||
|-4--4--7--7-7-|-7--7--7-7-7-|-4--4--7--7-7-|-0--0---9---9--9-||
|--------------|-7--7--------|--------------|-----------------||

Outro

C#5 G#5/C# G#5/E

W +W W +W E. E. E S E E E.

|----------|------------|----------|------------|--------------------*|
|----------|------------|----------|------------|--------------------*|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-6--------|-(6)--------|-8--8--8-8-8-8-8----*|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-6--------|-(6)--------|-6--6--6-6-6-6-6----*|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7----*|
|----------|------------|----------|------------|--------------------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

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