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Dont Tell and We Wont Ask

Thrice
Tab

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

Song

Song: Don't Tell and We Won't Ask

Artist: Thrice

Album: The Artist in the Ambulance

Tabbed By: Volcom_Prophecy

Intro

D|----------X3-------------|------------------------|
A|-------------------------|------------------------|
F|-----14>-15>-----14>-12>-|----12>-10>-----14>-12>-|
C|-12>---------10>---------|-8>---------10>---------|
G|-12>-12>-13>-10>-12>-10>-|-8>-10>--8>-10>-12>-10>-|
C|-12>---------10>---------|-8>---------10>---------|

Verse x8

D|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------/--faster--\-|

F|-0h9h10-0h5h7-0h9h10-0h5h7-0h9h10-0h5h7-|

C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|

Bridge 1

D|---------------------|
A|----10--11-----10--8-|
F|-7----------9--------|
C|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
C|---------------------|

Chorus

D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
F|----------------------------|

C|-0>-10>-0>-10>-5>-3>-10>-8>-|

G|-0>-10>-0>-10>-5>-3>-10>-8>-|

C|-0>-10>-0>-10>-5>-3>-10>-8>-|

Verse x8 with a slide at the end of the last "7"

Bridge 2 x2

D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
F|-----10-----9-----10---101010-|
C|-0-7--8-0-7-7-0-7--8-0--8-8-8-|
G|-0-7--8-0-7-7-0-7--8-0--8-8-8-|
C|-0-7----0-7---0-7----0--------|

Bridge 1

Chorus

Intro

End of the intro

D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
F|---12------14----|
C|-----------------|
G|---10------12----|
C|-8----8-10----10-|

Bridge 3 clean (listen for the palm mutes)

D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5566565-------------5566565-------------5566565-|
F|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|----777-------77755-----777-------77755-----777--------|
G|-555---------------77555---------------77555-----------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5566565-------------5566565-----------|
F|----------------------------------------------------|
C|-77755-----777-------77755-----777-------77755------|
G|------77555---------------77555---------------77555-|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----5566565----------------------5566565------|
F|--------------------5h7p5-0-------------------|
C|-777-------777-0h5h7----------777-------77755-|
G|---------------------------555----------------|
C|----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------5566565--------------|
F|------------------------------|
C|------777-------777555--------|
G|-77555----------------7775555-|
C|------------------------------|

Outro 1

D|--------------|
A|--------------|
F|--------------|

C|-8>-5>-8>-10>-|

G|-8>-5>-8>-10>-|

C|-8>-5>-8>-10>-|

Outro 2 clean

D|----------x3-------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
F|-------------------------|--------------------------|
C|----15----------14-------|---12---------14-------0~-|
G|-------12/13-------10/12-|------8/10-------10/12-0~-|
C|-12----------10----------|-8---------10----------0~-|

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

Guitar 2

Intro

D|---------x3------|----------------|
A|-----18>-----17>-|----15>-----17>-|
F|-----------------|----------------|

C|-12>-15>-10>-14>-|-8>-12>-10>-14>-|

G|-12>-----10>-----|-8>-----10>-----|
C|-12>-----10>-----|-8>-----10>-----|

Verse

D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------|
C|-0-10-8-0-10-8-3-0>-10>-8>-0>-10>-8>-|
G|-0-10-8-0-10-8-3-0>-10>-8>-0>-10>-8>-|
C|-0-10-8-0-10-8-3-0>-10>-8>-0>-10>-8>-|

Bridge 1

D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
F|-----9--10-----9--7-|
C|------------8-------|
G|-10-----------------|
C|--------------------|

Chorus x4

D|-------------131313------12121212-|
A|-------101010------101010---------|
F|----------------------------------|
C|-121212---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------|

Chorus 2

D|-------------131313------12121212-|
A|-------101010------101010---------|
F|-121212---------------------------|
C|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------|
D|-------------131313------12121212-|
A|-------101010------101010---------|
F|-101010---------------------------|
C|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------|
D|-------------131313------12121212-|
A|-------101010------101010---------|
F|----------------------------------|
C|-101010---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------|
D|----------131313------12121212-|
A|----101010------101010---------|
F|-------------------------------|
C|-888---------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------|

Verse

Bridge 2 same as guitar 1

Bridge 1

Chorus

Chorus 2

Intro

End of the intro

D|-----------------|
A|---15------17----|
F|-----------------|
C|---12------14----|
G|-----------------|
C|-8----8-10----10-|

Bridge 3

D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
F|-7>-5>-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------7>-5>-3>-2>-0>----0>----0>-2>-0>----222-333-555-|
G|----------------------3>----3>----------3>-------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
F|----------|

C|-777-8888-|

G|----------|
C|----------|

Outro 1 x8

D|--------171717-151515-131313-1212------|
A|-151515---------------------------1313-|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|

Outro 2 x8

D|-13--12----0~------------------------|
A|---10--10-10b11r10-------------------|
F|------------------10--10--10b12r10---|
C|--------------------12--12--------12-|
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|

Last note

D|--0~-|

A|-10~-|

F|-10~-|

C|--0~-|
G|-----|
C|-----|

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