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Asleep in the Chapel

Thursday
Tab
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Song

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Thursday - Asleep In The Chapel

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tabbed by: stellar_legs

e-mail: uncle_stellar@hotmail.com

tuning: standard

(Intro)

Guitar 1 (clean)

e--2--2---2--2---2--2---0--0------2--2---2--2---2--2---0--0--|
B--3--3---3--3---0--0---0--0------3--3---3--3---0--0---0--0--|
G--4--4---4--4---0--0---0--0------4--4---4--4---0--0---0--0--| x 2
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (clean) this lick comes in after Guitar 1 plays 3 times

e----2h3p2--0--2------------|
B----------------------2~---|
G---------------------------|
D---------------------------|
A---------------------------|
D---------------------------|

(Intro Pt. 2)

Guitar 1 (distortion)

e

B

G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
A--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|

Guitar 2 (distortion)

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------9/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
D--------------------------------x/-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
A--------------------------------7/-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

Guitar 2

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G--12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11--14-14-14-14/16/14--6-6-6-6---|
D---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x/-x/-x--x-x-x-x---|
A--10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--12-12-12-12/14/12--4-4-4-4---|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

Guitar 1 (clean)

e---------------------2-----------------------------5--2--|
B--------2---3-2--------3-------------2-----3-2-----------|
G------2---0-------0------0--------2-----2-------0--------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---2--------------------------2--------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|

"Three chalk outlines sleep...."

e--------0---------------2--------------0--------------5--2--|
B-----3---------3-2---------3-0------3--------3-2------------|
G---0-------0--------0-------------0-------0-------0---------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (distortion)

e------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D---9-9-9-9--0--5~----------------9-9-9-9-x--0~--------|
A---9-9-9-9--0--5~----------------9-9-9-9-x--0~--------|
D---9-9-9-9--0--5~----------------9-9-9-9-x--0~--------|

"Falling asleep.......and we're praying."

Guitar 2 (distortion)

e-------------------------------------------------5*---|
B-------------------------------------------------5*---|
G---------------6~-----11/12/11------------------------|
D---------------x-------x/-x/-x------------------------|
A---------------4~------9/10/-9------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

"These are the symptoms of letting go...."

Guitar 2

e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--12-12-12-12/11-11-11-11--14-14-14-14/16/14---6--|
D---x--x--x--x/-x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x/-x/-x---x--|
A--10-10-10-10/-9--9--9--9--12-12-12-12/14/12---4--|
D--------------------------------------------------|

Chorus lick 1

e----7-------------------------10-7---------|
B--0---8--0-7-8--0-7-8--0-7-8---------8-7---|
G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|

"Because we can't compete with..."

Chorus lick 2

e--10-------------10-------------10---------|
B-----0--7-8-7-0-----0--7-8-7-0-----0--7-8--|
G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|

"We swerve to the beat...."

Guitar 1

e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------|
D---5~----------9~------------0~------------4~---|
A---5~----------9~------------0~------------4~---|
D---5~----------9~------------0~------------4~---|

"We woke up to a sky with no air...."

Guitar 2 plays Chorus lick 1 over this.

After the riff above, Guitar 1 strums the chords, while Guitar 2 plays some

filler that shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

Guitar 1 plays the intro chords while Guitar 2 plays these notes over Guitar 1

at the end:

Guitar 2

e--9~----10h9---------------12---------9h10-10~---|
B--------------10----10--------10-----------------|
G-----------------11----11---------11-------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|

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