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Paris in Flames

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

Song

Thursday

“Paris in Flames”

Drop D tuning

Intro x2

|---------------------------------------------------
|-------10----------10----------8---------8h10-8----
|----------10----------10---------9--------------9--
|-8-8-8-------8-8-8-------7-7-7-----7-7-7-----------
|-8-8-8-------8-8-8-------7-7-7-----7-7-7-----------
|-8-8-8-------8-8-8-------7-7-7-----7-7-7-----------

Verse x4

|----------------------------------------------------
|-------10-------10-----10--------10-------10-----10-
|-------10-------10-----10--------10-------10-----10-
|-8-8-8----8-8-8----8-8-----8-8-8----8-8-8----8-8----
|-8-8-8----8-8-8----8-8-----8-8-8----8-8-8----8-8----
|-8-8-8----8-8-8----8-8-----8-8-8----8-8-8----8-8----

|=pm=| |=pm=| |pm| |=pm=| |=pm=| |pm|

|-----------------------------------------------
|-------8-------8-----8--------8-------8-----8--
|-------9-------9-----9--------9-------9-----9--
|-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7----7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7----
|-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7----7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7----
|-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7----7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7----

|=pm=| |=pm=| |pm| |=pm=| |=pm=| |pm|

Pre Chorus x4

|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|-8--8--8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-0------------------7--
|-8--8--8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-0------7-----7-7h8----
|-8--8--8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-0-0-7h8--7h8----------

Chorus

|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|-----
|-----
|-----
|-*0--
|-*0--
|-*0--

*Let ring.

Interlude x2

|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|---------------------------------------------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
|------------------

Riff A x8

|-3h5----------
|-----3h5------
|---------0h2--
|--------------
|--------------
|--------------

Repeat Chorus and end with

|----------------------
|----------------------
|----------------------
|-0--------------------
|-0-------7-----7-7h8--
|-0-0-7h8---7h8--------

Repeat Verse x1 then…

|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--
|-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--
|-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--

|====================pm==================|

Bridge (clean with flanger)

|-10-----10-13-10-----15--15-13-12--12h13-12--
|-10-----10--------13-------------------------
|----10------------12-------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------

(Bass solo)

Riff 2 (with light distortion)

|-----------------------
|-----------------------
|-10----9----7-----7----
|-x-----x----x-----x----
|-8-----7----5--3--5----
|-----------------------

Listen closely for the "3" above: it's there.

Repeat Riff A for 35(?) measures. It's tough to tell exactly how many times

to play this. Just listen and improvise.

Outro x2

|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
|----------
|----------
|-4-4-4-4--
|-x-x-x-x--
|-2-2-2-2--
|-0-0-0-0--

End the song with this familiar riff.

|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|-0-------------------7----
|-0-------7-----7-7h8------
|-0-0-7h8---7h8------------

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