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Understanding in a Car Crash

Thursday
Tab
4.1(16)

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

Song

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THURSDAY – UNDERSTANDING IN A CAR CRASH

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Intro and chorus

Guitar 1

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-0-0-------5-0-0-------------5-0-0-------5-0-0-------|
G|-----5-0-0-------5-0-0-------5-0---5-0-0-------5-0-0-------5-0---|
D|-7-7-----------------------------3-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|

Verse

e|-----------------------------------------------------| You can do some improv here
B|--------8-----------------------5--------5-----------| im not sure how it goes at the end
G|---5--------7-7-9-7--5-4----5-----5--5-----5--5------|
D|-7---7----7---------------3---3--------3--------3----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (comes in on second time you play the verse)

e|-15-15--------------15-15—-10-10-7-7--|
B|--------12-12-13-13---------—---------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse #2 (these are 10s that go with the 8s and 5s)

e|-------------------------------------------------1010101010101010--|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
G|-5—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse #3

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0--|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Break

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10—-|

D

A|

E

Break

Guitar 1

e|-15-------15--------|On second break end like this:
B|----12-13----12-13—-|   B|-12-13-12-13-12--|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|   Let the 12 ring ^
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Guitar 2 (1st break)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-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----|
A|-3-3-3—-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3----|
E|------—----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (2nd break)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7—-7-7-7--3-3-3—-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3----|
A|-7-7-7—-7-7-7--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3----|
E|-5-5-5—-5-5-5--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1----|

Riff (after break)

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

Song Structure

Intro(4x)

Verse(5x)

Chorus(4x)

Verse #2(4x)

Verse(2x)

Verse #3(4x)

Chorus(4x)

Verse #2(4x)

Pre-break(2x)

Break(4x)

Riff(2x)

Pre-break(2x)

Break(4x)

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