Song: Swing
Artist: Taking Back Sunday
Album: New Again
Tabbed by: benjwashere (phoenxb@gmail.com)
ok. so here's what i think the song is played like. not sure of some parts. but i think
relatively right. let me know what u guys think. any help to correct the tab is
thanks.
Tunings:
Guitar 1: 1/2 Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Guitar 2: 1/2 Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Legend:
. - Palm mute
~ - Hold note(s)/ Let ring
INTRO:
Guitar 1:|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-------2--------6-------9-------7-------11------9----------------||-4-4-4-4-(x16)--7-(x8)--9-(x8)--7-(x16)-11-(x8)-9-(x8)-----------||-4-4-4-4--------7-------7-------5--------9------7----------------||-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2:|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------7~------14~-----13~--------------||-4-4-4--------------------------7~------14~-----14~--------------||-4-4-4--------------------------5~------12~-----11~--------------||-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||---2--------6-------9-------7-------11------9----------------||---4-(x16)--7-(x8)--9-(x8)--7-(x16)-11-(x8)-9-(x8)-----------||---4--------7-------7-------5--------9------7----------------||-------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2:|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||--11~------14~-----13~-----11~------14~-----13~--------------||--11~------14~-----14~-----11~------14~-----14~--------------||---9~------12~-----11~------9~------12~-----11~--------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------9-------7-------11------9----------------||---4-(x16)--7-(x8)--9-(x8)--7-(x16)-11-(x8)-9-(x8)-----------||---4--------7-------7-------5--------9------7----------------||---2--------5------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:|--------12-----9-----------------------------9-------------9-------------||-----10------9--------10---9-10-9-10------10-----9~-----10-----9~--------||--11-------9-----9-11----9-------------11------9-----11------9-----------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------12-----9-----------------------------9-----------------------------||-----10------9--------10---9-10-9-10------10-----9~-----10----9-10---------||--11-------9-----9-11----9-------------11------9-----11----11------11-9----||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| [----played fast-------|
End on
Guitar 1:|-------------||-------------||---4---------||---4---------||---2---------| which is the start of the verse
Guitar 2:|-------------||--9--9--10~--||-------------||-------------||-------------| which is also the start of the verse
VERSE 1:
Guitar 1:
Come in 2nd time round on fix (“to FIX the listless nagging......”)
|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||---2--------6-------9-------7-------11------9----------------||---4-(x16)--7-(x8)--9-(x8)--7-(x16)-11-(x8)-9-(x8)-----------||---4--------7-------7-------5--------9------7----------------||-------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2:
Come in after Choke-hold molding (“To leave the choke-hold molding..”)
|----------------0---------------2---||----2---0---2-------2---0---2-------||--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----| (x 3)|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
CHORUS:
Guitar 1:|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||-------------7-------------------9----------------------------||---4-(x16)---7-(x16)---7-(x16)---9-(x16)----------------------| (x2)|---4---------5---------7---------7----------------------------||---2-------------------5--------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:|-------------------------9-------||-----10----9-----------10---10---||--11----11-----------11---11-----| (x 2) (CanÂ’t decide whether the last note)|-------------9--11---------------| (is a 9 or 10 on the string )|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
then|-------------------||-------------------||--6--7--6---4~-----||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------9-------||-----10----9-----------10---10---||--11----11-----------11---11-----| (x 2) (CanÂ’t decide whether the last note)|-------------9--11---------------| (is a 9 or 10 on the string )|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
then|-------------------||-------------------||--9--9--9--9~------||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------|
POST CHORUS 1:
Guitar 1:|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------9-------7-------11------9----------------||---4-(x16)--7-(x8)--9-(x8)--7-(x16)-11-(x8)-9-(x8)-----------||---4--------7-------7-------5--------9------7----------------||---2--------5------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:|--------12-----9-----------------------------9-------------9-------------||-----10------9--------10---9-10-9-10------10-----9~-----10-----9~--------||--11-------9-----9-11----9-------------11------9-----11------9-----------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------12-----9-----------------------------9-------------------------------||-----10------9--------10---9-10-9-10------10-----9~-----10----9-10------9~---||--11-------9-----9-11----9-------------11------9-----11----11------11-9------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| [-----played fast-------|
VERSE 2:
Guitar 1:
Come in on the 2nd choice (“I never had a choice, I never had a CHOICE......”)
|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||--7--------11-------9----------------||--7-(x16)--11-(x8)--9-(x8)-----------| then str8 into next part|--5---------9-------7----------------||-------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||---2--------6-------9-------7-------11------9----------------||---4-(x16)--7-(x8)--9-(x8)--7-(x16)-11-(x8)-9-(x8)-----------||---4--------7-------7-------5--------9------7----------------||-------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2:
Come in with the 2nd palm mute chord guitar 1 plays in the FIRST part
|--------------------------0---------------2---||--------------2---0---2-------2---0---2-------||------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----| (x 2)|----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------0---||--------------2---0---2-------||------------2---2---2---2-----||------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------|
CHORUS
POST CHORUS 2:
Guitar 1 & 2:
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---7-(a few times. Listen)-----||---7-(for strumming pattern)---||---5---------------------------||-------------------------------|
or could be (not sure here)
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||--11-(a few times. Listen)-----||--11-(for strumming pattern)---||---9---------------------------||-------------------------------|
then str8 to
|------------||------------||------------||---4-4-4----||---4-4-4----||---2-2-2----|
BRIDGE: (Not sure about this part, but this sounds okay with the song)
Guitar 1:
Only Guitar 2 first 2 times. Then 2nd time play this:
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||--11-(x16)--13-(x8)--14-(x8)---||---9--------11-------12--------||-------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------------14~-------||--11-(x16)--13-(x8)—-14~-------||---9--------11-------12~-------||-------------------------------| . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2:
|--------------------------------------------------||-10----10----10----10----12----12----12----12-----||----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11--||--------------------------------------------------| \|--------------------------------------------------| \|--------------------------------------------------| \
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ (Repeat thrice)|----------------------------------------------------| /|-14----14----14----14----12----12----12----12-------| /|----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----| /|----------------------------------------------------| /|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
End with
|----------------------------------------------------9~--||-10----10----10----10----12----12----12----12------10~--||----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11---11~--||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHORUS
BIT AFTER CHORUS: (“Just swing, swing, swing...”)
Guitar 1: Plays chorus chords
Guitar 2:|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--11---------7-------------------9----------------------------||--11-(x16)---7-(x16)---7-(x16)---9-(x16)----------------------| (x2)|---9---------5---------7---------7----------------------------||-----------------------5--------------------------------------|
END:
Guitar 1: End with post chorus 2
Guitar 2:|--------12-----9-----------------------------9-------------9-------------||-----10------9--------10---9-10-9-10------10-----9~-----10-----9-9-9-----||--11-------9-----9-11----9-------------11------9-----11------9-----------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And that's it. hope this helps and it's right. enjoy!
