Alkaline Trio "Mercy Me"
I've seen a lot of wrong tabs for this, but I've seen a lot that are really close. I've
the live footage, and I can hear the right parts. What I did here was get everything as
as I possibly could. This should be right on here, play along and you should hear.
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(Intro/Main Riff) (Gtr 1)--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7|6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7----|-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----|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
(Gtr 2) Played under riff--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
(Verse 1&2) Palm mute all notes on low E except during slide.It's been a long day...--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----7-------7-------7-------7--|----7-------7-------7-----7/9\7----| X3--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5/7\5----|
(End of Verse) Don't palm mute here. I'm lost so lost...--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-----7-------7-------7-------7--|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----| X1--------------------------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------|
(Chorus)Oh mercy me, god bless catastrophy--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----| X2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------|
(Chorus pt. 2)Drive yourself insane tonight...--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------------|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------|
Yeahhhhhh--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-------------------------9-9-9-9---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
(Verse 3)--------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|-7~------------------------7/9\7|7~----------------------------7/9\7-|-7~-----------------------------|7~----------------------------------|-5~------------------------5/7\5|5~----------------------------5/7\5-|
--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----7-------7-------7-------7--|----7-------7-------7-----7/9\7----|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5|5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5/7\5----|
--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-----7-------7-------7-------7--|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----| X1--------------------------------|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------|
(Chorus)Oh mercy me, god bless catastrophy--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----| X2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------|
(Chorus pt. 2)Drive yourself insane tonight...--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------------|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------|
Yeahhhhhh--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-------------------------9-9-9-9---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7|6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7----|-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----| X2--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
(Chorus Pt. 2)Drive yourself insane tonight...--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------------|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------|
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