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ALONG THE WAY
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 1984 EP BACK TO THE KNOWN)
Transcribed by Whoabot & HOULI
Words and Music by Greg Graffin
Arranged by Whoabot/Bad Religion
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead w/wah'
Intro
Q=119
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
4/4
Gtr I
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
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Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S|---------------------|-------------------------|||---------------------|-------------------------|||-----------8-8-8-0-0-|-------------------------|||-6-6-6-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0--|||-6-6-6-0-0-6-6-6-----|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0--|||-4-4-4---------------|-6-6-6------8--8--8------||
Verse C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S|------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|-10-10-10-0-0--------------||-10-10-10-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|-10-10-10-0-0-10-10-10-0-0-||-10-10-10-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|--8--8--8-----10-10-10-0-0-||--8--8--8-----6-6-6-----|---------------8--8--8-----|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S|---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||-----------8-8-8-0-0-|------------------------||-6-6-6-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0-||-6-6-6-0-0-6-6-6-----|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0-||-4-4-4---------------|-6-6-6------8--8--8-----|
C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-||--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
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| Gtr II| W W|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|------------------------|||-----------------|------------------------|||---------8-8-8-8-|------------------------|||-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-|||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-|||-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8-----8--8-||
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| W H E S S E E|-----------------|------------------------|||-----------------|------------------------|||-----------------|----------------------8-|||-----------------|-------------8h10-10----|||-----------------|------------------------|||-----------------|------------------------||
Guitar Solo 1 C5 Bb5 E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-10-10----10-10--8-8--8----8-||-10-10----10-10--8-8--8----8-||--8--8-----8--8--6-6--6----6-|
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| E S S E E E E S S E|-----------------------------||-----------8-11-10-8---------||--8--8h10------------10p8----||--------------------------10-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
F5 C5 E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-10---10------10----10-------------------------------------||-10---10------10----10----10-------10----------10---10-----||--8----8-------8-----8----10-------10----------10---10-----||---------------------------8--------8-----------8----8-----|
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| S S S T T S S S S S T T T T S S S T T S|-----------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------8-8-11p8-8-||-10p8---------------------------------10-10b12-------------||------10-10p8--------8-10-13----10h13----------------------||---------------8-10----------10----------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||----------------------------8-----8---8----8---||-6-------6-------6---6------8-----8---8----8---||-6-------6-------6---6------6-----6---6----6---||-4-------4-------4---4-------------------------|
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| T T S E +E S +S S S S E S S S|-----------------------------------------------||-8h11p8-11b13==(11)-11r(11)-8----11------------||------------------------------10----8---8------||------------------------------------------10p8-||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------|||-------------------------------|||-------------------------------|||--8----8-8---8-----10-10-10-10-|||--8----8-8---8-----10-10-10-10-|||--6----6-6---6------8--8--8--8-||
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| S S E S S S S a H|-------------------------------|||-------------------------------|||-------------------------------|||-10p8--------------------------|||------10-8p6-------------------|||-------------8-6-6s=8----------||
Verse C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-||--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||---------8-8-8-8-|----------------------||-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--||-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--|
C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-||--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
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| Gtr II| W W|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|---------------------------|||-----------------|---------------------------|||---------8-8-8-8-|---------------------------|||-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10---10-----|||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10---10-----|||-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8----8-----||
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| W H E E S S S S|-----------------|---------------------------|||-----------------|---------------------------|||-----------------|---------------------8-10--|||-----------------|-------------8-10p8--------|||-----------------|---------------------------|||-----------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo 2 C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-10-10-10-10-----------------------------||-10----10-10-10-----8-8--8-8-------|-10-10-10-10-10----10---------10---10----||-10----10-10-10-----8-8--8-8-------|--8--8--8--8-10----10---------10---10----||--8-----8--8--8-----6-6--6-6-------|--------------8-----8----------8----8----|
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| Q. S S E E E T S T Q E E S S S S +E S S|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------8-11-10-8-10---------|------------------------------------8-11-||-10b12---------------------8h10-12p|=10-----8-----8-----8-10b12==(10)r-------||-----------------------------------|----------10----10-----------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||---------------------8-----8------------8-8---------||-6----6----6----6----8-----8------------8-8---------||-6----6----6----6----6-----6------------6-6---------||-4----4----4----4-----------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S +S E T T T T|----------------------------------------------------||-8-10-8----8---------------------------11-8h11p8-11-||--------10---10-8---------10b12==(10)r--------------||------------------10-8-10---------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||--8-8----------8---8----10-10-10---10-----||--8-8----------8---8----10-10-10---10-----||--6-6----------6---6-----8--8--8----8-----|
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| E T T T T S S S S Q S S S S|-----------------8-8-----8----------------||-11-8h11p8-11-11-----11----------8-11-13--||------------------------------10----------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
C5 Bb5 E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-10-10-10-10--------8-----------8---------8------8----||-10-10-10-10--------8-----------8---------8------8----||--8--8--8--8--------6-----------6---------6------6----|
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| |--3--|
| Q E S S S S +E S S S S S|-------11----11-13-13b15==(13)r---13b15==13r-13-13-11-||-13-------13------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
F5 C5 E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-10----10----10----10----------------------------------||-10----10----10----10-------10----10----10-10----------||--8-----8-----8-----8-------10----10----10-10----------||-----------------------------8-----8-----8--8----------|
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| S E S S S S S a S E S E S +S|-------------------------------------------------------||-13-11-------11----------------------13----13b15==(13)-||----------12----12-10----10h12-12-------12-------------||----------------------13-------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------8-----------8------------8-------8--||--6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------8-----------8------------8-------8--||--6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6------------6-------6--||--4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------------------------------------------|
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| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E +E|----13----------------------------------------------13--------------------13b15==(13)-||-13----13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----13-13-13-13-13-13r-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------|||--8-----------8-----8-----8-10-10-10-10-|||--8-----------8-----8-----8-10-10-10-10-|||--6-----------6-----6-----6--8--8--8--8-||
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| T T T T S S S S E H|-13-13-13-13r13-13----------------------|||----------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------|||-------------------------10-13----------|||-------------------10s13----------------|||----------------------------------------||
Verse C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-||--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||---------8-8-8-8-|----------------------||-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--||-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--|
C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-||--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
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| Gtr II| W W|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|----------------------------|||-----------------|----------------------------|||---------8-8-8-8-|----------------------------|||-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-----|||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-----|||-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8-----8--8-----||
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| W H E S S E S S|-----------------|----------------------------|||-----------------|----------------------------|||-----------------|----------------------------|||-----------------|-------------------8--8h10--|||-----------------|-------------8h10-----------|||-----------------|----------------------------||
Outro C5 Bb5 F5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|--10---10-10-10----------------------||-10-10-----10--10-8-8--8-----8-|--10---10-10-10---10-----10--10-10---||-10-10-----10--10-8-8--8-----8-|---8----8--8--8---10-----10--10-10---||--8--8------8---8-6-6--6-----6-|-------------------8------8---8--8---|
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| E S S +H Q +Q. S S S S +Q S S|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||--8--8----------------12b14====|=(12)r-------10p8--------------------||-------10-(10)-----------------|------------------10-10-(10)---------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------10---||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E H|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------8-----8--8-------8---|-----------------------------||--6-------6---6--6-8-----8--8-------8---|-8---8-----8------8----10----||--6-------6---6--6-6-----6--6-------6---|-8---8-----8------8----10----||--4-------4---4--4----------------------|-6---6-----6------6-----8----|
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| |----3----| |--3---| |----3----|
| E +Q E S E. E E E E E E E E E H|-10b11==(10)r---10-8--------------------|----------------8-------8----||---------------------11-----------------|----------10b11-----11-------||---------------------------10b12-10---8-|-7-8---10--------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
> +W +W +W +W|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*||-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*||--(8)--------|--(8)--------|--(8)--------|--(8)----*|
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| >| +W W W W|--(8)--------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths