'It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now' by Four Year Strong
From their 2010 album, 'Enemy of the World'
Tuning - D Standard / Whole Step Down (DGCFAd)
Tabbed by Tuscany
This tab has been worked into D Standard, and includes all of the guitar harmonies, line-by-line,
and was tabbed along with multiple footages of them live to figure out who's doing what where.
Yay! Enjoy!
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Guitar 1: Alan Day
Guitar 2: Dan O'Connor
INTRO
Guitar 1 Only d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------|D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-000000-12*-| .... .. .... .. ......
Guitar 1 d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------|D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-2-5-4-|
.... .. .... .. ....Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------|D-000--------0--------000--------0--------0----12/---| ... . ... . .
Both Guitarsd-------------------------------------------------------|A-------------------------------------------------------|F-------------------------------------------------------|C------------------------------------------------7------|G----------------------------------------------9---11-7-|D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000----------| .... .. .... .. ....
d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------|D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-2-5-4-| .... .. .... .. ....
d-------------------------------------------------------|A-------------------------------------------------------|F-------------------------------------------------------|C------------------------------------------------7------|G----------------------------------------------9---11-7-|D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000----------| .... .. .... .. ....
Guitar 1d-----------------------------|A-----------------------------|F-----------------------------|C-----------------------------|G--------------6--------------|D-2-5-4-0-11-9-7--------------|
Guitar 2d-----------------------------|A-----------------------------|F-----------------------------|C-----------------------------|G--------------6-----6-7-9*---|D-2-5-4-0-11-9-7---9----------|
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VERSE 1
'I'm a mess such a wreck...'
Guitar 2/Guitar 1 (Guitar 2 does it the first time, Guitar 1 does the other 3)d-0000-11h12-00--11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-|A--------------------------------------------------------------|F--------------------------------------------------------------| x4C--------------------------------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------------------------------|D--------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d------------|A------------|F------------|C-7-7-7-2----| Plays on 2nd and 3rd timeG-7-7-7-2----| D-5-5-5-0----|
'...look down / I've got my name on a string...'Guitar 1d-00-12-0-12-00-12-0-12-00-12-0-12---|A------------------------------------|F------------------------------------| x2C------------------------------------|G------------------------------------|D------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F-2-2-2-------6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-4-2--------------------| x2C-------2-2-2----------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
'I lay my life on the line...'Guitar 1d---------------------------------------------|A-10-10-10-------14-14-14-12-12-12-12-14-12---|F----------9-9-9------------------------------| x2C---------------------------------------------|G---------------------------------------------|D---------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F-2-2-2-------6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-4-2--------------------|C-------2-2-2----------------------------------------| x2G----------------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Slowly release on last time)
Then there's that interlude before the chorus...
Guitar 1 Onlyd-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---|A-2-2-2-0-0-0-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-9---|F-----------------------------------------------------------|C-----------------------------------------------------------|G-----------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
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CHORUS
'Don't fix it if it hasn't broken yet'Guitar 1d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F-----22222-----44444-66666666-44444444--------------|C-222-22222-222-44444-66666666-44444444--------------|G-222-00000-222-22222-44444444-22222222--------------|D-000-------000--------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d-------------------------------------------------------|A-555/12-121212-555/10-101010-9999-12121212-7777-9999---|F-------------------------------------------------------|C-------------------------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------------------------|D-------------------------------------------------------|
'Don't regret it if it hasn't happened yet'Guitar 1d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F-222-------222-44444-66666666-44444444--------------|C-222-22222-222-44444-66666666-44444444--------------|G-000-22222-000-22222-44444444-22222222--------------|D-----00000------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------------------|A-555/12-121212-555/10-101010-9999-17171717-16161616-12121212----|F----------------------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------------------------------|
'So let's go...'Guitar 1d-----12-12--------------------9----------|---------12-12-12-9-9-9-9------|A--10------12-10-12-----10-12---12-10-9---|--------------------------12\\\| This part I'm unsureF9----------------------------------------|x3, then-----------------------| about... this appearsC-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------| to be what Guitar 1 playsG-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------| live, but on the albumD-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------| the synth did this
Guitar 2d-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------|A-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------|F-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------|C-77-777-7-1414-14-99-9-|-77-777-7-1111-11-99-9-|-77-777-7-1414-14-99-|-999999999\\\-|G-77-777-7-1414-14-99-9-|-77-777-7-1111-11-99-9-|-77-777-7-1414-14-99-|-999999999\\\-|D-55-555-5-1212-12-77-7-|-55-555-5-9-9--9--77-7-|-55-555-5-1212-12-77-|-777777777\\\-|
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VERSE 2
'..........Face the facts'Guitar 1d-------------12-0-12-00-12-0-12---|--00-12-0-12-00-12-0-12-00-12-0-12--|A----------------------------------|------------------------------------|F----------------------------------|------------------------------------| Same as last verse, butC----------------------------------|------------------------------------| comes in late 1st timeG----------------------------------|------------------------------------|D----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d----------------------------------|A----------------------------------|F-2-2-2-------6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-4-2--| x2C-------2-2-2----------------------| G----------------------------------|D----------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
'...Against you all the time...'Guitar 1d---------------------------------------------|A-10-10-10-------14-14-14-12-12-12-12-14-12---|F----------9-9-9------------------------------| x2C---------------------------------------------|G---------------------------------------------|D---------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F-2-2-2-------6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-4-2--------------------|C-------2-2-2----------------------------------------| x2G----------------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Slowly release on last time)
'Do you feel like...'Guitar 1d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|A-4-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-------------4-4-4-2-2-2-5-5--------------------|F----------------------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------00000-00000-----------------00-00-0-0-00-000---|
..... ..... .. .. . . .. ...Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------00000-00000-----------------00-00-0-0-00-000---| ..... ..... .. .. . . .. ...
''Cause it looks like...'Guitar 1d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|A-4-4-4-2-2-2-5-5-------------4-4-4-2-2-2-5-5--------------------|F----------------------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------00000-00000-----------------00-00-0-12\\\\\\\\-| <--Pick this
..... ..... .. .. . .......... Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------------------|C----------------------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------00000-00000-----------------00-00-0-12\\\\\\\\-| <--Pick this ..... ..... .. .. . ..........
And then the interlude is a little different this time around...
Guitar 1d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|A-2-2-2-0-0-0-5-5-4-4-4------------|F----------------------------------|C----------------------------------|G----------------------------------|D----------------------------------|
Staccato last 3Guitar 2d----------------------------------|A----------------------------------|F-2-2-2-------6-6-4-4-4------------|C-------2-2-2-----4-4-4------------| G-----------------2-2-2------------|D----------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHORUS 2
Same as chorus 1, but on the last time Guitar 2's part changes to
d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------|C----77-777-7-1414-14-99-9-6-6-6-6-1010101010101010--|G----77-777-7-1414-14-99-9-6-6-6-6-1010101010101010--|D----55-555-5-1212-12-77-7-4-4-4-4-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
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BREAKDOWN
Guitar 2 only the first two times, then both guitars the last 2.d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------| x4C----------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------|D-000--------0--------000--------0--------0----------| ... . ... . .
'Don't look... DOWN'Guitar 1 d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------| x4C----------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------|D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-00000000---|
.... .. .... .. ........Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F----------------------------------------------------| x4C----------------------------------------------------| On the last time, makeG----------------------------------------------------| the notes more pronouncedD-000--------0--------000--------0--------0----------| ... . ... . .
Then that last interlude/prechorus thing
'A tiny spark to set it off'Guitar 2d----------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------|F-2-2-2-------6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-4-2--------------------|C-------2-2-2----------------------------------------| x2G----------------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
'Ignite the dark .......................and live it up'Guitar 1d-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A-14-14-14-12-12-12-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-17-16-14-14-14-12-12-12-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--|F-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|C-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2d-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|F-2-2-2-------6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-4-2-2-2-2-------6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-4-2-------------------------|C-------2-2-2---------------------------2-2-2---------------------------------------------|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (slowly release entire line)
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FINAL CHORUS
Sam as the first chorus, up until
'The best advice I've found...'Guitar 2d------------------------------|A------------------------------|F----------6-------------------|C-7--7--7--6--9----------------|G-7--7--7--4--9----------------|D-5--5--5-----7----------------|
Outro part
Guitar 1d--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|A--2--0--5--4-4^5^4--|--2--0--5--4-4^5^4--|--2--0--5--4-4/7----|-------------------|F--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|C--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|G--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------2----|D--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--000-0-000-0-0----|
... . ... . Guitar 2d--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|A--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|F--------6--4--4-4---|---------6--4--4-4--|---------6--4--4-4--|-------------------|C--7--2--6--4--4-4---|---7--2--6--4--4-4--|---7--2--6--4--4-4--|-------------------|G--7--2--4--2--2-2---|---7--2--4--2--2-2--|---7--2--4--2--2-2--|--------------2----|D--5--0--------------|---5--0-------------|---5--0-------------|--000-0-000-0-0----| ... . ... .
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And that's it!
Key:
* Pinch Harmonic
/ \ Slide
\\\ Neck slide down
. Palm Mute
^ Bend or Release
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