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Taking Back Sunday – Swing tab
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 onGuitar 1:|-------------||-------------||---4---------||---4---------||---2---------| which is the start of the verseGuitar 2:|-------------||--9--9--10~--||-------------||-------------||-------------| which is also the start of the verseVERSE 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) (Can’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) (Can’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 chordsGuitar 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 2Guitar 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!