The Phrase That Pays Tab by The Academy Is

The Phrase That Pays tab by The Academy Is

Guitar Tab

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'pan left overdriven muted'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'pan right distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'pan left distortion'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'scarpes/fx'

    Q=134
   4/4
    Gtr I
    PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||

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    Gtrs I, II
    PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||----------7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|---------7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5---||
||o-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3--o||
||--1-1-1-1---------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1---------|-------------------||


  $
  Gtrs II, III
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


  W          W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E e e e
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|-5--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|-5--------|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-x-x-x-|
|-0--------|-3--------|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-x-x-x-|
|----------|----------|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-1-1---1-1-x-x-x-|


                                                                 To Coda
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5---5---||
||--5-5---5-5-5---5-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5---5---||
||o-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3--o||
||--3-3---3-3-3---3-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-----------------|-------------------||


  Gtr I
~~~~TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP~TPTP
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S    W
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h=5p0-|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H               Q       E    E     +S   S E E E E E E  E
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------/7---|-(7)----------------|
|-----------------------------/7---|-(7)---2-2---2-2-2--|
|-----------------------------/5---|-(5)---0-0---0-0-0-----|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|


  Gtr I
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  Gtrs I, II
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|---------7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5---|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3---|
|-1-1-1-1---------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1---------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W                 W                 W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                                                               D.S. al Coda
  PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E  E E E  E E E   E E  E E E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------7--7-7-7-|-2-2--2-2-5--5-5-5-|---------7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-5--5-5-5-|
|-3-3--3-3-5--5-5-5-|-0-0--0-0-3--3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-3--3-3-3-|
|-1-1--1-1----------|-------------------|-1-1-1-1---------|------------------|
|
|   TP     TP           TP     TP                                   TP
| E Q    E Q    Q     E Q    E Q    Q     W                 H       H
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---x/-----x/-------|---x/-----x/-------|-----------------|---------x/-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------x/-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------x/-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|


  &
  Gtr II
  PM|   PM  PM  PM----------------------|   PM  PM  PM----------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM|   PM                            PM|   PM
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5---x---5---|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|-----5---x---5---|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|
|-----x-5-x---x---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----x-5-x---x---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  PM|   PM  PM  PM----------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2-------2---|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| PM|   PM
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5---x---5---|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|
|-----x-5-x---x---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Gtrs II, III
  W          W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E e e e
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|-5--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|-5--------|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-x-x-x-|
|-0--------|-3--------|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-x-x-x-|
|----------|----------|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-1-1---1-1-x-x-x-|


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5---5---||
||--5-5---5-5-5---5-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5---5---||
||o-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-3-3---3--o||
||--3-3---3-3-3---3-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-----------------|-------------------||


  Gtr II
  PM|   PM  PM  PM----------------------|   PM  PM  PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----2-------2---|
|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM|   PM                            PM|   PM
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5---x---5---|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-9-|-----5---x---5---|
|-----x-5-x---x---|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----x-5-x---x---|
|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  Q   +E  E
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--7--7--7--7--7---(7)-x-*|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x---(x)-x-*|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5---(5)-x-*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  Q   +E  E
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12--(12)-x-*|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x---(x)-x-*|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10--(10)-x-*|
|-------------------------|------------------------*|



Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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

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