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I'll See You When Were Both Not So Emotional by American Football

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

In E-B-C#-F#-B-D#. Hope this helps some people out.

Section A:
The song starts with this riff:
D#|0---------0--|
B |7-/-9-----0--|
F#|0---------9--|
C#|-------------|
B |-------------|
E |-------------|

Then:
D#|0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0------0--0--|
B |0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0------0--0--|
F#|9-9-9--7p0-0-0-7-\-5--5--5--|
C#|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|

Section B:
Then constant eighth note strums of these chords, for two bars each:
D#|8---7---5-|
B |0---0---0-|
F#|0---0---0-|
C#|10--10--7-|
B |----------|
E |----------|

This is played overtop:
D#|------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|
C#|10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-|
B |------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|

Then this is played four times:
D#|----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-|
B |0---7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|
F#|7h9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9--9-|
C#|---------------------------|
B |---------------------------|
E |---------------------------|

Then there is strumming of these chords:
D#|8---7---0----|
B |0---0---7----|
F#|0---7---0----|
C#|10--0---0----|
B |-------------|
E |-------------|

Then:
D#|------0---|
B |0-0-0-0---|
F#|0-7-0-9---|
C#|----------|
B |----------|
E |----------|

Then everything up to here is repeated, except that the second riff is played like this:
D#|0-0-0-----0-0-\–--0–-0--|
B |0-0-0-----0-0-\---0–-0--|
F#|9-9-9p7p0-0-7-\-5-5--5--|
C#|------------------------|
B |------------------------|
E |------------------------|


Section C:
The next new riff comes at 2:29 in the song:
D#|0-----1p0-0---3/5\3p0-|
B |4\2p0-0---2/4-0-------|
F#|0---------0-----------|
C#|0---------0-----------|
B |----------------------|
E |----------------------|

These harmonics are played on every second repeat of the above riff, three times (covering six repeats riff):
D#|(0)-|
B |(0)-|
F#|(0)-|
C#|----|
B |----|
E |----|

And for the outro, this is repeated four times:
D#|----0---|
B |----7---|
F#|7/9-----|
C#|--------|
B |--------|
E |--------|

Then finally,
D#|--(0)-|
B |--(0)-|
F#|--(0)-|
C#|------|
B |------|
E |0-----|

h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
()- harmonic

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Published: March 5, 2021

Last Updated: September 10, 2025