Letter From A Thief tab by Chevelle

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Letter From A augmentedA Thief - Chevelle
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Tabbed by: Nofear5454
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Drop BB

Intro (clean)
C#C#|--------------------------Distorted----------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-77777-77-77-7777---------1010/55------------------------------|
BB |-77777-77-77-7777---X8----1010/55------------------------------|
F#F#|-55555-55-55-5555---------8-8-/33------------------------------|
BB |---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse(distorted) play twice
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-77777-77-77-7777-----77/1010/55-------------------------------|
BB |-77777-77-77-7777-X3—-77/1010/55-------------------------------|
F#F#|-55555-55-55-5555-----55/8-8-/33-------------------------------|
BB |---------------------------------------------------------------|

Here are the chords for the chorus, the strumming isn’t too difficult
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-----------7---10---------play this after and mute quickly-----|
BB |--8---10---7---10---X2----------8------------------------------|
F#F#|--8---10---5---8----------------8------------------------------|
BB |--8---10------------------------8------------------------------|

Repeat verse

Repeat Chorus (but don’t play that final chord after, play the first two chords of the
again)

Bridge(clean)- This is the album version: (play twice)
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-15-14~--15-14~--15-14~--15-12~--------------------------------|
BB |-15-14~--15-14~--15-14~--15-12~--------------------------------|
F#F#|-13-12~--13-12~--13-12~--13-10~--------------------------------|
BB |---------------------------------------------------------------|

And I’ve seen Pete play this live: (again just the chords, easy strumming)
Play twice
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |--10--7--5--7--------------------------------------------------|
BB |--10--7--5--7--------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--8---5--3--5--------------------------------------------------|
BB |---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo (distortion and some other effects that make it sound awesome)
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|----------------------------888----------------------------888-|
E MajorE |--/9~-10-5v--3-3/9~-10-5v---555--3-3/9~-10-5v--3-3/9-10-5v-555-|
BB |---------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB |---------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass Interlude- It sounds like the guitar is playing here but Pete definitely doesn’t
anything here live so I’ll skip it

Play this bit palm muted (basically half of the chorus palm muted)
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |----------------------------77777777-1010101010101010----------|
BB |--88888888-1010101010101010-77777777-1010101010101010----------|
F#F#|--88888888-1010101010101010-55555555-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------|
BB |--88888888-1010101010101010------------------------------------|

Play Chorus four times

Then end on this
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB |--8~---0~------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--8~---0~------------------------------------------------------|
BB |--8~---0~------------------------------------------------------|


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| v vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

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