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Payphone Tab by Crown The Empire

Payphone tab by Crown The Empire

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Crown the Empire's cover of Payphone (originally by Maroon 5) in Punk Goes Pop 5.
Listen to the song for when to play the parts (there are most likely a few
mistakes on here). Hope you all enjoy!

Tabbed by: lafawafa
E-mail: bloo2797@yahoo.com
Submitted to GTE by: Luvvy

Tuning: Drop B (B F# B E G# C#)

Basic Guide:
b - Bend
/ - Slide down
* - Palm mute
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Verse 1:

(0:24-0:32)

C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |-00-000-0-000--00-00-0-000--00-000-0-000--000-000-0-000-|
F#|-00-000-0-000--00-00-0-000--00-000-0-000--000-000-0-000-|
B |-00-000-0-000--00-00-0-000--00-000-0-000--000-000-0-000-|
    ** *** * ***  ** ** * ***  ** *** * ***  *** *** * ***

(0:32-0:40)

C#|---------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |-888-888-88--88-888-8-888--888-888-888--888-888-8-8888-8-|
F#|-888-888-88--88-888-8-888--888-888-888--888-888-8-8888-8-|
B |-888-888-88--88-888-8-888--888-888-888--888-888-8-8888-8-|
    *** *** **  ** *** * ***  *** *** ***  *** *** * **** *

(0:40-0:47)

C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-000-0-000-000--00-0000-0-000--000--000-000--000-000-000-0-0-000-|
F#|-000-0-000-000--00-0000-0-000--000--000-000--000-000-000-0-0-000-|
B |-000-0-000-000--00-0000-0-000--000--000-000--000-000-000-0-0-000-|
    *** * *** ***  ** **** * ***  ***  *** ***  *** *** *** * * ***

(0:48-0:55)

C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-888--888-888--888-888-8-888-888--888-888--------------------------0-| *Let the 0's ring until you
F#|-888--888-888--888-888-8-888-888--888-888--------------------------0-| play in the chorus*
B |-888--888-888--888-888-8-888-888--888-888-10b10b10b10b10b10b10b10b-0-|
    ***  *** ***  *** *** * *** ***  *** ***

Chorus:

(0:59-1:13)

C#|----------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|
B |-8-------10-------0-------5-------|
F#|-8-(x16)-10-(x16)-0-(x16)-5-(x16)-|
B |-8-------10-------0-------5-------|

(1:14-1:30)

C#|---------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------|
B |-10b-0-10b-0-10b-0-9b-0-9b-0-9b-0-7b-0-7b-0-7b-2222-7777-|

C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
E |----------------------|
B |-8-------10------10/0-|
F#|-8-(x16)-10-(x8)-10/0-|
B |-8-------10------10/0-|
                       *

Verse 2:

I don't play during the electronic part, so I'm not posting what to play for that part...

(1:49-1:56)

C#|-------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
B |-000-0-000--000-000-0-000--000-000-000--000-000-0-0000-|
F#|-000-0-000--000-000-0-000--000-000-000--000-000-0-0000-|
B |-000-0-000--000-000-0-000--000-000-000--000-000-0-0000-|

(1:57-2:05)

C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-888--888-888--888-888-8-888-888--888-888--------------------------|
F#|-888--888-888--888-888-8-888-888--888-888--------------------------|
B |-888--888-888--888-888-8-888-888--888-888-10b10b10b10b10b10b10b10b-|
    ***  *** ***  *** *** * *** ***  *** ***

Chorus:

(2:05-2:20)

C#|----------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|
B |-8-------10-------0-------5-------|
F#|-8-(x16)-10-(x16)-0-(x16)-5-(x16)-|
B |-8-------10-------0-------5-------|

(2:20-2:35)

C#|---------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------|
B |-10b-0-10b-0-10b-0-9b-0-9b-0-9b-0-7b-0-7b-0-7b-2222-7777-|

C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
E |----------------------|
B |-8-------10------10/0-|
F#|-8-(x16)-10-(x8)-10/0-|
B |-8-------10------10/0-|
                       *

That part after the Bridge:

(3:10-3:27)

C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-000-0-11-0000-00000-11-13-77-1010-0-11b-000000-7777-6666-0-10b-10b-10b-10b-|
    *** *    **** *****                     ******

C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-000-000-11-13-77-1010-0-11b-000000-7777-6666-0-10b-10b-10b-10b-7777-6666-0-10b-10b-10b-10b-|
    *** ***                     ******

Chorus:

(3:31-3:41)

C#|----------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|
B |-8-------10-------0-------5-------|
F#|-8-(x16)-10-(x16)-0-(x16)-5-(x16)-|
B |-8-------10-------0-------5-------|

(3:42-3:57)

C#|----------------------|
G#|----------------------|
E |----------------------|
B |-8-------10------10/0-|
F#|-8-(x16)-10-(x8)-10/0-|
B |-8-------10------10/0-|
                       *

Outro:

(3:58-4:06)

C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-000-0-11-0000-00000-11-13-77-1010-0-11b-000000-7777-6666-0-10b-10b-10b-10b-|
    *** *    **** *****                     ******

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