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It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now Tab by Four Year Strong

It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now tab by Four Year Strong

Guitar Tab

Song - It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now
Artist - Four Year Strong
Tuning - Drop e)
Yes, I know that Four Year Strong tune to standard D, before all you tuning nazis go
at me, but I worked it out in Drop D. I'm sure you can re-work it into D standard if it
that much.

Intro

e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-000000-----|
  xxxx       xx       xxxx       xx       xxxxxx
e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|   Under here, the second
G----------------------------------------------------|   guitar plays the open
D----------------------------------------------------|   notes, palm muted.
A----------------------------------------------------|
D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-2-5-4-|
  xxxx       xx       xxxx       xx       xxxx

e------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------7---9---|
D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000---5---7-|
  xxxx       xx       xxxx       xx       xxxx


e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-2-5-4-|
  xxxx       xx       xxxx       xx       xxxx

e------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------7---9---|
D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000---5---7-|
  xxxx       xx       xxxx       xx       xxxx


e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------|
D-------------4------------|
A---------7-5-5------4h5------|
D-2-5-4-0-----4----0----------|
  x x x x


Verse

Guitar 1

e------9h10---9h10-----9h10--9h10--------9h10-|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-7777------77-----7777----77-----7777777-----|
D---------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Starts second time, listen for variations in timing)

e----------|
B----------|
G----------|
D-5-5-5-0--|
A-5-5-5-0--|
D-5-5-5-0--|


Guitar 1

e---10--10---10--10----10--10---|
B-------------------------------|
G-77---7--77---7----77---7---7--|
D-------------------------------| x2
A-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|


Guitar 2

e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------| x4
D-5-5-5-0-0-0-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-7--| (I think, although they may all just be
A-5-5-5-0-0-0-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-7--|  power chords)
D-5-5-5-0-0-0-9-9-9-7-7-7----------|
  x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Guitar 1 (Changes to)

e-777-555-101010-9-9-9---9--1010-9--|
B-888-777-121212-101010--10-1010-10-|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------| x2
D-----------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus 1

e--------------------------------------------|
B-333-222-000-22-3-2-3-2-3-222-333-555-7777--|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|


Chorus

(I haven't managed to work out the lead yet, it's very low in the mix; it may even by
If anyone could lend a hand, that'd be great. You could just make some lead up, or whatever.)

e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------|
D-000-55555-000-77777-99999999-77777777-|
A-000-55555-000-77777-99999999-77777777-|
D-000-55555-000-77777-99999999-77777777-|
 -'Don't fix it if it hasn't broken yet..'

e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------|
D-555-00000-555-77777-99999999-77777777-|
A-555-00000-555-77777-99999999-77777777-|
D-555-00000-555-77777-99999999-77777777-|
 -'Don't regret it if it hasn't happened..'

e-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77--7-55-555-5-99-9-77-7--|
A-55-555-5-00-0-77--7-55-555-5-99-9-77-7--|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77--7-55-555-5-99-9-77-7--|
 -'So LET'S GO!...'

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--777777777------------|
A-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--777777777------------|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--777777777------------|
-'Well, since your head's in the clouds, the best advice I've found is..'


Verse 2

Guitar 2
e------------------------|
B------------------------|
G------------------------|   And then the same as before, underneath the same
D-555-000--999-7777-99-7-|   same guitar pattern as before;
A----------999-7777-99-7-|
D----------999-7777----7-|
  xxx xxx  xxx xxxx xx x

Guitar 1
e---10--10---10--10----10--10---|
B-------------------------------|
G-77---7--77---7----77---7---7--|
D-------------------------------| x2
A-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|

e-777-555-101010-9-9-9---9--1010-9--|
B-888-777-121212-101010--10-1010-10-|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------| x2
A-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|

Change in Verse

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B-333-000-22---------------333-000-22--------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
D------------00000-00000----------------00-00-0-000-0000-| x2
             xxxx  xxxx                 xx xx x xxx xxxx                     -'Do you
like you're better without it?...'


Pre Verse 2

e----------------------|
B-222-000-33-----------|
G----------------------|
D-------------5-5-5-5/-|
A-------------5-5-5-5/-|
D-------------5-5-5-5/-|
              x x x x

Play the chorus again, but the last bar changes to -

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|  There's a change in the bass
G------------------------------------------|  under this, but I think this
D-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--4444---7777----------|  is what's going on.
A-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--5555---8888----------|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--4444---7777----------|
-'Well, since your head's in the clouds, the best advice I've found is..'


Bridge

e---------------------|
B---------------------|
G---------------------|
D---------------------|
A---------------------| x8  (with some extra open notes on the 4th time)
D-000000-0-0000-00-00-|
  xxxxxx x xxxx xx xx

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000000000-----| x3
  xxxx       xx       xxxx       xx       xxxxxxxxxx

On the fourth time:

e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-------|
A-----------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-------|
D-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000-11h12-00-11h12-0000--7-7-7-7-------|
  xxxx       xx       xxxx       xx       xxxx

Pre-Final Chorus

e------------------------|
B------------------------|
G------------------------|
D-555-000-999-777-7-99-7-|
A------------------------|
D------------------------| x2
  xxx xxx xxx xxx x xx x
 -'A tiny spark, to set it off...'

Then-
Guitar 1

e----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D-555-000-999-777-7-999-7--555-000-999-777-7-9-|
A-555-000-999-777-7-999-7--555-000-999-777-7-9-|
D------------------------------------9-777-7-9-|
  xxx xxx xxx xxx x xxx x  xxx xxx xx
 -'Ignite the dark, and let it..'
Guitar 2

e-777-555-101010-9-9-9---9--1010-9--|
B-888-777-121212-101010--10-1010-10-|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
 -'Ignite the dark...'
e-777-555-101010-9-9-9---9--10------|
B-888-777-121212-101010--10-10------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|
 -'and let it....'


Last chorus

e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------|
D-000-55555-000-77777-99999999-77777777-|
A-000-55555-000-77777-99999999-77777777-|
D-000-55555-000-77777-99999999-77777777-|
 -'Don't fix it if it hasn't broken yet..'

e---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------|
D-555-00000-555-77777-99999999-77777777-|
A-555-00000-555-77777-99999999-77777777-|
D-555-00000-555-77777-99999999-77777777-|
 -'Don't regret it if it hasn't happened..'

e-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77--7-55-555-5-99-9-77-7--|
A-55-555-5-00-0-77--7-55-555-5-99-9-77-7--|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77--7-55-555-5-99-9-77-7--|
 -'So LET'S GO!...'

e---------------------|
B---------------------|
G---------------------|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--|
A-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--|
D-55-555-5-00-0-77-7--|
-'Well, since your head's in the clouds..'

e--------------------|
B--------------------|
G--------------------|
D-5-5-55--9-----7-7/-|
A-5-5-55--9-----7-7/-|
D-5-5-55--9-999-7-7/-|
            xxx

Outro

Guitar 1
e------------------------|
B------------------------|
G------------------------|
D---5~---0~---9~--7~--7~-|
A---5~---0~---9~--7~--7~-|
D---5~---0~---9~--7~--7~-| x3

Guitar 2
e-------------------|
B-------------------|   Or something along these lines.
G-4--2-/7-6-6-6-7/--|
D-------------------|
A-------------------|
D-------------------| x3

Both guitars

e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D------------------0~--|
A------------------0~--|
D-000000-0-0000-00-0~--|
  xxxxxx x xxxx xx x


I think that's about it. I know it's probably got a few errors, but it sounds decent
when I attempt to play it.
Any suggestions for alterations and such would be appreciated.
Thanks =]
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