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Swim For Your Lives by Greeley Estates

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so. It's pretty much constant sweep picking and it's very fast... at least for me. So,
this is an advanced tab. But it's an extremely kickass song that NEEDS to be longer...
it's not, so oh well. Here it is =] RATE AND COMMENT!!

Greeley Estates
"Swim for Your Lives"
No Rain, No Rainbow

INTRO---
Guitar 1:
(0:00)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---8---5-------5---4-------7-10---|
|-0---0---0-7-0---0---0-8-8------7-|
 .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:02)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---8---5-------5---4---4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0---0---0-7-0---0---0-----------|
 .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:05)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---8---5-------5---4-------7-10---|
|-0---0---0-7-0---0---0-8-8------7-|
 .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:07)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---8---5-------5---4---4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0---0---0-7-0---0---0-----------|
 .  .  .  .  .  .

Guitar 2:
(0:00)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

(0:02)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

(0:05)
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-0~~~~-|
|-0~~~~-|
|-0~~~~-|

(0:07)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---7-----------------------------|
|-------8---4---8---7---7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|
 .  .  .  .  .  .
CHORUS---
Guitar 1:
(0:10)
"Swim, swim for your lives, things are getting..."
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  . . . . .

(0:13)
"restless out at sea..."
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~------7-10---|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--8-8------7-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:15)
"Swim, swim for your lives, things are getting..."
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  . . . . .

(0:18)
"restless out at sea..."
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~------7-10---|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--8-8------7-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:20)
|----|
|----|
|----|
|----|
|----|
|-2b-|

Guitar 2:
(0:10)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  . . . . .

(0:13)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8----|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--7-7-10------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~-----------11-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:15)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  . . . . .

(0:18)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8----|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--7-7-10------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~-----------11-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:20)
|----|
|----|
|----|
|----|
|----|
|-2b-|


POSTCHORUS---
Guitar 1:
(0:21)
"Can you see the lighthouse..."
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  . . . . .

(0:23)
"as we push you under..."
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~------7-10---|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--8-8------7-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:26)
"Can you see the lighthouse as we..."
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---8---5-------5---4-------7-10---|
|-0---0---0-7-0---0---0-8-8------7-|
 .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:29)
"push you further from shore..."
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---8---5-------5---4-------7-10---|
|-0---0---0-7-0---0---0-8-8------7-|
 .  .  .  .  .  .

Guitar 2:
(0:21)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  . . . . .

(0:23)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8----|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--7-7-10------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~-----------11-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  .

(0:26)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0-0-0-0-0-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  . . . . .

(0:29)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8----|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--7-7-10------|
|-0-0~--0~--0~--0~--0~--0~-----------11-|
 . .  .  .  .  .  .


VERSE 1---
(0:31)
"Can we hear their cries..."
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0-8tp-5tp-0-0-5tp-4tp-----00000000-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------8tp-00000000-|
 . .     . .       ........

(0:33)
"over the storm..."
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0-8tp-5tp-0-0-5tp-4tp-000000000000-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------000000000000-|
 . .     . .     ............

(0:36)
"Will we reach out to help..."
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------7-|
|-0-0-8tp-5tp-0-0-5tp-4tp-00000000---|
|-0-0---------0-0---------00000000---|
 . .     . .     ........

(0:38)
"I'm thinking no..."
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-8tp-5tp-0-0-5tp-4tp-----00000000-----|
|-0-0---------0-0---------8tp-00000000-//--|
 . .     . .       ........

Guitar 2:
(0:31)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0-------------00000000-|
|-0-0---------0-0-------------00000000-|
 . .     . .       ........

(0:33)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0---------000000000000-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------000000000000-|
 . .     . .     ............

(0:36)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0---------00000000---|
|-0-0---------0-0---------00000000---|
 . .     . .     ........

(0:38)
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0-0-------------00000000-----|
|-0-0---------0-0-------------00000000-//--|
 . .     . .       ........


VERSE 2---
Guitar 1:
(0:41)
"I'm convinced that..."
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-8-8-5-5-0-0-5-5-4-4-0-0-5//-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------0-0-----|
 . .     . .     . .

(0:44)
"they're drowning out there..."
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-0-0-8-8-5-5-0-0-5-5-4-4-00000000-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------00000000-|
 . .     . .     ........

(0:46)
"I'm still convinced that this..."
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-8-8-5-5-0-0-5-5-4-4-0-0-5-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------0-0---|
 . .     . .     . .

(0:49)
"this isn't the way it's supposed to be..."
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-8-8-5-5-0-0-5-5-4-4-000-000-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------000-000-|
 . .     . .     ... ...

Guitar 2:
(0:41)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----7-7-------------------------|
|-0-0-----8-8-0-0-8-8-7-7-0-0-8//-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------0-0-----|
 . .     . .     . .

(0:44)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----7-7--------------------------|
|-0-0-----8-8-0-0-8-8-7-7-00000000-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------00000000-|
 . .     . .     ........

(0:46)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----7-7-----------------------|
|-0-0-----8-8-0-0-8-8-7-7-0-0-8-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------0-0---|
 . .     . .     . .

(0:49)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----7-7-------------------------|
|-0-0-----8-8-0-0-8-8-7-7-000-000-|
|-0-0---------0-0---------000-000-|
 . .     . .     ... ...


PRECHORUS---
Guitar 1:
(0:52)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2-|

(0:55)
"We're all dressed up like something we're not..."
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0000000000000000-|
|-0000000000000000-|
 ................

(0:57)
"You better..."
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2-|

Guitar 2:
(0:52)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2-------------------------|
|------------3--3--3--3--4--4--4--4--|
|------------------------------------|

(0:55)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0000000000000000-|
|-0000000000000000-|
 ................

(0:57)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2-------------------------|
|------------3--3--3--3--4--4--4--4--|
|------------------------------------|


HARD-HITTING CHORUS---
Both guitars:
(1:00)
"Swim, swim for your lives, things are getting..."
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-00000-00-00-0000000-00-00-00-|
|-00000-00-00-0000000-00-00-00-|
 ..... .. .. ....... .. .. ..

(1:03)
"restless out at sea..."
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-00000-00-00-0000000-00-00-00-|
|-00000-00-00-0000000-00-00-00-|
 ..... .. .. ....... .. .. ..


REPEAT INTRO---
(1:06-1:15)
"God knows all the secrets...
That we've hidden in our hearts...
God knows all the secrets...
That we've hidden in the dark..."

REPEAT CHORUS---
(1:16-1:26)
"Swim, swim for your lives...
Things are getting restless out at sea...
Swim, swim for your lives...
Things are getting restless out at sea..."

REPEAT POSTCHORUS---
(1:27-1:36)
"Can you see the lighthouse...
As we push you under...
Can you see the lighthouse...
As we push you further from shore..."

REPEAT VERSE 1 [except add a pinch harmonic on the respective fret whether you're 1st
or 2nd guitar]---
(1:37-1:46)
"Can we hear their cries...
Over the storm...
Will we reach out to help...
I'm thinking no..."

REPEAT VERSE 2---
(1:47-1:57)
"I'm convinced that they're drowning out there...
I'm still convinced this, this isn't the way it's supposed to be..."

REPEAT PRECHORUS---
(1:58-2:06)
"We're all dressed up like something we're not...
You'd better..."

REPEAT HARD-HITTING CHORUS 2x---
(2:07-2:16)
"Swim, swim for your lives...
Things are getting restless out at sea...
Swim, swim for your lives...
Things are getting restless out at sea..."


SLOW-DOWN---
(2:17-2:19)
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-0//-| <--- whammy bar all the way down to a lower octave.
  //
   //

SLOW CHORUS---
(2:20-2:34)
(just play the HARD-HITTING CHORUS slower than the before tempo)
"Swim, swim for your lives...
Things are getting restless out at sea...
Swim, swim for your lives...
Things are getting restless out at sea..."

SWEEPING PART---
(2:35-2:36)
|-17p13----------13-16p12----------12-15p11----------11-14p10----------|
|-------15----15----------14----14----------13----13----------12----12-|
|----------14----------------13----------------12----------------11----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


OUTRO part 1---
Both guitars:
(2:37)
"God knows all your secrets..."
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--00000000-|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--00000000-|
 . . . . . . . ........

(2:40)
"God knows all my secrets..."
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--5p0-5h8-12p8-5p0-|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------|
 . . . . . . .

OUTRO PART 2---
(2:44)
Guitar 1:
"God knows all the secrets that we've hidden in the dark..."
|-17p13----------13-16p12----------12-17p13----------13-16p12----------12-|
|-------15----15----------14----14----------15----15----------14----14----|
|----------14----------------13----------------14----------------13-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 4x
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
(2:44)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--00000000-|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--00000000-|
 . . . . . . . ........

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--00000000-|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--00000000-|
 . . . . . . . ........

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