Pretense tab by Knuckle Puck

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             Pretense - Knuckle Puck
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Tuning: Half-Step Down

intro: Bb-Gm-F-D#

e|----4---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----4---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-6--4--3--9---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-8--6--4--9---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-9--6--4--7---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-7--4--0------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat the intro with proper strumming until you hear "But neither will ever happen" on the D#D# chord

You play this for the chorus then you repeat the intro/verse for verse 2
e|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--4--3--9--9----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--6--4--9--9----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--6--4--7--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--4--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

When he gets to the spoken word ("consider this the repercussion...") part, play this order
(the strumming is very weird here and chords change ALOT so try to listen carefully)
e|--4--------------4--------------4--------------4-------------------------------|
BB|--4--------------4--------------4--------------4-------------------------------|
G+G|--4--3--9--3-----4--3--9--9-----4--6--9--3-----4--3--9--3----------------------|
D MajorD|--6--4--9--4-----6--4--9--9-----6--8--9--4-----6--4--9--4----------------------|
A augmentedA|--6--4--7--4-----6--4--7--7-----6--9--7--4-----6--4--7--4----------------------|
E MajorE|--4--0-----0-----4--0-----------4--7-----0-----4--0-----0----------------------|


After he screams "Make me the bad guy", the tone goes clean for the first chord (G minorGm) only then
distortion again other than that its a regular chorus


After the second chorus you play the bridge which is a little weird

First you play these two chords and hold them (use a lot of verb on clean tone)
e|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--4--3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--6--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--6--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--4--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then distortion here
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--8------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then clean again here during the drum fills
e|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--4--3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--6--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--6--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--4--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then distortion until the clean chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--8------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------|

After that you play the chorus clean once and then distorted once before the outro which
is a continuation of the chorus so it's very easy to figure out.



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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend