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Complicated Acoustic Tab by Avril Lavigne

Complicated Acoustic tab by Avril Lavigne

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Artist - Avril Lavigne
   Song - Complicated (AOL Live Acoustic)
  Album - Lets Go
Tabbed by - Jha Jha (jhajha@nm.ru)
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Tuning - Standard (EADGBE)

Chords written according to fret position

Dm    - x 0 0 2 3 1
A#    - x 1 3 3 x(1)
F    - 1 3 3 2(1)x
C    - x 3 2 0 1 x
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
D5    - x 5 7 7 x(5)
A#5   - x 1 3 3 x x
C5    - x 3 5 5 x(3)
F5    - x 3 3 5 x x
A# (VI) - 6 8 8 x x x

F5(IIX) - 8 81010 x x - 10 not 1 and 0
F5(add6) -10 x1010 x x - 10 not 1 and 0
Fsus4  - 6 x x 5 6 x

Csus4  - 8 81012 x x - 10 and 12 not 1, 2 and 0
C5 (IIX) - 81010 x x x - 10 not 1 and 0

 / - slide
 x - scratch
 ~ - let ring
() - ghost note
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INTRO:
   Dm       A#      F       C
e||--1----1--1-x--x-1--1--x-x-|---------------------------|
B||--3----3--3-x--x-x--x--x-x-|--1----1--1-x--x-1--1--x-x-|
G||--2----2--2-x--x-3--3--x-x-|--2----2--2-x--x-0--0--x-x-|
D||--0----0--0-x--x-3--3--x-x-|--3----3--3-x--x-2--2--x-x-|
A||--x----x--x-x--x-1--1------|--3----3--3-x--x-3--3--x-x-|
E||--x----x--x----------------|--1----1--1-x--x-----------|
          Uh-huh,        life's
                      like this

 Dm       A#      F       C
--1----1--1-x--x-1--1--x-x-|----------------------------||
--3----3--3-x--x-x--x--x-x-|--1----1--1-x--x-1~~--1-x-x-||
--2----2--2-x--x-3--3--x-x-|--2----2--2-x--x-0~~--0-x-x-||
--0----0--0-x--x-3--3--x-x-|--3----3--3-x--x-2~~--2-x-x-||
------------x--x-1--1------|--3----3--3-x--x-3~~--3-x-x-||
---------------------------|--1----1--1-x--x------------||
         Uh-huh, uh-huh    that's
                   the way it is

VERSE:
  F             D5
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------x-------x-x-|--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|
||--2----2---2--x-2--2--x-x-|--7----7---7--x-7--7--x-x-|
||--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--7----7---7--x-7--7--x-x-|
||--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5----5---5--x-5--5--x-x-|
||--1----1---1----1--1------|--------------------------|
 Chill out....       Lay back....

 A#5            C5
--------------------------|---------------------------||
--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x--||
--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5----5---5--x-5--5--x-x--||
--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5----5---5--x-5--5--x-x--||
--1----1---1--x-1--1--x-x-|--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x--||
--------------------------|---------------------------||
 And if....         let it be....

PRECHORUS:
  A#5            D5
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|
||--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--7----7---7--x-7--7--x-x-|
||--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--7----7---7--x-7--7--x-x-|
||--1----1---1--x-1--1--x-x-|--5----5---5--x-5--5--x-x-|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
 Somebody else....     Watchin' your....
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 A#5            C5
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|--------------------------||
--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5--5--5--5-5-5----------||
--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5--5--5--5-5-5----------||
--1----1---1--x-1--1--x-x-|--3--3--3--3-3-3----------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
 You try....        to me...

CHORUS:
  Dm     A#5     F5     C5   F5  _
||--1-1---1---------------|-------------------------|| \
||--3-3---3---x-x-x---x---|-------------------------|| \
||--2-2---2---x-3-3---3---|--5-5---5---x-5-5---5-5--||  \  2 times
||--0-0---0---x-3-3---3---|--3-3---3---x-5-5---5-3--||  /
||--0-0---0---x-1-1---1---|--3-3---3---x-3-3---3-3--|| /
||------------------------|-------------------------||_/
  Why'd  | things    I see the    you're
  you.... |   so...

  D5     A# (VI)   F5     C5   F5
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------x-----------|-------------------------|
||--7-7---7---x-----------|--5-5---5---x-5-5---5-5--|
||--7-7---7---x-8-8---8---|--3-3---3---x-5-5---5-3--|
||--5-5---5---x-8-8---8---|--3-3---3---x-3-3---3-3--|
||--------------6-6---6---|-------------------------|
  You   |crawl, and... take, | you turn
   fall...|        what...|    it into

 G5             C5
--------------------------|-------------------||
--------------------------|-------------------||
--------------------------|--5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--||
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-------------------||
 Honesty and promise....  fakin'

BRIDGE:
  F5(IIX)         Csus4
||-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||
||--10----10---10--x-10--10--12/-|| Scroll down to
||--10----10---10--x-10--10--10/-|| F chord
||--8-----8----8---x-8---8---8/--||
||--8-----8----8---x-8---8---8/--||

CHORUS 2 ENDS LIKE THIS:
 G5             A# (VI)
---------------------------|--------------------||
---------------------------|--------------------||
---------------------------|--------------------||
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5\--|--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---||
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5\--|--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---||
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3\--|--6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---||
 Honesty and promise....  fakin'

BRIDGE 2:
  F5(IIX)             F5(add6)
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--10-----10---10--x-10--10--x-x-|--10------10---10--x-10--10--x-x-|
||--10-----10---10--x-10--10--x-x-|--10------10---10--x-10--10--x-x-|
||--8------8----8---x-8---8---x-x-|--8-------8----8---x-8---8---x-x-|
||--8---8--8----8---x-8---8---x-x-|--10--10--10---10--x-10--10--x-x-|
  No no....            No no....

 Fsus4            C5 (IIX)         Csus4
---------------------------|--------------------------------||
--6-----6---6----6--6------|--------------------------------||
--5-----5---5--x-5--5--x-x-|------------------x--------12/--|| Scroll down to
--x-----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|--10-----10---10--x-10--x--10/--|| F chord
--x-----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|--10-----10---10--x-10--x--8/---||
--6--6--6---6--x-6--6--x-x-|--8---8--8----8---x-8---x--8/---||
 No no....          No no....

VERSE 2:
  F             D5
||--1----1---1----1--1------|--5----5---5----5--5------|
||--1----1---1--x-1--1--x-x-|--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|
||--2----2---2--x-2--2--x-x-|--7----7---7--x-7--7--x-x-|
||--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--7----7---7--x-7--7--x-x-|
||--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5----5---5--x-5--5--x-x-|
||--1----1---1----1--1------|--------------------------|
 Chill out....       Lay back....

 A#5            C5
--1----1---1----1--1------|---------------||
--x----x---x--x-x--x--x-x-|--x~~~~~~~~----||
--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5~~~~~~~~----||
--3----3---3--x-3--3--x-x-|--5~~~~~~~~----||
--1----1---1--x-1--1--x-x-|--3~~~~~~~~----||
--------------------------|---------------||
 And if, you....      let it be....

BRIDGE 3:
  F5(IIX)   C5 (IIX)
||------------------------||
||------------------------||
||--10-10-10--10-x--x--x--||
||--10-10-10--10-10-10-10-||
||--8--8--8---8--10-10-10-||
||--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--||

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INTRO
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
BRIDGE
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS2
BRIDGE2
VERSE2
PRECHORUS
CHORUS2
BRIDGE3
CHORUS2
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INTRO:
Dm A# F C
Dm A# F C

VERSE:
F
Chill out, whatcha yelling for?
D5
Lay back, it's all been done before
A#5           C5
And if, you could only let it be, you will see
F
I like, you the way you are
D5
When we're, driving in your car
A#5            C5
And you're, talking to me one on one, but you become

PRECHORUS:
A#5
Somebody else, round everyone else
D5
Watchin' your back, like you can't relax
A#5
You try to be cool, you look like a fool to
C5
Me, tell me

CHORUS:
Dm              A#5       F5     C5   F5
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
C5        F5
I see the way you're
Dm              A#5       F5     C5   F5
Actin' like you're somebody else, gets me frustrated
C5          F5
And life's like this you
D5          A# (VI)
You fall, and you crawl, and you break
     F5            C5    F5
And you take, what you get, and you turn it into
G5                          C5
Honesty and promise me I'm never going to find you fakin'
No no no    F5(IIX)         Csus4

VERSE:
F
You come, over unannounced
D5
Dressed up, like you're something else
A#5              C5
Where you, are and where it's at you see, you're making me
F
Laugh out, when you strike a pose
D5
Take off, all you're preppy clothes
A#5             C5
You know, you're not fooling anyone, when you become

PRECHORUS
CHORUS 2
BRIDGE 2:
F5(IIX)
No no (no no)
F5(add6)
No no (no no)
Fsus4
No No (no no)
C5 (IIX)         Csus4
No...

VERSE 2:
F
Chill out, whatcha yelling for?
D5
Lay back, it's all been done before
A#5           C5
And if, you could only let it be, you will see

PRECHORUS
CHORUS 2
BRIDGE 3
CHORUS 2

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