A Sad Silence tab by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Tabs

Intro

E MajorE|---3--|----------------------------------------------------|
BB|---0--|----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---0--|------------------------------------5p4p0--0h7p0----|
D MajorD|---2--|----4-5---4-5-4-5---4-5-5-5---5-5-------------------|
A augmentedA|---3--|----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------|----------------------------------------------------|


E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----4-5---4-5-4-5---4-5-4-5---5-5------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------3^2^0---------5--------3---|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------0-0-0----0-0-0-----|

Verse   (use ska upstroke)

   (x2)  (x2)      (hold)
E MajorE|--x-x-3---x-x-5---x-x-7---x-x-8-----x-x-8---x-x-11\--(slide to)--|
BB|--x-x-3---x-x-5---x-x-7---x-x-8-----x-x-8---x-x-11\--(3rd fret)--|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
              Repeat as needed


E MajorE|---3-----------|---------------------|
BB|---0---3p1p0---|---------------------|
G+G|---0-----------|---------------------|
D MajorD|---2-----------|---------------------|
A augmentedA|---3-----------|--3--2--3--2--3/5----|
E MajorE|---------------|---------------------|


Pre Chorus

  GUITAR ONE
E MajorE|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--4--4-------------4-----------|--5--5------------5--5----------|
A augmentedA|--2--2---5-5---4---2--5-5---4--|--3--3--5-5---4---3--3--5-5---4-|
E MajorE|---------3-3---2------3-3---2--|--------3-3---2---------3-3---2-|
      PM       PM         PM       PM

  GUITAR TWO (starts halfway through guitar ones part)
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------5p4p0--0h7p0----|
D MajorD|--4-5---4-5-4-5---4-5-5-5---5-5-------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--4-5---4-5-4-5---4-5-4-5---5-5------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------3p2p0---------5--------3---|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------0-0-0----0-0-0-----|


Chorus
   (x4)  (strum as needed)
E MajorE|---x-x-3--|---3--------------|
BB|---x-x-2--|---0--------------|
G+G|---x-x-3--|---0--------------|
D MajorD|---x-x-0--|---2--------------|
A augmentedA|----------|---3--------------|
E MajorE|----------|------------------|


NOTE:
This song has awesome guitar parts, it sounds a lot better with two
guitars playing instead of just one.

🏷Legend:
   h - hammer on
   p - pull off
   / - slide up
   \ - slide down
   x - muted, struck string
   PM - palm mute