AT THE DRIVE-IN - "Invalid Letter Dept." Tablature
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PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SONG, AT THE DRIVE IN RULED THE WORLD
Intro - Omar takes his pick and taps it above the neck pickup and does
a lot of pick scrapes. He also uses a porcelain slide.
Use lots of delay.
DAMN MESSED UP THE SONG NAME ITS INVALID LITTER DEPT. MY BAD
Harm.
E--x--x--x--x--12--x--x--x--x------------------------------------------
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Then the piano, played by the other guitarist, comes in with the B minor,
G, D, and G chords.
Intro .20 seconds. The second guitarist goes to his guitar and plays this.
Omar plays the exact same thing except he slides the last notes down to nothing
and adds pick scrapes. He uses a slide as well. With chorus and delay.
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B--------10------------------------------------------------------------
G----7---------------9-------------------------------------------------
D--9---9--------8------------------------------------------------------
A------------10---10---------------------------------------------------
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.36 seconds.
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B--------10---8---7---8-------------------------10---8---7---8---------
G----7---------------------------9----7-----7--------------------------
D--9---9----9---9---9-------8-------------9---9----9---9---9-----------
A------------------------10---10---10----------------------------------
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E---------------------
B---------------------
G----------9-99999999-
D-----8---------------
A--10---10------------
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Verse .53 seconds. Cool little lick with lots of slides.
DO NOT USE SLIDE! Play 2x’s.
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D--0-4/7--0-4/7--4-2--0-4/7--0-4/7--9-7-
A---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------
Slide fill by Omar. USE SLIDE (No way in hell he uses a slide in concert.
They just omit this part.) 1.00 Minutes
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D--------------------------
A--------------------------
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“Dancing on the Corpses Ashes” part. 1.01 Minutes
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G----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---
A----------------------------------
E----------------------------------
Verse 1.04 Minutes. Now play the verse 2x’s.
“Ashes” part. 1.11 Minutes.
Verse 1.16 Minutes. Verse 2 more times.
“Dancing on the Corpses Ashes” part. 1.24 Minutes with Distortion.
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G----7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9-
D--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---
A----------------------------------
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Chorus 1.27 Minutes. Play 2x’s. Omar’s part. You can do two things play this,
what I call the “triple octave,” or just play the two notes on the A and G strings
and hit an octave pedal that is set for one octave above.
E-12/-10\15-/14--33-22-33-22-33-2-3----------------------------------
B--x--x--x---x---33-33-33-33-33-3-3----------------------------------
G--9-/7-\12-/11--00-00-00-00-00-0-0----------------------------------
D--x-/x-\x--/x---00-00-00-00-00-0-0--------------------------------------------
A--7-/5-\10-/9-------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 1.27 Minutes. Play 2x’s. The other guitarist’s part.
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B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------2222----------------------------
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5555-5555-4444-2222----------------------------
A--4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5--5555-5555-4444-0000----------------------------
E-----------------------3333-3333-2222---------------------------------
Intro 1.43 Minutes
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B--------10------------
G----7---------------9-
D--9---9--------8------
A------------10---10---
E----------------------
1.59 Minutes. Verse 2x’s.
2.06 Minutes. “Ashes” part.
2.11 Minutes. Verse 2x’s.
2.19 Minutes. “Ashes” part.
2.23 Minutes. Verse 2x’s.
2.31 Minutes. Distorted “Ashes” part.
2.34 Minutes. Chorus 4x’s.
3.06 Minutes. Bridge. The piano and guitar “solo.” There’s the other
guitar doing something with heavy reverb, delay, and flanging.
He might even be manipulating a volume pedal in there somewhere too.
3.37 Minutes. Verse 2x’s.
3.45 Minutes. “Ashes” part.
3.49 Minutes. Verse 2x’s.
3.57 Minutes. “Ashes” part.
4.00 Minutes. Verse 2x’s.
4.08 Minutes. Distorted “Ashes” part.
4.12 Minutes. Chorus 3x’s then
Dancing on the corpses ashes...dancing on the corpses ashes.
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G--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---4---------------------------------------------
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---4---------------------------------------------
A--4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5---2---------------------------------------------
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4.49 Minutes. Hardcore Breakdown part. Omar’s part. 3x’s.
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B----------------------------------------------10-7~-----10-7-8-7------
G--4444-2-4-2-44-2-4-------------------------7---------7---------7-----
D--4444-2-4-2-44-2-4-4-5555-4-5-4-55-4-5---9---------9-----------------
A--2222-0-2-0-22-0-2-4-5555-4-5-4-55-4-5-------------------------------
E--------------------2-3333-2-3-2-33-2-3-------------------------------
4.49 Minutes. Other guitarist’s part. Upstroke next to bridge. 5x’s.
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B------------------------------------------0---------------------------
G--4444-2-4-2-44-2-4-----------------------0---------------------------
D--4444-2-4-2-44-2-4--4-5555-4-5-4-55-4-5--2-----------55555555--------
A--2222-0-2-0-22-0-2--4-5555-4-5-4-55-4-5--2-----------55555555--------
E---------------------2-3333-2-3-2-33-2-3--0-----------33333333--------
End On
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D--4~~~~------------
A--2~~~~------------
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