TOURNIQUET - "My Promise" Tablature
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"MY PROMISE"
by Gary Lenaire
as recorded on Tourniquet's EP _Carry the Wounded_
Transcription by Mike Pilato [cmpilato@uncc.edu]
(c)1994 Broken Songs / Biomedical Music (ASCAP)
TUNING = [EADGBe]
<INTRO>
Gtr 1 (12 String)
|---------0--------+------------------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-------1---1------+-0----------------+-------1---1------+-------1---1------|
|-----2-------2----+------------------+-----2-------2----+-----2-------2----|
|---2-----------2--+------------------+---3-----------3--+---3-----------3--|
|-0----------------+------------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
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| Gtr 2 (6 string)
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-/3---------------+-------/5--3-3h5p3|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Gtr 1
|---------0--------+------------------|
|-------0---0------+------------------|
|-----2-------2----+------------------|
|---2-----------2--+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------|
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| Gtr 2
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
<VERSE 1>
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-------------1----+-----------1------+-------------3----+-----------3------|
|-------2-------2--+-------2-----2----+-------0-------0--+-------0-----0----|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----2------------+-----2---------2--|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+-3----------------+-3----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Just a boy You will not remember
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|-------3-------3--+-------3-----3----+-------3-----3----+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----3---------3--+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-1----------------+-1----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Half the things You're going through right now.
|------------------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|---------0---1----+-----------0------+-------------3----+-----------3------|
|-------2-------2--+-------2-----2----+-------0-------0--+-------0-----0----|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----2------------+-----2---------2--|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+-3----------------+-3----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
How can I explain to you Things don't always go the way we
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|-------3-------3--+-------3-----3----+-------3---3------+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----3-------3----+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+---------------3--+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-1----------------+-1----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
want them to I know you feel confused.
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|-------------3----+-------------3----+---------0h1------+------------------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-----2----+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----0------------+-----2---------2--+------------------|
|-3----------------+-1----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Your mother never wanted this for you.
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------1---0----+-1-------1--------|
|-----------3------+-----------3------+-------3-------3--+-----3-------3----|
|-------0-----0----+-------0-----0----+-----2------------+-------2-------2--|
|-----0---------0--+-----2---------0--+-0----------------+------------------|
|-1----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
She did her best but that he wouldn't do.
|---------1-0------+------------------|
|-------3-----3----+------------------|
|-----2---------2--+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
<CHORUS>
|---------0---1----+---------0---1----+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-------3-------3--+---------------3--+-----------3------+-------1----------|
|-----2------------+-------0----------+-------0-----0----+-----2------------|
|-0----------------+-----2------------+-----0---------0--+---2--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-1----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
You and I are brought together now by wedding vows.
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|-------3-------3--+-------------3----+-----------3------+------------------|
|-----2------------+-------0-------0--+-------0-----0----+------------------|
|-0----------------+-----2------------+-----0---------0--+------------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-1----------------+-1----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Vows which I have also made to you.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+-------0----------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0----------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2-2----------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+-------0----------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0----------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2-2----------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+-------0----------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0----------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2-2----------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0-0--------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2---2--------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.
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|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-------------3-2--|
<SOLO> Gtr 1 Plays above 4 measures 4 times (with slight variations)
Gtr 2 (playing part of solo violin in recording)
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+-7/8---------8h10p8-7---------\5-----+------------------|
|-/9---------------+------------------+--------------765-+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+-7--/--9----------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
*
|--------1012141514+-17-141514151412--+------------------+---------0--------|
|-----1012---------+---------------1513-12^----------15 \+-12---------------|
|-9----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
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*
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|-8---------7h8p7--+-5----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-7----------------+-/9---------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
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*
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|-9----------------+-11-12-------111211-9----------------+-11---------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
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*
|------------------|
|-1213121312131213-| <-- some fast hammer-on action here!
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
<BRIDGE>
Gtr1
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-----------3------+-----------3------+-----------0------+-----------0------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-------2--+-------2-------2--|
|-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------|
|-3----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
All I want for you is to remember this
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|-----------3------+-----------3------+-----------0------+-----------0------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-------2--+-------2-------2--|
|-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------|
|-3----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
Never will I turn my back on you.
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+------------------|
|---------0--------+---------3--------+---------1---1----+------------------|
|-------2-2--------+-------0-0--------+-------2-2-----2--+------------------|
|-----1------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
This world will lie to you and take you for a ride
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+------------------|
|---------0--------+---------3--------+---------1---1----+------------------|
|-------2-2--------+-------0-0--------+-------2-2-----2--+------------------|
|-----1------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
How can I protect you from this path?
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|---------0---0----+---------0---0----+---------3---3----+---------0--------|
|-------2-2-----2--+-------2-2-----2--+---------0-----0--+-------2-2--------|
|-----4------------+-----2------------+-------0----------+-----3------------|
|-4----------------+------------------+-----2------------+------------------|
|------------------+-0----------------+-3----------------+-1----------------|
Only God can show you that the lights in life burn fast
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|---------3---3----+---------0---0----+-0----------------+------------------|
|---------0-----0--+-------2-2-----2--+-2----------------+------------------|
|-------0----------+-----3------------+-2----------------+------------------|
|-----2------------+------------------+-0----------------+------------------|
|-3----------------+-1----------------+------------------+------------------|
Never forsake your precious days of youth.
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|-0----------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+------------------|
|-0----------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|---------0--------+---------0--------+------------------+------------------|
|-------------3----+-------------3----+---------0h1------+------------------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-----2----+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----0------------+-----2---------2--+------------------|
|-3----------------+-1----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
I promise I will do my best for you.
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------1---0----+-1-------1--------|
|-----------3------+-----------3------+-------3-------3--+-----3-------3----|
|-------0-----0----+-------0-----0----+-----2------------+-------2-------2--|
|-----0---------0--+-----2---------0--+-0----------------+------------------|
|-1----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Listen to me, and I will listen to you.
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|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0----------------|
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"MY PROMISE"
by Gary Lenaire
as recorded on Tourniquet's EP _Carry the Wounded_
Transcription by Mike Pilato [cmpilato@uncc.edu]
(c)1994 Broken Songs / Biomedical Music (ASCAP)
TUNING = [EADGBe]
<INTRO>
Gtr 1 (12 String)
|---------0--------+------------------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-------1---1------+-0----------------+-------1---1------+-------1---1------|
|-----2-------2----+------------------+-----2-------2----+-----2-------2----|
|---2-----------2--+------------------+---3-----------3--+---3-----------3--|
|-0----------------+------------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|
| Gtr 2 (6 string)
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-/3---------------+-------/5--3-3h5p3|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Gtr 1
|---------0--------+------------------|
|-------0---0------+------------------|
|-----2-------2----+------------------|
|---2-----------2--+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|
| Gtr 2
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
<VERSE 1>
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-------------1----+-----------1------+-------------3----+-----------3------|
|-------2-------2--+-------2-----2----+-------0-------0--+-------0-----0----|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----2------------+-----2---------2--|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+-3----------------+-3----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Just a boy You will not remember
|---------0---1----+---------1-0------+---------0--------+------------------|
|-------3-------3--+-------3-----3----+-------3-----3----+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----3---------3--+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-1----------------+-1----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Half the things You're going through right now.
|------------------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|---------0---1----+-----------0------+-------------3----+-----------3------|
|-------2-------2--+-------2-----2----+-------0-------0--+-------0-----0----|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----2------------+-----2---------2--|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+-3----------------+-3----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
How can I explain to you Things don't always go the way we
|---------0---1----+---------1-0------+---------0--------+------------------|
|-------3-------3--+-------3-----3----+-------3---3------+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----2---------2--+-----3-------3----+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------+---------------3--+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-1----------------+-1----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
want them to I know you feel confused.
|---------0--------+---------0--------+------------------+------------------|
|-------------3----+-------------3----+---------0h1------+------------------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-----2----+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----0------------+-----2---------2--+------------------|
|-3----------------+-1----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Your mother never wanted this for you.
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------1---0----+-1-------1--------|
|-----------3------+-----------3------+-------3-------3--+-----3-------3----|
|-------0-----0----+-------0-----0----+-----2------------+-------2-------2--|
|-----0---------0--+-----2---------0--+-0----------------+------------------|
|-1----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
She did her best but that he wouldn't do.
|---------1-0------+------------------|
|-------3-----3----+------------------|
|-----2---------2--+------------------|
|-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
<CHORUS>
|---------0---1----+---------0---1----+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-------3-------3--+---------------3--+-----------3------+-------1----------|
|-----2------------+-------0----------+-------0-----0----+-----2------------|
|-0----------------+-----2------------+-----0---------0--+---2--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-1----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
You and I are brought together now by wedding vows.
|---------0---1----+---------1-0------+---------0--------+------------------|
|-------3-------3--+-------------3----+-----------3------+------------------|
|-----2------------+-------0-------0--+-------0-----0----+------------------|
|-0----------------+-----2------------+-----0---------0--+------------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-1----------------+-1----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Vows which I have also made to you.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+-------0----------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0----------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2-2----------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+-------0----------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0----------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2-2----------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+-------0----------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0----------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2-2----------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.
|---------0--------+-------0----------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|---------0---0----+-------3----------+-----------1------+-------0-0--------|
|-------0-0-----0--+-----0-0----------+-------2-----2----+-----2---2--------|
|-----2---2--------+---2---2----------+-----2---------2--+---1--------------|
|------------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-2----------------|
|-0----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-------------3-2--|
<SOLO> Gtr 1 Plays above 4 measures 4 times (with slight variations)
Gtr 2 (playing part of solo violin in recording)
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+-7/8---------8h10p8-7---------\5-----+------------------|
|-/9---------------+------------------+--------------765-+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+-7--/--9----------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
*
|--------1012141514+-17-141514151412--+------------------+---------0--------|
|-----1012---------+---------------1513-12^----------15 \+-12---------------|
|-9----------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
*
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|-8---------7h8p7--+-5----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-7----------------+-/9---------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
*
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|-9----------------+-11-12-------111211-9----------------+-11---------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
*
|------------------|
|-1213121312131213-| <-- some fast hammer-on action here!
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
<BRIDGE>
Gtr1
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-----------3------+-----------3------+-----------0------+-----------0------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-------2--+-------2-------2--|
|-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------|
|-3----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
All I want for you is to remember this
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|-----------3------+-----------3------+-----------0------+-----------0------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-------2--+-------2-------2--|
|-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+-----2------------|
|-3----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
Never will I turn my back on you.
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+------------------|
|---------0--------+---------3--------+---------1---1----+------------------|
|-------2-2--------+-------0-0--------+-------2-2-----2--+------------------|
|-----1------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
This world will lie to you and take you for a ride
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+------------------|
|---------0--------+---------3--------+---------1---1----+------------------|
|-------2-2--------+-------0-0--------+-------2-2-----2--+------------------|
|-----1------------+-----2------------+-----2------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+-3----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
How can I protect you from this path?
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------+---------0--------|
|---------0---0----+---------0---0----+---------3---3----+---------0--------|
|-------2-2-----2--+-------2-2-----2--+---------0-----0--+-------2-2--------|
|-----4------------+-----2------------+-------0----------+-----3------------|
|-4----------------+------------------+-----2------------+------------------|
|------------------+-0----------------+-3----------------+-1----------------|
Only God can show you that the lights in life burn fast
|---------0--------+---------0--------+-0----------------+------------------|
|---------3---3----+---------0---0----+-0----------------+------------------|
|---------0-----0--+-------2-2-----2--+-2----------------+------------------|
|-------0----------+-----3------------+-2----------------+------------------|
|-----2------------+------------------+-0----------------+------------------|
|-3----------------+-1----------------+------------------+------------------|
Never forsake your precious days of youth.
|-0----------------+------------------|
|-0----------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+------------------|
|-2----------------+------------------|
|-0----------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------|
|---------0--------+---------0--------+------------------+------------------|
|-------------3----+-------------3----+---------0h1------+------------------|
|-------0-------0--+-------0-------0--+-------2-----2----+------------------|
|-----2------------+-----0------------+-----2---------2--+------------------|
|-3----------------+-1----------------+-0----------------+-0----------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
I promise I will do my best for you.
|---------0--------+---------0--------+---------1---0----+-1-------1--------|
|-----------3------+-----------3------+-------3-------3--+-----3-------3----|
|-------0-----0----+-------0-----0----+-----2------------+-------2-------2--|
|-----0---------0--+-----2---------0--+-0----------------+------------------|
|-1----------------+-3----------------+------------------+------------------|
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------|
Listen to me, and I will listen to you.
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|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0----------------|
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|------------------|
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are "hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the official TOURNIQUET tablature which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route. These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
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