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Letter From A Thief - Chevelle
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Tabbed by: Nofear5454
Email: nofear5454@zoominternet.net
Tuning: Drop B
Intro (clean)
C#|--------------------------Distorted----------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-77777-77-77-7777---------1010/55------------------------------|
B |-77777-77-77-7777---X8----1010/55------------------------------|
F#|-55555-55-55-5555---------8-8-/33------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse(distorted) play twice
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-77777-77-77-7777-----77/1010/55-------------------------------|
B |-77777-77-77-7777-X3—-77/1010/55-------------------------------|
F#|-55555-55-55-5555-----55/8-8-/33-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
Here are the chords for the chorus, the strumming isn’t too difficult
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------7---10---------play this after and mute quickly-----|
B |--8---10---7---10---X2----------8------------------------------|
F#|--8---10---5---8----------------8------------------------------|
B |--8---10------------------------8------------------------------|
Repeat verse
Repeat Chorus (but don’t play that final chord after, play the first two chords of the
again)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/chevelle/195357.html ]
Bridge(clean)- This is the album version: (play twice)
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-15-14~--15-14~--15-14~--15-12~--------------------------------|
B |-15-14~--15-14~--15-14~--15-12~--------------------------------|
F#|-13-12~--13-12~--13-12~--13-10~--------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
And I’ve seen Pete play this live: (again just the chords, easy strumming)
Play twice
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--10--7--5--7--------------------------------------------------|
B |--10--7--5--7--------------------------------------------------|
F#|--8---5--3--5--------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo (distortion and some other effects that make it sound awesome)
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------888----------------------------888-|
E |--/9~-10-5v--3-3/9~-10-5v---555--3-3/9~-10-5v--3-3/9-10-5v-555-|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bass Interlude- It sounds like the guitar is playing here but Pete definitely doesn’t
anything here live so I’ll skip it
Play this bit palm muted (basically half of the chorus palm muted)
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------77777777-1010101010101010----------|
B |--88888888-1010101010101010-77777777-1010101010101010----------|
F#|--88888888-1010101010101010-55555555-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------|
B |--88888888-1010101010101010------------------------------------|
Play Chorus four times
Then end on this
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |--8~---0~------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--8~---0~------------------------------------------------------|
B |--8~---0~------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| v vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
~ let ring
