Checkered Floor Tabs & Lyrics by Silversun Pickups
Checkered Floor
guitar tabs lyrics
Tabbed by: City Machine
Email: [email protected]
Artist: Silversun Pickups
Song: Checkered Floor
Album: Carnavas
Tuning: Standard (Low to High) E A D G B E
Note: I didn't tab the 2nd guitar during the verses so this is kind of bare bones
Intro (palm mute): clean guitar
Clean guitar:
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|-------4--6------4--6------4--6-----------|
|--4--6------4--6------4--6------4--6------|
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|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---6-------666---|
|---6---x16-666---|
|---4-------444---|
Verse (palm mute):
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|----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
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|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
2nd guitar during E5 chord:
|----------------------------------------------------|
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|------8---8---8---8\----4----4----4----4------------|
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|-----(6)-(6)-(6)--(6)--(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)-----------|
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() = Technically it's just the high notes but you can play octave shape if no 2nd guitar
"Conceal.....pass it on"
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|---4------------2---------------|
|---4---x16------2----x16--------|
|---2------------0---------------| x2
Chorus (heavy distortion):
B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 F#5
Meanwhile another scene yeah
B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 F#5
Tracking mud while blood letting
G5 F#5 B5 F#5
We've been so proud
Verse 2 (clean guitar):
G#5 F#5 E5 G#5 F#5 E5
Watch how a storm behaves We'll all roll in our graves
G#5 F#5 E5 G#5 F#5 E5
Sink with every word While all our backs were turned
Chorus 2: (heavy distortion):
B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 F#5
Meanwhile our little gem
B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 F#5
Sleep with sycophants We've been so proud
B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 F#5
But now and then we're joining in We've been so proud
B5 A5
Tracking mud while blood letting
G5 F#5 B5 F#5
We've been so proud
E5 F#5 G5 A5
Solo:
B5 A5 G5 B5
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|-----9---------11--------7---------4------|
|-----x---------x---------x---------x------|
|-----7---------9---------5---------2------|
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B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 F#5
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|-------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|------4--------7---------||-----7---------4--------9-------6----|
|------x--------x---------||-----x---------x--------x-------x----|
|------2--------5---------||-----5---------2--------7-------4----|
|-------------------------||-------------------------------------| x3 (let last
ring out) We've been so proud
Outro:
Palm mute E5 till end
Chord diagrams:
G#5 4 6 6 x x x
F#5 2 4 4 x x x
E5 0 2 2 x x x
B5 x 2 4 4 x x
A5 x 0 2 2 x x
