Side of a Bullet Tabs & Lyrics by Nickelback
Side of a Bullet
guitar tabs lyrics
SIDE OF A BULLET
As recorded by Nickelback
(From the 2005 Album ALL THE RIGHT REASONS)
Words and Music by Nickelback
Transcribed by livingzombie
Gtr I (B E A D F# B) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (B E A D F# B) - 'Guitar II'
Gtr III (B E A D F# B) - 'Solo'
Intro
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E5 D5 E5 A5 Bb5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
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PM PM PM PM| PM
E E Q E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------7-(7)-|-------------3---|
|-2-2----2-2---5-(5)-|-2-2---7-----1---|
|-0-0----0-0---------|-0-0---5-0-0---0-|
E5 G5 E5 A5 E5 A5 G5
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PM PM PM
E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-------7-(7)-------9-|------------------|
|-2-----5-(5)-------7-|------------------|
|---2---------2-2-----|-2-2---7-------5--|
|---0---------0-0-----|-0-0---5-0-5h6-3--|
E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 A5 G5
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PM PM PM
E E E T +S. E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------7-(7)-------------|-----------------|
|-2-----5-(5)-------7-(7)-|-----------------|
|---2---------2-2---5-(5)-|-2-2---7-------5-|
|---0---------0-0---------|-0-0---5-0-5h6-3-|
E5 G5 E5 A5 E5N.C.
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PM PM----| PM|
E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|-------7-(7)-------9-|------------------||
|-2-----5-(5)-------7-|------------------||
|---2---------2-2-----|-2-------5-----7--||
|---0---------0-0-----|-0-6-5-3---7-0----||
Verse
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
PM PM--| PM| PM PM--| PM|
E E H. E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-2-2---------|---------5-----7-|-2-2---------|---------5-----7-|
|-0-0---------|---6-5-3---7-0---|-0-0---------|---6-5-3---7-0---|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
PM PM------------------| PM| PM PM------------------| PM|
E E E S E S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S E S E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-------5-----7-|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-------5-----7-||
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-6-5-3---7-0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-6-5-3---7-0---||
Pre-Chorus
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
PM| ~~~~~~~PM ~~~~~~~~~PM--| PM|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------|
||o-2-2-----------2-------|-----------5-----7-|
||--0-0---[3]-(3)-0---[3]-|-(3)-6-5-3---7-0---|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
PM| ~~~~~~~PM ~~~~~~~~~PM--| PM|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-2-2-----------2-------|-----------5-----7--o||
|-0-0---[3]-(3)-0---[3]-|-(3)-6-5-3---7-0-----||
Chorus
E5 N.C.
PM ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||--------7-(7)-------|---------------------|
||o-2-2-------------5-|-(5)-----5-(5)-----7-|
||--0-0-0-5-(5)-5h7---|-----5h7-------5h7---|
D.S.
E5 N.C.
PM ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------7-(7)-------|-----------------------||
|-2-2-------------5-|-(5)-----5-(5)-0h2----o||
|-0-0-0-5-(5)-5h7---|-----5h7-----------3---||
E5 D5 E5 A5 Bb5
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PM PM PM PM| PM
E E Q E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------7-(7)-|-------------3---|
|-2-2----2-2---5-(5)-|-2-2---7-----1---|
|-0-0----0-0---------|-0-0---5-0-0---0-|
E5 G5 E5 A5 E5 A5 G5
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PM PM PM
E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|-------7-(7)-------9-|-----------------||
|-2-----5-(5)-------7-|-----------------||
|---2---------2-2-----|-2-2---7-------5-||
|---0---------0-0-----|-0-0---5-0-5h6-3-||
Guitar Solo
E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 A5 G5
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PM PM PM
E E E T +S. E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------7-(7)----------------|---------------------------------------|
|-2----------5-(5)----------7-(7)-|---------------------------------------|
|----2---------------2--2---5-(5)-|---2---2----7------------------------5-|
|----0---------------0--0---------|---0---0----5--0------5h=======6-----3-|
|
| Gtr III
| E Q. +H +Q Q E S. S. E.
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---15-------------(15)-----------|-(15)----15---15-----------------------|
|---14b16==========(14)-----------|-(14)r--------14pb16r12-12b14====12r---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E5 G5 E5 A5 E5 N.C.
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PM PM-----| PM|
E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------7-(7)---------------------9-|----------------------|
|--2-----5-(5)---------------------7-|----------------------|
|----2----------2--------2-----------|---2--------5-----7---|
|----0----------0--------0-----------|---0--6-5-3---7-0-----|
|
| ~~
| |--3--|
| H S S S E +Q +W
|------------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-14-----------14p12-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------14-12b14-(12)---|-(12)-----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------|
E5 N.C.
PM PM-------------------------------| PM-----|
E E E S E S E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--2--2----2--2-----2--2----2--2-|---2-------------5--------------------7-----|
|--0--0----0--0-----0--0----0--0-|---0--6-5--3------------7--------0----------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
| Q. S S S S Q E +Q. S S S S E +E +E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------12h14-13b14------|----------------------[12]b14==(12)r(12)b14-|
|-14------14-14---------------14-|-(14)-----------12h14-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------12h14-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E5 N.C.
PM PM----------------------------------| PM-|
E E E S E S E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2--2----2--2-----2--2----2--2-|---2-----------5-------7-|
|--0--0----0--0-----0--0----0--0-|---0--6---5--3----7--0---|
|
| \5 \5
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
| Q. S S S S Q E +Q Q. Q.
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------12h14-13b14------|----------------------|
|-14------14-14---------------14-|-(14)--------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
PM-| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM ~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2-------------------------------------2--------------------------|
|--0--0----------------[3]-------(3)--------0----------------[3]-------|
|
| |--3--| |-------6-------| |-------6-------| |-------6-------|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------19-20-22-20-19-----19-20-22--20-19----19-20-22-20-19-----19-20-|
|-17\------------------22------------------22----------------22--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ PM---------------| PM------|
+E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------5--------------------------7-------|
|-(3)--------6--------5--------3-----------------7--------0----------------|
|
| |-------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-22--20-19----19-20-22-20-19----19-20-22-20-19----19-20-22-20-19----19-20-|
|-----------22----------------22----------------22----------------22-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
PM| ~~~~~~~~ PM ~~~~~~~~~~PM--| PM|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--2-2--------------2------------------------|------------5-----7-||
|--0-0---[3]--(3)---0--------------------[3]-|--(3)-6-5-3---7-0---||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +E S +S +Q +W
|-24---------(24)-[22]pb24r(22)b24==(22)-----|-(22)---------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------||
Chorus
E5 N.C.
PM ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------7-(7)-------|----------------------|
|---2--2-------------5-|--(5)-----5-(5)-----7-|
|---0--0-0-5-(5)-5h7---|------5h7-------5h7---|
|
| >
| ~~~~~
| +W +W
|-(22)-----------------|-(22)r================|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E5 N.C.
PM ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------7-(7)-------|---------------------|
|-2-2-------------5-|-(5)-----5-(5)-0h2---|
|-0-0-0-5-(5)-5h7---|-----5h7-----------3-|
|
| W W
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
E5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------7-(7)-------|---------------------|
|-2-2-------------5-|-(5)-----5-(5)-----7-|
|-0-0-0-5-(5)-5h7---|-----5h7-------5h7---|
E5 N.C.
PM ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------7-(7)-------|---------------------||
|-2-2-------------5-|-(5)-----5-(5)-0h2---||
|-0-0-0-5-(5)-5h7---|-----5h7-----------3-||
E5 D5 A5 Bb5 E5 G5 E5 A5 E5 A5 G5
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PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM
E E Q E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-------7-(7)-------9-|-----------------|
|--------------7-(7)-|-------------3---|-2-----5-(5)-------7-|-----------------|
|-2-2----2-2---5-(5)-|-2-2---7-----1---|---2---------2-2-----|-2-2---7-------5-|
|-0-0----0-0---------|-0-0---5-0-0---0-|---0---------0-0-----|-0-0---5-0-5h6-3-|
E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 A5 G5
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PM PM PM
E E E T +S. E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------7-(7)-------------|-----------------|
|-2-----5-(5)-------7-(7)-|-----------------|
|---2---------2-2---5-(5)-|-2-2---7-------5-|
|---0---------0-0---------|-0-0---5-0-5h6-3-|
E5 G5 E5 A5 E5N.C. E5
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PM PM
E E E T +S. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------*|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------*|
|-------7-(7)-------9-|-----------------|-----------*|
|-2-----5-(5)-------7-|-----------------|-----------*|
|---2---------2-2-----|-2-------5---5-7-|-2-2-------*|
|---0---------0-0-----|-0-6-5-3---7-----|-0-0-------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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