Letter From A Thief Tab

by Chevelle
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: D A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Airwalker_15 [a] 163. Last edit on Jun 2, 2016
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This song is playable in drop D, you can get the same sound out of it by simply
playing 3 frets down.
This is for those of you that don't want to tune down every time you want to play.
 
m  = mute strings
~  = let ring
\  = slide down
PM = palm mute
b  = bend to said note
r  = release bend
 
-Intro-
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-44444444m4444444|
D|-44444444m4444444|
A|-22223222m2223222| x4
D|-----------------|
 
-Verse 1-
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-44444444~444444444444444~444444444444444~44444444444444477---|
D|-44444444~444444444444444~444444444444444~44444444444444477-7-|
A|-22223222~222322222223222~222322222223222~22232222222322255-7-| x3
D|------------------------------------------------------------7-|
 
-Chorus 1-
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------44444444444444447777777777777777-|
D|-5555555555555555777777777777777744444444444444447777777777777777-|
A|-5555555555555555777777777777777722222222222222225555555555555555-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777---------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------444444444444444477777777777777---|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777444444444444444477777777777777-4-|
A|-55555555555555557777777777777777222222222222222255555555555555-4-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777-------------------------------4-|
 
-Verse 2-
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-44444444~444444444444444~444444444444444~44444444444444477---|
D|-44444444~444444444444444~444444444444444~44444444444444477-7-|
A|-22223222~222322222223222~222322222223222~22232222222322255-7-| x2
D|------------------------------------------------------------7-|
 
-Chorus 2-
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------44444444444444447777777777777777-|
D|-5555555555555555777777777777777744444444444444447777777777777777-|
A|-5555555555555555777777777777777722222222222222225555555555555555-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777---------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------44444444444444447777777777777777-|
D|-5555555555555555777777777777777744444444444444447777777777777777-|
A|-5555555555555555777777777777777722222222222222225555555555555555-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777---------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777-|
A|-55555555555555557777777777777777-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777-|
 
-Bridge-
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1212121211111111~111111111111111212121211111111~11111111111111-|
D|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-|
A|-10101010-9-9-9-9~-9-9-9-9-9-9-910101010-9-9-9-9~-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-1212121211111111~11111111111111121212129999~9999999-|
D|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~xxxxxxx-|
A|-10101010-9-9-9-9~-9-9-9-9-9-9-9101010107777~7777777-| x2
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
-Solo-
e|------------------------------------------|    |------|
B|------------------------------------------|    |------|
G|-6b7~6b7r6-2------6b7~6b7r6-2--222222-----|    |-2\0--|
D|--------------4--------------4-------44---|    |------|
A|------------------------------------------| x2 |------|
D|------------------------------------------|    |------|
 
-Pre-Chorus-
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-555555555555555577777777777777779999999999999999121212121212121212121212-|
-----------|   PM-PM-PM-PM-PM-PM-PM-PM-PM-PM (Kinda ease out of the PM here)
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-1212\-|
D|-1212\-|
 
-Chorus 3-
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------44444444444444447777777777777777-|
D|-5555555555555555777777777777777744444444444444447777777777777777-|
A|-5555555555555555777777777777777722222222222222225555555555555555-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777---------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------44444444444444447777777777777777-|
D|-5555555555555555777777777777777744444444444444447777777777777777-|
A|-5555555555555555777777777777777722222222222222225555555555555555-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777---------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------44444444444444447777777777777777-|
D|-5555555555555555777777777777777744444444444444447777777777777777-|
A|-5555555555555555777777777777777722222222222222225555555555555555-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777---------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------444444444444444477777777777777---|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777444444444444444477777777777777-4-|
A|-55555555555555557777777777777777222222222222222255555555555555-4-|
D|-55555555555555557777777777777777-------------------------------4-|
 
e|---|
B|---|
G|---|
D|-0-|
A|-0-|
D|-0-|
 
This last power chord is the only piece that doesn't sound right,
you can play it like this or do something different. Like...
 
e|---|
B|---|
G|-4-|
D|-4-|
A|-2-|
D|---|
 
It's up to you. Enjoy.
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BldshdRmnce
the song is probably played in a different tuning, but I play mostly in drop d so this tab is great
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