Silversun Pickups – Checkered Floor (Guitar Tab)

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Tabbed by: City Machine Email: [email protected] Artist: Silversun Pickups Song: Checkered Floor Album: Carnavas 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