Simple Plan – Slow Motion (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) Video Lesson

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Lucas Goldson (standbysunset on YouTube) Guitar 1 - Sebastien Lefebvre Guitar 2 - Jeff Stinco
[Intro (guitar 2 only)]
e|--------------|
B|-----12----12-|
G|-9h11--9h11---|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
D|--fade in 8x--|
[Verse]
Guitar 1 (enters at 00:20)
e|-------------------------------4x-|--------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D|-9-8-9-8-9-9-8-8-9-8-9-8-9-11-9-8-|--------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-4-----6-----2------4-----6-----2-----------|
D|----------------------------------|-4--x8-6--x8-2--x16-4--x8-6--x8-2--x16------|

   * * * *  * * * * * * * * * * * *   *     *     *      *     *     *gradually lift palm mute                                  
Guitar 2 (enters at 00:19)
e|---------11~--------------------11~---------------------11~-------11------------------|
B|-12~-14~-----12~--------12~-14~-----7~----9~----5~-12-14-----12-14---7~----9~----5~---|
G|------------------------------------6~----8~----4~-------------------6~----8~----4~---|
D|------------------------------------8~----9~----6~-------------------8~----9~----6~---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Guitar 1
e|-------------------2x-|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-4------8------6------|-4------4------8------6------|
D|-4--x32-6------4------|-2------4--x16-6------4------|
A|-2------6--x16-4--x16-|-2--x16-2------6--x16-4--x16-|
D|--------6------4------|-2-------------6------4------|

Guitar 2
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||o----12----12~-----12---------12-|-----12----12~-----12---------12-|-----11-14-11--------14----14--14---o||
G||-9h11--9h11----9h11--9h11p9h11---|-8h11--8h11----8h11--8h11p8h11---|---11--------11--11------11--11------||
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-11------------11--11--11--------11--||
A||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
D||------------------------------2x-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----12----12----12----12----12~--|-----12----12----12----12----12~--|-----11----11----11----11----11~--|
G|-9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11-----|-8h11--8h11--8h11--8h11--8h11-----|---11----11----11----11----11-----|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-11----11----11----11----11-------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2x-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
Guitar 1 (enters at 1:32) 
e|-------------------------------4x-|--------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| note - harmony is top, 
G|-8-6-8-6-8-8-6-6-8-6-8-6-8-9--8-6-|--------------------------------------------|        lead is bottom
D|-9-8-9-8-9-9-8-8-9-8-9-8-9-11-9-8-|--------------------------------------------|        for first bar
A|----------------------------------|-4-----6-----2------4-----6-----2-----------|
D|----------------------------------|-4--x8-6--x8-2--x16-4--x8-6--x8-2--x16------|

   * * * *  * * * * * * * * * * * *   *     *     *      *     *     *gradually lift palm mute    
Guitar 2 (acoustic)
e|---7---9~p7---9~p7---9~p7---9~p7---9~p7---9~p7---9~p7---|-------------------11~-------11----------------|
B|-7---7------7------7------7------7------7------7------7-|-7~---9~---5~-12-14-----12-14---7~---9~---5~---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|-6~---8~---4~-------------------6~---8~---4~---|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|-8~---9~---6~-------------------8~---9~---6~---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------4x-|-----------------------------------------------|
[Chorus 2]
Guitar 1
e|-------------------2x-|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-4------8------6------|-4------4------8------6------|
D|-4--x32-6------4------|-2------4--x16-6------4------|
A|-2------6--x16-4--x16-|-2--x16-2------6--x16-4--x16-|
D|--------6------4------|-2-------------6------4------|

Guitar 2
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||o----12----12~-----12---------12-|-----12----12~-----12---------12-|-----11-14-11--------14----14--14---o||
G||-9h11--9h11----9h11--9h11p9h11---|-8h11--8h11----8h11--8h11p8h11---|---11--------11--11------11--11------||
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-11------------11--11--11--------11--||
A||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
D||------------------------------2x-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----12----12----12----12----12~--|-----12----12----12----12----12~--|-----11----11----11----11----11~--|
G|-9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11-----|-8h11--8h11--8h11--8h11--8h11-----|---11----11----11----11----11-----|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-11----11----11----11----11-------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2x-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
[Bridge]
Guitar 1                  (2:50, clean)
e|--------------------------------6~---7~-------------6~---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------9~------------------9~---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------------------------------------------------\\\--------------|
A|-2--x32------(silence)------------------------------------------------\\\-(pickscrape)-|
D|-2------------------------6~----4~---9~-------6~----4~----------------\\\--------------|

Guitar 2                                                                         (3:05)
e|---------------------------------------11~----11~----11~----11~--------\--------------11~-------11~--|
B|-12~----12~----12~----12~-----14~------14b16~-14b16~-14b16~-14b16rbrbrb\---------12-14-----12-14-----|
G|-14b16~-14b16~-14b16~-14b16~--16b18~-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------(pause)---------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Final Chorus/Outro]
Guitar 1
e|-------------------2x-|--------------------------2x-|
B|----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-4------8------6------|-4------4------8------6------|
D|-4--x32-6------4------|-2------4--x16-6------4------|
A|-2------6--x16-4--x16-|-2--x16-2------6--x16-4--x16-|
D|--------6------4------|-2-------------6------4------|

Guitar 2
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||o----12----12~-----12---------12-|-----12----12~-----12---------12-|-----11-14-11--------14----14--14---o||
G||-9h11--9h11----9h11--9h11p9h11---|-8h11--8h11----8h11--8h11p8h11---|---11--------11--11------11--11------||
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-11------------11--11--11--------11--||
A||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
D||------------------------------2x-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B||o----12----12----12----12----12~--|-----12----12----12----12----12~--|-----11----11----11----11----11~--o||
G||-9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11-----|-8h11--8h11--8h11--8h11--8h11-----|---11----11----11----11----11------||
D||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-11----11----11----11----11--------||
A||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
D||-------------------------------2x-|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * - palm mute / or \ - slide h - hammer on p - pull off ~ - let note ring x - mute note t - tremolo pick