The Fray – How To Save A Life (Guitar Solo Tab)

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note: i use super skinny electric guitar strings(on my acoustic)yes electric strings 8's usually smaller if i can find them, they give a really good sound contrast between lively base and sweet melodic treble, however this means my vibrato is very easy and i can do it everywhere if its too difficult, its not necessary, added song words so you know where you are and how it should sound ******************* picking harmonics are NEEDED they are everywhere in this tab and if you don't know how to do them, don't worry there's a video down there they can be tricky at first but get very easy after a little while very useful as a skill if you want to learn about more advanced methods of fingerstyle :) but once you have them down it's so easy and the song isn't fast so this is a great song to learn them from. if you're not sure here's a video... from about 2 minutes in he demonstrates it (doing harmonics with just his strumming hand) if you watch the full video he talks alot about harmonics and the different kinds
[Chorus]
    she beg-ins to won-der  why    you came....   where   did   i    go    wrong? 
e|---0------0----3p0---------------------------|*|--------------------------------|
B|---3---3------------3--(3)p0----------1------|W|--1-----------------1-----------|
G|---0-------------0--0------------------------|A|--2-----{12}--------2-----------|
D|------------2-------0--0------0--{12}--------|I|--0--0-------{12}---3-----{12}--|
A|---3----------------2------2-----------------|T|--0---------------0-0-0---------|
E|---------------------------------------------|*|--------------------------------|

            I lost    a friend       some-where  a--a--long    the bit-er-nes,and 
e|--------------0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------0h1-----------------------1h3----3~-----3/4--4p3--3~~~p1-|
G|------0----------------------------{12}---------2------0-----------0----0--0---|
D|--------{12}-------0------------2--------{12}---2------0----0-----------0----0-|
A|---2-------------2------------0-----------------0------2~-2--------2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

     i   would have  stayed up      with you      all night....  had    I   known
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1-----------------1--------------1/5------------------------------------1---|
G|---2----{12}---------2-----------------------0-------5---------{12}--------2---|
D|---0--0------{12}----3----{12}---0---------0------------------------{12}---2---|
A|---0---------------0-0-0-------2-------------------------0h7---------------0---|
E|------------------------------------------------[7]----------------------------|

    How  to  save    a life           (chorus outro - optional)
e|--------------------------|-------5p0--3-----1----0----1-----0------|
B|---1----1-----------0h1---|------------1----------1----------1/8~~--|
G|---0----------------------|------------0----------0----------0------|
D|---2--2----{12}---0-------|-----2------2----------0----------0------|
A|---3------------2---------|---0-----0-----0----0-----0----0---------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
************************************ | p Pull-off | h Hammer-on | / Slide up | ~ Vibrato |() Notes in brackets are a note you should already be holding, however don't play it again |[] Normal harmonics(played with fretting hand) |{} Picking harmonics(played with strumming hand) |~~p Vibrato, then use it to pull-off ************************************