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Countdown To Shutdown by The Hives

Countdown To Shutdown tab by The Hives

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  • Difficulty: Beginner
Key: C

Intro:

Vigilante Carlstroem:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---|
G|--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--|
D|--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Nicholaus Arson:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-3-2-2--/5-5-4-4--/8--8--7-7--/10-10-9--9---/12-12-11-11--/15-15-14-14--/17-17-16-16--/20-20-19-19--|
G|--4-4-3-3--/6-6-5-5--/9--9--8-8--/11-11-10-10--/13-13-12-12--/16-16-15-15--/18-18-17-17--/21-21-20-20--|
D|--5-5-4-4--/7-7-6-6--/10-10-9-9--/12-12-11-11--/14-14-13-13--/17-17-16-16--/19-19-18-18--/22-22-21-21--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Verse 1:

The whole verse is bass, except for a part during- "Well you can't see the bottom of the stairs":

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--7-7-5-5--|
D|--7-7-5-5--|
A|--5-5-3-3--|
E|-----------|

Once again during - "Til they can't figure out what to do":

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--7-7-5-5--|
D|--7-7-5-5--|
A|--5-5-3-3--|
E|-----------|


Pre-Chorus:

e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-12-|
D|--9-9-9-9-12-|
A|--7-7-7-7-10-|
E|-------------|


Chorus:

Both guitars:
e|---------------------------------| x2
B|----------5-5---5-5-7-7----------|
G|--6-6-4-4-5-5---5-5-7-7-6-6------|
D|--7-7-5-5-5-5---5-5-7-7-7-7------|
A|--7-7-5-5-3-3---3-3-5-5-7-7------|
E|--5-5-3-3---------------5-5------|

e|--------------------------------| x2
B|--------------------------------|
G|--10-10-9-9-7-7--9---9-8-8-6-6--|
D|--10-10-9-9-7-7--10-10-9-9-7-7--|
A|--8--8--7-7-5-5--10-10-9-9-7-7--|
E|-----------------8--8--7-7-5-5--|

Repeat both parts twice.


Verse 2:
Throw some dead strings, Nicholaus does some at the beginning of the fretboard in the first part of verse

After - "Some are bald one is a billionaire":

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--7-7-5-5--|
D|--7-7-5-5--|
A|--5-5-3-3--|
E|-----------|

Vigilante joins opposite of him with dead strings at the end of the fretboard,
to create that low/high dynamics.

"But with all of them you disagree":

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--7-7-5-5--|
D|--7-7-5-5--|
A|--5-5-3-3--|
E|-----------|


Pre-Chorus:

e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-12-|
D|--9-9-9-9-12-|
A|--7-7-7-7-10-|
E|-------------|


Chorus:

Both guitars:
e|---------------------------------| x2
B|----------5-5---5-5-7-7----------|
G|--6-6-4-4-5-5---5-5-7-7-6-6------|
D|--7-7-5-5-5-5---5-5-7-7-7-7------|
A|--7-7-5-5-3-3---3-3-5-5-7-7------|
E|--5-5-3-3---------------5-5------|

e|--------------------------------| x2
B|--------------------------------|
G|--10-10-9-9-7-7--9---9-8-8-6-6--|
D|--10-10-9-9-7-7--10-10-9-9-7-7--|
A|--8--8--7-7-5-5--10-10-9-9-7-7--|
E|-----------------8--8--7-7-5-5--|


Bridge:

Same as intro

Vigilante Carlstroem:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---|
G|--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--|
D|--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Nicholaus Arson:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-3-2-2--\5-5-4-4--\8--8--7-7--\10-10-9--9---\12-12-11-11--\15-15-14-14--\17-17-16-16--\20-20-19-19--|
G|--4-4-3-3--\6-6-5-5--\9--9--8-8--\11-11-10-10--\13-13-12-12--\16-16-15-15--\18-18-17-17--\21-21-20-20--|
D|--5-5-4-4--\7-7-6-6--\10-10-9-9--\12-12-11-11--\14-14-13-13--\17-17-16-16--\19-19-18-18--\22-22-21-21--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro:

The first part of the chorus with different timing and strumming:

e|----------------------------------------------------| x4
B|------------------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----------|
G|--6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--|
D|--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
E|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--------------------------5-5-5-5--|

Both guitars (repeat until the end):
e|---------------------------------| x2
B|----------5-5---5-5-7-7----------|
G|--6-6-4-4-5-5---5-5-7-7-6-6------|
D|--7-7-5-5-5-5---5-5-7-7-7-7------|
A|--7-7-5-5-3-3---3-3-5-5-7-7------|
E|--5-5-3-3---------------5-5------|


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