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Pretender Tab by The Maine

Pretender tab by The Maine

Guitar Tab

  • Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Guitar 1 - Kennedy Brock
Guitar 2 - Jared Monaco

Intro:

Guitar 1 (enters at 00:10, clean)
e||------------------------------------------------|-----------------------||-10~-3~--7~---------10~-3~-----|
B||o-----------------------------------------------|----------------------o||-------------10~---------------|
G||------------------------------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------7~-|
D||------------------------------------------------|---------------5-------||-------------------------------|
A||o-------x-3--x7---------------------------------|-------x-3--x7-5--x16-o||-8~--3~--7~--8~-----8~--3~-----|
D||--3--x7---------2-2-2-2-2-x-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--x7---------5-------||----------------------------5~-|


                                                         distortion^          ^piano transcribed to guitar
Guitar 2 (clean)
e|-----------------------0~----------------------------0~------|
B|---------------3----------3-----------------------------3----|
G|-----5---5------------------5~-----5---5-----7------------5~-|
D|-3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---------5-5---5---5-5---5-5-5---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e||------------------------0~----------------------------0~----------------------------0~------|----------||
B||o---------------3----------3-----------------------------3------------------3----------3----|-12------o||
G||------5---5------------------5~-----5---5-----7------------5~-----5---5------------------5~-|-----x16--||
D||--3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---------5-5---5---5-5---5-5-5---------3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---------|-9--------||
A||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------||
                                                                                                 ^distortion
Chorus:

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------2x-|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----------------------5------------|
D|-3-----5--x8-2-----3-----3-----5--x8-5------|
A|-3--x8-3-----2--x8-3--x8-3--x8-3-----5--x16-|
D|-3-----------2-----3-----3-----------5------|

Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------10----------10-------|
B|---------------8--------------------13------------13----------13---|
G|-14-----12-----9------14-----14---------x6-12----------12----------|
D|-----x8-----x8-----x8-----x8-----x8-10-----------------------------|
A|-12-----10-----7------12-----12------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------2x-|

Verse 2 (enters at 1:09, clean):

Guitar 1
e||--------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-----0~------------------0~--7~-|
B||--------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-10~-----8~--10~-----10~--------|
G||--------------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
D||-5------------------------------------------------|---------------5------|--------------------------------|
A||-5--x16-(silence)---------------------------------|-------x-3--x7-5--x16-|-8~--3~--7~--8~------8~--3~-----|
D||-5----------------2-2-2-2-2-x-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--x7---------5------|-----------------------------5~-|
                                                           distortion^        ^piano transcribed to guitar
Guitar 2 (clean)
e||------------------------0~----------------------------0~------|
B||o---------------3----------3-----------------------------3----|
G||------5---5------------------5~-----5---5-----7------------5~-|
D||--3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---------5-5---5---5-5---5-5-5---------|
A||o-------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------0~------|----------||
B|---------------3----------3----|-12------o||
G|-----5---5------------------5~-|-----x16--|| (silence)
D|-3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---------|-9--------||
A|-------------------------------|---------o||
D|-------------------------------|----------||
                                   ^distortion
Chorus:

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------2x-|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----------------------5------------|
D|-3-----5--x8-2-----3-----3-----5--x8-5------|
A|-3--x8-3-----2--x8-3--x8-3--x8-3-----5--x16-|
D|-3-----------2-----3-----3-----------5------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------/15--10------/15--10------|
B|---------------8--------------------13--------------13-----------13--|
G|-14-----12-----9------14-----14---------x6---------------------------|
D|-----x8-----x8-----x8-----x8-----x8-10-------------------------------|
A|-12-----10-----7------12-----12--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------2x-|

e|-/15--10------/15--10--------------------------/15--10~-----------|
B|----------13----------13---13~\--12-12-12-12-------------13~-13~\-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------9--9--9--9-----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------2x-|

Bridge (guitar 2 only):
e|-12~----------------------------------/15-------------/15-------------|
B|-----------------------------12~--13~-------15~--13---------15~--13~--|
G|---------------------9~---------------/12-------------/12-------------|
D|---------10--x16----------------------------12~--10---------12~--10~--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Final Chorus:

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------2x-|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----------------------5------------|
D|-3-----5--x8-2-----3-----3-----5--x8-5------|
A|-3--x8-3-----2--x8-3--x8-3--x8-3-----5--x16-|
D|-3-----------2-----3-----3-----------5------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------/15--10------/15--10------|
B|---------------8--------------------13--------------13-----------13--|
G|-14-----12-----9------14-----14---------x6---------------------------|
D|-----x8-----x8-----x8-----x8-----x8-10-------------------------------|
A|-12-----10-----7------12-----12--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------2x-|

e|-/15--10------/15--10--------------------------/15--10~-----------|
B|----------13----------13---13~\--12-12-12-12-------------13~-13~\-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------9--9--9--9-----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------2x-|

Outro (guitar 2 only, clean):
e|-----------------------0~----------------------------0~----------------------------0~------||
B|---------------3----------3-----------------------------3------------------3----------3----||
G|-----5---5------------------5~-----5---5-----7------------5~-----5---5------------------5~-||
D|-3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---------5-5---5---5-5---5-5-5---------3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
* - palm mute
/ or \ - slide
h - hammer on
p - pull off
~ - let note ring
x - mute note

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