🎸 Sidewalks tab by The Weeknd

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          Sidewalks - The Weeknd ft. Kendrick Lamar
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Tabbed by: Martijnfru
Key: F#m
Tuning: Standard
Info: In this song from the Starboy album the guitar is prominent. It contains
   a high pitched lead guitar and a sharp rythm guitar. Both are tabbed below.
   The high pitch can be achieved by playing everything one octave higher
   (beginning at 19 instead of 7). This means though that the end of the lick
   cannot be played since the fretboard ends at 22. For this reason the lead
   guitar is tabbed one octave lower.
   For the lead guitar de sign 'AP' means alternate picking. This happens at
   the end of the lick where it speeds up.

   Enjoy!

 [Rythm guitar]

 The rythm guitar part consists of 3 chords and is played in the same progression
 througout the song:

    F#m      C#m        Bm    C#m
e|-----9-----9-------9-----9--|   |--7---------9---------------------------|
B|-----10----10------9-----9--|   |--7---------9---------------------------|
G|-----11----11------9-----9--| 3X |--8---------9---------------------------|
D|----------------------------|   |--9---------11--------------------------|
A|---9-----9------------------|   |--9---------11--------------------------|
E|-----------------9-----9----|   |--7---------9---------------------------|



 [Intro]

 2X

e|-----5-7-/9---9/7p5-7--9--5h7p5-4-2h4p2-4/5--------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/-----------------------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



 [Verse 1]

 Part 1 2X (until "...said he knew me")

 I ran out of tears when I was 18
 So nobody made me but the main streets
e|----------------------------9/7p5-7--9--5h7p5-4-2h4p2-4/5------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 'Cause too many people think they made me
 Well, if they really made me then replace me
e|----------------------------------5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/------------------|
B|---------------------------------7-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Part 2 2X (until "...grinding on them sidewalks")

 Grew up with no father so nobody ever "son" me
 My flow too sick, Kevin Costner couldn't touch me
e|-----5-7-/9---9/7p5-7--9--5h7p5-4-2h4p2-4/5--------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 I know you wish that nobody ever love me
 I feel useless when I'm never making money
e|----------------------------------5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/------------------|
B|--------------------------------7------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



[Chorus 1]

 Part 1 2X (The Weeknd)

 Sidewalks saved my life
 They don't ever lie
e|-----5-7-/9---9/7p5-7--9--5h7p5-4-2h4p2-4/5--------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/-----------------------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Part 2 2X (Daniel Wilson)
 *This part IS played in the lower octave (from 7 on the B-string)
 where part 1 is actually an octave higher in the song, just like the other
 parts.

 They don't let me down
 But they lead me on
e|-----5-7-/9---9/7p5-7--9--5h7p5-4-2h4p2-4/5--------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|-----5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/-----------------------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



 [Verse 2 (Kendrick Lamar)]
 *This verse starts with only the rythm guitar playing the chord progression heard
 troughout the song. Later on the lead guitar comes in playing the riff like the
 intro.

 Part 1
 *Mind the break in this first part.

 Say, say, say...                      ...strapped with AK
   F#m      C#m                   C#m
e|-----9-----9-------9-----9--|   |-------------------------9---------------|
B|-----10----10------9-----9--|   |-------------------------9---------------|
G|-----11----11------9-----9--| 3X |-------------------------9---------------|
D|----------------------------|   |-----------------------------------------|
A|---9-----9------------------|   |-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------9-----9----|   |-----------------------9-----------------|

 Part 2

 Say, say say...
    F#m      C#m        Bm    C#m
e|-----9-----9-------9-----9--|   |--7---------9---------------------------|
B|-----10----10------9-----9--|   |--7---------9---------------------------|
G|-----11----11------9-----9--| 2X |--8---------9---------------------------|
D|----------------------------|   |--9---------11--------------------------|
A|---9-----9------------------|   |--9---------11--------------------------|
E|-----------------9-----9----|   |--7---------9---------------------------|

 ...good game
e|-----5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/-----------------------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Part 3 2x

 She wanna hang...        ...there's nine of us
e|-----5-7-/9---9/7p5-7--9--5h7p5-4-2h4p2-4/5--------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 I tallied up...   ...more head
e|-----5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/-----------------------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



 [Chorus 2]
 *The song ends with this chorus. The lead guitar stops and the rythm guitar finishes
 the last bars.

 Part 1 2X (The Weeknd)
 *Mind the two breaks at the first bar of this part.

 Sidewalks saved my life
 They don't ever lie
e|-----5-7-/9---9/7p5-7--9--5h7p5-4-2h4p2-4/5--------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----5-7--5h7/9-AP9/AP12/14/-----------------------------------------------|
B|---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Part 2 2X (Daniel Wilson)

 They don't let me down
 But they lead me on
    F#m      C#m        Bm
e|-----9-----9-------9-----9--|   |--7-------------------------------------|
B|-----10----10------9-----9--|   |--7-------------------------------------|
G|-----11----11------9-----9--| 3X |--8-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|   |--9-------------------------------------|
A|---9-----9------------------|   |--9-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------9-----9----|   |--7-------------------------------------|


 [🏷Legend]
 h = Hammer On
 p = Pull Off
 / = Slide
 AP = Alternate Picking