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Calling Tabs

(ver. 1)
Dead By April
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                                  Calling
                               Dead by April
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Hello, Dead by April has been an influence for me since I started playing. They got a 
great style, and have a very unique writing technique. This song, along with its music 
video, really speaks to me, and I needed to learn it. I hope this tab helps you learn it. Enjoy!


Username: dkm817 (same on X box live)

Guitar 1 Rhythmic (C G C F A D)
Guitar 2 Lead     (C G C F A D)
Guitar 3 Acoustic (D# G# C# F# A# D#)
Guitar 4 Acoustic (D# G# C# F# A# D#)


Tab Guide...

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(If there is a “continued” it is because the numbers could not
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Verse 1

(x4)

Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6---|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4---|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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Pre Chorus

Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm .       .   .       .   .       .       .   .       .   .

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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
C----------------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
pm .       .   .       .   .       .       .   .       .   .

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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
G--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
pm .       .   .       .   .       .       .   .       .   .

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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0-----------0-----------0-------|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0-----------0-----------0-------|
C----------------------------------0-----------0-----------0-------|
pm .       .   .       .   .

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Chorus

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~-x-x-x-x-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~-2-2-2-2-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~---------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Bridge 1

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A--6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
F--x---------------------------------------------------------------
C--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
D--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6---|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4---|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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Verse 2

(x4)

Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6---|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4---|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-6---------------4-----------------------------------------------|
G#---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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Pre Chorus

Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm .       .   .       .   .       .       .   .       .   .

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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
C----------------------------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---|
pm .       .   .       .   .       .       .   .       .   .

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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
G--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
C--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
pm .       .   .       .   .       .       .   .       .   .

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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------------------------|
C--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---0-----------0-----------0-------|
G--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0-----------0-----------0-------|
C----------------------------------0-----------0-----------0-------|
pm .       .   .       .   .

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Chorus

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Interlude

(x4)

Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--8---8---8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G--8---8---8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C--8---8---8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
pm .   .   . . .   .   . . . . . . .   .   . . .   .   . . . . . .

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Guitar 1 & 2
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
C--5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
G--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
C------------------------------------------------------------------

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Bridge 2

Guitar 3
D#---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A#-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-----|
F#---6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6---------|
C#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 4
D#-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7---7-------7---7-----|
A#-----4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5---4-------4---5-------|
F#---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
C#-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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Chorus

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

===================================================================

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

===================================================================

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

===================================================================

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-|
F--------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~-x-x-x-x-|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-5~~~~~~-2-2-2-2-|
G--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~---------|
C--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|

Guitar 2
D------8-0---8-----8-5---8-------------8-0---8-----8-5---8---------|
A----6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6---6---------6-------6---8-6-5-6-|
F--7-------7-----7-----------------7-------7-----7-----------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

===================================================================
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Outro

Guitar 1
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A--6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
F--x---------------------------------------------------------------
C--3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
D--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Tab Legend
h  -  hammer-on
p  -  pull-off
/  -  slide up
\  -  slide down
ps/-  pickslide up
ps\-  pickslide down
~  -  let ring
pm.-  palm mute
b  -  bend
r  -  return from bend
*  -  harmonic
x  -  dead note
^  -  Whammy bar
^\ -  Whammy bar (hold down)

That’s it! I hope the tab helped you, and if you’ve got any problems, check out my 
cover. Thanks, oh and one last thing... ROCK OUT!!!!
            
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