• Song:

    The Ballad Of Sal Villanueva

  • Artist:

    Taking Back Sunday

  • Album:

    Notes From The Past

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The Ballad of Sal Villanueva is a B-Side, This song is only on the 12 inch Vinal Tell All
Your Friends.I know the intro is correct because Ive seen the chord shapes used live.
The key is E.

You need to listen carefully for the strum patterns.

(Intro) 00:00

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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------(9-9)--------------------------------------------------------------
 ---9-------7-------9-(9-9)--------------------------------------------------------------
 ---11------9-------7--------play this until you hear [ you got your high as a kite ] ---
E --0-------0-------0--------------------------------------------------------------------

After you hear that. Simply play...

  [ you got your high as a kite tricks in the bag ] 00:13

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------0-------0--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------4-------2--------(2)---------------------------------------------------------------
------6-------4---------4-------------------7---------------------------x----------------
------0-------0---------4-------------------7---------------------------x----------------
E ----------------------2-------------------5---------------------------x----------------

Second Guitar for Above, note that this guitar can be heard slightly / but is correct

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----6666-8888-99999999-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----4444-6666-77777777-----------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Chorus)

This is two chords played for a while. Listen out for them...

[ I hope he takes his time and, I hope he keeps your eyes closed tight and ] 00:24

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----2----------------------------------------------------------------------7------------
----2----------------------------------------------------------------------7------------
E --0----------------------------------------------------------------------5------------

(Verse Two) 01:21

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-----4------------2---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----4------------2------------7-------------------------------x------------------------
-----2------------4------------7-------------------------------x------------------------
E -----------------------------5-------------------------------x------------------------

(Guitar 2)

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----6666-8888-99999999-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----4444-6666-77777777-----------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


(Piano Solo) (X2) 01:58 The first note E, let that ring all through the solo / Until reverb

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------9--11--8-------13-----11---13----9--------9--9--8--------8----9------14--13----9-9
--------------------------------------------------------9------------9------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Interlude) 02:36

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------2--2----------6--6----------4--4---------7----------------------------------------
------2--2----------6--6----------4--4---------7----------------------------------------
E ----0--0----------4--4----------2--2---------5----------------------------------------

Carry on playing the end interlude part untill the end.

Thanks for reading, I hope this helped you out.

Cheers, Liam.

[ Tell All Your Friends - Who wrote this song = John Nolan ]
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