Song: "The Handsome Life of Swing"
Artist: Lostprophets
Album: The Fake Sound of Progress
Transcribed by: Jamie Williams (alexisonfire@shaw.ca)

Tuning: Dropped D, Down 1 Step (C,G,C,F,A,D)
tp     - Tremelo Pick
PM...  - Palm-mute
/     - Slide
h      - Hammer-on
p      - Pull-off

Verse - ["Write to someone..]
|-17tp----------------|-15tp--------17tp-----------|
|-15tp----------------|-13tp--------15tp-----------|
|-14tp----------------|-12tp--------14tp-----------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
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|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
PM. . . .   . . . .      . . . .     . . . .

|-17tp----------------|-15tp-----------------------|
|-15tp----------------|-13tp--------15tp-----------|
|-14tp----------------|-12tp--------14tp-----------|
|---------------------|-------------12tp-----------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
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|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
PM. . . .   . . . .      . . . .     . . . .

Pre-Chorus - ["Point the blame.."]
|-------17-------17-------17-------17-------17-|-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-|
|----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----|----13-------13-------13-------13-------13----|
|-14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------|
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|----------------------------------------------|-10-10-10-10----------------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--------------------0--------0----|--8--8--8--8--------------------1--------1----|
|--0--0--0--0--------------------0--------0----|--8--8--8--8--------------------1--------1----|
PM .  .  .  .  .                 .        .       .  .  .  .  .                 .        .

|-------17-------17-------17-------17-------17-|-------15-------15----------------------------|
|----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----|----13-------13----------15-------15-------15-|
|-14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------|-12-------12----------14-------14-------14----|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------12-------12-------12-------|
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|----------------------------------------------|-10-10-10-10----------------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--------------------0--------0----|--8--8--8--8--------------------1--------1----|
|--0--0--0--0--------------------0--------0----|--8--8--8--8--------------------1--------1----|
PM .  .  .  .  .                 .        .       .  .  .  .                    .        .

|-------17-------17-------17-------17-------17-|-------15-------15-------15-------20----18----|
|----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----|----13-------13-------13-------13----13-------|
|-14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------|-12-------12-------12-------12----------------|
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|----------------------------------------------|-10-10-10-10----------------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--------------------0--------0----|--8--8--8--8--------------------1--------1----|
|--0--0--0--0--------------------0--------0----|--8--8--8--8--------------------1--------1----|
PM .  .  .  .  .                 .        .       .  .  .  .                    .        .

Chorus - ["Inside, won't be here to stay"]
|-3--------|----------|-3---3------|-3----|
|-3--------|-3--------|-3---3------|-3----|
|-0--------|-4--------|-0------0---|-3----|
|-1--------|-2--------|-1------1---|-5----|
|----------|-3--------|------------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|------|

Chorus/Solo - ["Inside, won't be here to stay"]
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|
|-14--12----------|-----------|-------------------|
|----------12-10--|-12--------|-15--14--12--------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------12-15-|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|---15-15----13---/17-15-|
|---------------------14-|---------14----14-------|
|-12---------15-15-14----|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

|-----17--15-13-12-|-12h13p12-----------|
|-13---------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|

Bridge - ["But here.."]
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8--8--7--8--7--5-7-7--|-8-8--8--7--8--7--5-7-7--|
|-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5--|-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5--|
|-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5--|-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-5-5--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Bridge - Lee
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|-10----------10----------|-10----------10----------|
|-----10--12------10--12--|-----10--12------10--12--|
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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------11----------10--|---------10----------10--|
|-----12----------12------|-----12----------12------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10----------10----------|-10----------10----------|
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|-10----------10----------|-13----------10----------|
|-----10--12------10--12--|-----10--12------10--12--|
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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------11----------10--|---------10----------10--|
|-----12----------12------|-----12----------12------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10----------10----------|-10----------10----------|
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End on:
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