Artist: Rise Against State of the Union
Title: State of the Union
Album: Siren Song of the Counter Culture
Transcribed by: Derek VanKerkhove
Song is tuned half-step down (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb). It can also be played in
Drop D, but this is how they do it live.
Intro Part 1
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-2222222244444444999999999-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------------------
-222222222222222277777777-----------------------------------------------------
-00000000---------------------------------------------------------------------
The sound going up is a bass, not power chords
Intro/Chorus (x2)
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----------------|--this-x1----------------------------------------------------
-----9----------|-------------------------------------------------------------
-222-9----------|----------------2--------------------------------------------
-222-7---5-57-75|--2-5-7-8-7-5-2-2--------------------------------------------
-000---0-3-35-53|--0-3-5-6-5-3-0-0--------------------------------------------
this x3 > pm------------
Verse (x2)
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-4------4---------------4------4---55555555|-5555555555557777-----------------
-4-2----4-2---4-5-7-5-4-4-2----4-2-55555555|-5555555555557777-----------------
-2-2----2-2---2-3-5-3-2-2-2----2-2-33333333|-3333333333335555-----------------
---0------0---------------0------0---------|----------------------------------
end of verse of 2nd time
2nd Guitar, 2nd time of verse
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Intro/Chorus (x2)
Verse with 2nd Guitar, 2nd time of verse (x2)
Intro/Chorus (x2) with palm muted part 3 times at end of 2nd chorus
Bridge (x3) this 3 times on last time of the Bridge
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-----------------------|--this-x1---------------------------------------------
-----9-----------------|------------------------------------------------------
-5-2-9---9----7----5-7-|------------------------------------------------------
-5-2-7---9----7----5-7-|--2-5-7-8-7-5-----------------------------------------
-3-0-----7-00-5-00-3-5-|--0-3-5-6-5-3-----------------------------------------
this 3x pm-----------
End on
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