"Pulmonary Archery" by Alexisonfire off the self-titled album "Alexisonfire" transcribed by pieter kamps ID: coincidentalminorguitar The greatest band in the history of music. PERIOD. play this song. it rox. 2 guitars in d-sharp tuning, every string down 1/2 step (one fret) guitar 1... echoey effect, play once or twice, whatever you want. ----->(9) play only the fourth of four times.<----- d#-----------0-0---(9)----------------------------| a#------------------------------------------------| f#------2-2-----------------------6-6-7-7-6--6----| x4 c#-4-4------------------0-0--4-4---------------4--| g#------------------------------------------------| d#------------------------------------------------| guitar 2 (12)(/14) second time only d#-----------9--------------------12(/14)---------| a#------10---------(12)------10-------------------| f#-11-------------------11------------------------| x4 c#------------------------------------------------| g#------------------------------------------------| d#------------------------------------------------| at about 0:30. guitar 1 d#-9-9--7-7/12--9-9-7-9-7-9---5--------------------| a#----------------------------7--------------------| f#-------------------------------------------------| x2 c#-------------------------------------------------| g#-------------------------------------------------| d#-------------------------------------------------| guitar 2 d#----------------------2--4--4--------------------| a#-------------------------------------------------| f#-------------------------------------------------| x2 c#-------------------------------------------------| g#-------------------------------------------------| d#-------------------------------------------------| enter loud noise. guitar 1 (/999) play only second time of two, and play the nine over and over again) d#---------------------------(/999)-| a#----------------------------------| f#---------9---------------7--------| x2 c#-4---7---9-------4---4---7--------| g#-4---7---7-------4---4---5--------| d#-2---5-----------2---2------------| guitar 2 d#----------------------------------| a#---------5---------------2--------| f#-2---6---6-------2---2---2--------| x2 c#-4---7-----------4---x---0--------| g#-----------------5---5------------| d#----------------------------------| guitar 2 cont'd... how you play this, i'm not quite sure d#----------------------------------------------------------------| a#-------------14------14------12--------------------17----17-----| f#-------14------14------14------14------------141414--1414--1414-| c#-161616--1616----1616----1616----161616141414-------------------| g#----------------------------------------------------------------| d#---------------------------------------^------------------------| at the ^ in the above line, guitar 1 starts doing this d#-9/12-9/12-9/12-9/12-| a#---------------------| f#---------------------| c#---------------------| g#---------------------| d#---------------------| play around with those two bits overlapping until George screams. LET'S GO! guitar 1, play this pattern with applicable rhythm... kinda hard to hear d#--------12-------9---| a#-----10--------7-----| f#--11---------7-------| c#---------------------| g#---------------------| d#---------------------| guitar 2 (9) play first time [10] play second time d#-/9--9-7--7/12-12--9--9-7--7-9--9--7-7-9-9--------7-(9)--| a#-------------------------------------------10-10----[10]-| f#---------------------------------------------------------| c#---------------------------------------------------------| g#---------------------------------------------------------| d#---------------------------------------------------------| guitar 1 d#-------------------| a#-------------------| f#-------------------| x2 c#-44444444-77777777-| g#-44444444-77777777-| d#-22222222-55555555-| guitar 2 d#------------------| a#------------------| f#---9-----9----9---| x4 (half the time as guitar 1, they match up) c#-7-----7----7-----| g#------------------| d#------------------| This is where Dallas starts singing guitar 1 (5-4-0) last time only d#---------(5-4-0)-| a#-----------------| f#----------4------| x4 c#-4--6--7----6-2--| g#-----------------| d#-----------------| guitar 2 the *s, i'm not quite sure what you do here... what I do is play them and quickly pulloff and strum again on dampen ( tab noted as an x ) and hammer them both back down again so they really look like |--5pxh5--| but whatever the (5-5) play only the first of the two times, or third of the four d#----------5*--/5-4-0-| |---------(5-5)-5-4-0-| a#----------5*---------| |---------------------| f#---------------------| x2 |---------------------| x2 c#-4-4--6-6------------|then|-4-4--6-6------------| g#---------------------| |---------------------| d#---------------------| |---------------------| DUN DUN DUN guitar 1 (upstrokes) d#-------| |-----| a#-------| |-----| f#-------| x3 |--7--| c#-4-4-4-|then|--7--| g#-4-4-4-| |--7--| d#-2-2-2-| |--5--| guitar 2... a weird distortion... d#-------| |--5--| a#-------| |--7--| f#-----9-| x3 |-----| c#-4-7---|then|-----| g#-------| |-----| d#-------| |-----| we're at 1:50 guitar 1 (second time on the first 442 chord play every other time instead of a stream of strums) d#--------------------------------------------------------------| a#--------------------------------------------------------------| f#------------9------------------6-6-6-6-6-----9----------------| x2 c#-44444444-7----6h7h9p6-6h7p6---4-4-4-4--4--7----6h7h9p6-6h7p6-| g#-44444444----------------------4-4-4-4------------------------| d#-22222222-----------------------------------------------------| guitar 2 (upstroke first chord) d#--------------------------------------------------------------| a#--------------------------------------------------------------| f#-9-------/--9--9---------------6---------9------9-------------| x2 c#-7-------/7----7---------------4-------7--7-----7-------------| g#---------------7---------------4------------------------------| d#--------------------------------------------------------------| F*CK YOU 2:10 this part was tough... so these chords are probably all wrong. guitar 1 d#------------------------0-----| a#------------------------0-----| f#------------------------2-----| x2 c#-4444----4444----4444---2-----| g#-4444----4444----4444---2-----| d#-2222----2222----2222---0-----| guitar 2 (0)(2) second time only d#--------------------------(12)| a#-------------------------(10)-| f#---------2222-----------------| x2 c#-4444----2222----4444---0-----| g#-4444----0000----4444---5-----| d#-2222----2222----2222---5-----| Jesse's drum roll, song picks up pace again guitar 1 d#-------------------| a#-------------------| f#-------------------| x4 c#-44444444-77777777-| g#-44444444-77777777-| d#-22222222-55555555-| guitar 2 (9) 1st 2nd 3rd times, [10] 4th time d#-/9--9-7--7/12-12--9--9-7--7-9--9--7-7-9-9--------7--(9)-| a#-------------------------------------------10-10----[10]-| f#---------------------------------------------------------| x4 c#---------------------------------------------------------| g#---------------------------------------------------------| d#---------------------------------------------------------| outro... sadly the song comes to an end (2:47) guitar 1 d#-------------------| a#-------------------| f#----------7--------| c#-44444444-7--------| g#-44444444-5--------| d#-22222222----------| guitar 2 d#-9977997799779999-9/12-/12-/12-----| a#-----------------------------------| f#-----------------------------------| c#-----------------------------------| g#-----------------------------------| d#-----------------------------------| degenerative slides... guitar 1 (# = hitting your pick with the edge against the strings) d#-------------------------------------------------| a#-------------------------------------------------| f#------------------\\\----#-#------#-------| c#------------------\\\----#-#--------------| g#------------------\\\----#-#--------------| d#-------------------------------------------------| guitar 2 d#-------------------------------------------------| a#-------------------------------------------------| f#-------------------------------------------------| c#-------------------------------------------------| g#-\\?-------1-0-------1-0-------1-0--------| d#-------------------------------------------------| Alexisonfire rules. 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