• Song:

    Five Minutes To Midnight

  • Artist:

    Boys Like Girls

  • Album:

    Boys Like Girls Deluxe

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                             FIVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT - Just Another Band
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Tabbed by: NoSnowBear
Email: avespestad@ymail.com

Tuning: Drop D

This isn't the exact way they play it live or on the recording, but this is the way my 
band plays it.  It seems to sound the best live and fits well with the song.

(If you like Boys Like Girls check out my band "Just Another Band" on Facebook!) 

Lead Guitar Part

Intro
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------| X3
D|-77-66-77----77-66-77-----77-66-77----77-66-77-------|
A|-------00-77-------00-77--------00-77-------00-77----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
(muted)         (x8)  (strum open)                       (x2)
e|------------55-|-5-------0-------2-------|-----------55-|
B|--33-22-33-----|-3-------3-------3-------|-33-22-33-----|
G|---------------|-2-(x16)-2-(x16)-2-(x16)-|--------------|
D|---------------|-------------------------|--------------|
A|---------------|-------------------------|--------------|
E|---------------|-------------------------|--------------|

Pre-Chorus
"You know you wanna just let go..."
e|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
G|-7-7-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-|-7-7-9-9----7----7-----|-7-7-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-|-7------9------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x---------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x------x------|
A|-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-5/7-|-5-5-7-7-4h5--4h5--4h5-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-5/7-|-5-(x8)-7-(x5)-|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------|

Chorus
e|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|-14-------9-------11-----14------7-------|-14-------9-------11-----14------7/-11\-9-9\6-|
D|-x--------x-------x------x-------x-------|-x--------x-------x------x-------x/-x\--x-x\x-|
A|-12-(x16)-7-(x16)-9-(x8)-12-(x8)-5-(x16)-|-12-(x16)-7-(x16)-9-(x8)-12-(x8)-5/-9\--7-7\4-|
E|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

INTRO RIFF ONLY TWICE

VERSE 2 (SAME AS VERSE 1 WITH PAUSE AT "Oh, Oh all I care, I can't stop my breathing...")

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

Bridge
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-4-------7-------11-----9------9-9-7-------|
D|-x-------x-------x------x------x-x-x-------|
A|-2-(x16)-5-(x16)-9-(x8)-7-(x4)-7-7-5-(x16)-|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-------7-------11------9------9-9----11-12-14-14-11-12-14-14---14\12\11\7-|
D|-x-------x-------x-------x------x-x----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----x-\x-\x-\x-|
A|-2-(x16)-5-(x16)-9-(x8)--7-(x4)-7-7----9--10-12-12-9--10-12-12---12\10\9-\5-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 
e|-5-------0-------2-------3-------|
B|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G|-2-(x16)-2-(x16)-2-(x16)-2-(x14)-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

CHORUS

CHORUS HALFTIME

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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