Band: Yellowcard
Song: Avondale
Album: The Underdog (EP)
Tabbed by: tomtravishoppus
Email: danny_dalgarno@msn.com
This song is played in Dropped D tuning, Gtr I is Ryan Key
and Gtr II is Ben Harper (I think!?).
Legend for this song:
<7> = Natural Harmonics (7th fret just an example)
PM--- = Palm mute
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
v = Vibrato
~ = Let note ring
I = Bar lines (don't worry about this)
Intro - Gtr I
E-----------
B-----------
G-----------
D--5-5-5----
A--5-5-5----
D--5-5-5----
PM----------
X4 x1
E--------------------------------------------I-------------
B--------------------------------------------I-------------
G---4444444444444444-------------------------I-------------
D---4444444444444444-5555555555555555-40~----I--5-5-5------
A---2222222222222222-5555555555555555-50~----I--5-5-5------
D--------------------5555555555555555-40~----I--5-5-5------
PM -------
Gtr II (come in once the above powerchord progression is played twice)
E---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G--11-/12-\-11-\9--\7---77/9\7---11-/12-\11--\9--\7---77\4\2----
D--x---x----x---x---x---xx-x-x---x---x----x---x---x---xx-x-x---- X2
A--9-/-10-\-9--\7--\5---55/7\5---9-/-10-\-9--\7--\5---55\2\0----
D---------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1
Gtr I (Clean)
Starts off with bass only (play 1st two chords of bar with distortion with Gtr II)
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G-------777777644444444-7777777766666666-------77777--------
D--45~--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--X2---xxxxx-45~----
A--55~--555555422222222-5555555544444444-------55555-55~----
D--45~-----------------------------------------------45~----
E-----------------------
B-----------------------
G--7777777722222222-----
D--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-----
A--5555555500000000-----
D-----------------------
Gtr II (Distortion)
Starts off with bass only
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------<7>-------<7>---------------------------<7>------<7>----
G---------------------------------------------------------------------
D--45~----------------------------<7>-------<7>-----------------------
A--55~----5-5-----5-5-5-----5-0-0-----0-0-0-----0---------------------
D--45~--------------------------------------------9-9-----9-9-9-------
Pm ---- ------ ----- ------- ------- -------
E----------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------<7>------<7>--------------------
G--------<7>-----<7>---------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------<7>-------<7>-
A----------------------5-5----5-5-5----5-0-0-----0-0-0-----
D--9-5-5----5-5-5----5-------------------------------------
------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------<7>------<7>-------------------------<7>-------<7>------------------
G--------------------------<7>-----<7>---------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------<7>-------
A--0--------------------------------------5-5-----5-5-5-----5-0-0-----0-0-0--
D----9-9----9-9-9----9-5-5----5-5-5-----5------------------------------------
------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----- ------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B--------<7>-----------------<7>------<7>------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------4-5~-----------------------<7>-------<7>------
A--0---------------5-5~--5-5----5-5-5---5-0-0-----0-0-0----------
D----9-9-----9-9-9-4-5~------------------------------------------
------ ------- --- ------ ------ ------
Pre chorus licks
Gtr I
E---------------
B---------------
G---9v~\7~------
D---------------
A---------------
D---------------
Gtr II
E-------------
B-------------
G-----4~------
D--/7---------
A-------------
D-------------
Chorus
Gtr I
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D-00000-00000-55555-55555-77777-77777-5555555555555555--- X2
A-00000-00000-55555-55555-77777-77777-5555555555555555---
D-00000-00000-55555-55555-77777-77777-5555555555555555---
Gtr II (play between the rests of Gtr I)
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------8~--7~----
G--11-11-11-11---11-11-12-11---12-12-12-12--4/7~---6/7---6/7--x---x-----
D--x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x---x/x----x-x---xx---5~--4-~---
A--9--9--9--9----9--9--10-9----10-10-10-10--2/5~---4/5---4/5------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 2
Gtr I X3
E--------I-------------------------------------
B--------I-------------------------------------
G--------I-------------------77777777----------
D--0-0-0-I-99999999\55555555-77777777-77777777-
A--0-0-0-I-99999999\55555555-55555555-77777777-
D--0-0-0-I?99999999\55555555----------77777777-
Pm------
Gtr II (for feedback bit, just play E17)
X2
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---10-\-7-/-10-\-7-/-12-\-7-/-12-\-7-/-11-\-7-/-11-\-7-\-6-/-7-\-6-/-7--
D---x----x---x----x---x----x---x----x---x----x---x----x---x---x---x---x--
A---9--\-5-/-9--\-5-/-10-\-5-/-10-\-5-/-9--\-5-/-9--\-5-\-4-/-5-\-4-/-5--
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then Play chrous
Interlude - Gtr I
E-------------
B-------------
G-------------
D--5-x-5-0~---
A--5-x-5-0~---
D--5-x-5-0~---
Gtr II - clean
X4 X1 (i think!?)
E-------2-----2-----2---I------------------------------
B---3-----3-----3-----3-I----2---0-2---3---2---0---2---
G-----2-----2-----2-----I--2---2-----2---2---2---2-----
D-0---------------------I------------------------------ X2
A-----------------------I------------------------------
D-----------------------I------------------------------
X2
E--------------------------------------------------------------------I-----
B--------------------------------------------------------------------I-----
G--------------------------------------------------------------------I-0~--
D-0000000000000000-555555555555555-7777777777777777-5555555555555555-I-0~--
A-0000000000000000-555555555555555-7777777777777777-5555555555555555-I-0~--
D-0000000000000000-555555555555555-7777777777777777-5555555555555555-I-0~--
Song Order:
Intro
Verse 1
Pre Chorus licks
Chorus
Verse 2
Pre Chorus licks
Chorus
Interlude
Intro
