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)
PM...  - Palm-mute

Intro - [Mike comes in with a volume swell of harmonics on the 3 bottoms string over the 5th fret]
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Verse - ["Got to sail high.."]
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|-7-7---------7-7---------7-7-------|-5-5---------5-5---------5-5-------|
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PM. .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .

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|-3-3---------3-3---------3-3-------|-0-0---------0-2---------2-2-----|
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PM. .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .

Chorus - ["Sit down, my son.."]
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Chorus 2 - ["But if it ever came down to one day.."]
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|--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8-|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-|

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PM                            . . .

Out-Chorus - Lee playing lead over chorus' 2 chords
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