• Song:

    Try Honesty

  • Artist:

    Billy Talent

  • Album:

    Demo

Artist: Billy Talent
Title: Try Honesty (Video/CD Version)
Key: Drop D
Tabber: Andrew Mazurak


Alright I figured I'd tab out the actual version of the song (from the Video/CD).  Theres alot of different
parts then from the first version, but theres some of it thats the same.  I'm still working on it but
it all pretty much sounds correct, theres a couple guitar parts that during the chorus that are in the
background but there not as noticable as the heavy parts so I just left them as it is.  Its not a extremely
hard song, but it does have a bunch of different parts which is what makes it a really good song to learn,
great picking and chording...

KEY:

   Slide Down
/   Slide Up
h   Hammer
p   Pull Off
~   Vibrato


Intro:
                                         
e|-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-----0----00-------------|
B|----------------------------------------0-----0----33-------------|
G|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------1-----2----22-------------|
D|---4-------4-------2-------2-------2----2-----2----22-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         x8    x4  with build up to end.


e |-----------------------------------------------------------7-----|
B |--5-5--5-5-5-5-5---5-5--5-5-5-5-5--------------------------7-----|
G |--2-2--2-2-2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2-2-2----------9p7-------------------|
D |--4-4--4-4-4-4-4---2-2--2-2-2-2-2-----4---------7--6-74---------| X2
A |--------------------------------------4--------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------4--------------------------|

e |-----------------------7-----|
B |-----------------------7-----|
G |-------9p7-------------------|
D |--4---------7--6-74---------|
A |--4--------------------------|
D |--4--------------------------|


Verse 1:

e |-----------------------------|
B |-----------------------------|
G |-----------------------------|
D |--4-----0----------4-----0---| X 2
A |--4-----0----------4-----0---|
D |--4-----0----------4-----0---|

     Well I tripped I fell down naked
     Well I scratched my knees they bled


e |--------------------------------------7-----|
B |--------------------------------------7-----|
G |----------------------9p7-------------------|
D |--4-----0----------4-------7--6-74---------| X2
A |--4-----0----------4------------------------|
D |--4-----0----------4------------------------|

     Sew up my eyes need no more
     In our game there is no score


Chorus:

e |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |--5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
G |--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D |--4-4--4-4-4-4-4--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| X4
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Forgive me father, why should you bother? (Try honesty, Try honesty)
     Hop in your dumptruck, reverse for good luck (Right over me, Right over me)
     Take on the whole world, fight with the young girls (Die tragedy, Die tragedy)
     Call me a cheapskate, come on for pete's sake (Cry agony, Cry agony)


Verse 2:

e |-----------------------7-----|
B |-----------------------7-----|
G |-------9p7-------------------|
D |--4---------7--6-74---------| X2
A |--4--------------------------|
D |--4--------------------------|

e |-----------------------------|
B |-----------------------------|
G |-----------------------------|
D |--4-----0----------4-----0---| X2
A |--4-----0----------4-----0---|
D |--4-----0----------4-----0---|

     I'm insane it's your fault so sly
     Your well of lies ran dry


e |--------------------------------------7-----|
B |--------------------------------------7-----|
G |----------------------9p7-------------------|
D |--4-----0----------4-------7--6-74---------| X2
A |--4-----0----------4------------------------|
D |--4-----0----------4------------------------|

     And I cut the cord free fall
     From so high we seem so small


Chorus:

e |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |--5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
G |--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D |--4-4--4-4-4-4-4--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| X4
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Forgive me father, why should you bother? (Try honesty, Try honesty)
     Hop in your dumptruck, reverse for good luck (Right over me, Right over me)
     Take on the whole world, fight with the young girls (Die tragedy, Die tragedy)
     Call me a cheapskate, come on for pete's sake (Cry agony, Cry agony)


Verse 3:

e |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------5b-----------7b-----------5b------------------|
D |--4-4-4-4--5b--0-0-0-0--7b--3-3-3-3--5b--0-0-0-0---------| X2
A |--4-4-4-4--5b--0-0-0-0--7b--3-3-3-3--5b--0-0-0-0--5~-----|
D |--4-4-4-4------0-0-0-0------3-3-3-3------0-0-0-0---------|

                   Oooooooo I talk to you


e |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------------------------7------|
D |--------------------------------------------------7------| X2
A |-----------0------0-0---5~------------------0-0---7------|
D |--4--4p2-4---4p2--0-0--------3--3p2-3-5-3p2-0-0----------|

     I'm insane, it's your fault (Try)
     I'm insane, it's your fault (Cry)


e |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------?-------------------------|
D |-------------------------------?-------------------------|
A |-----------0------0-0---5~-----?-------------------------|
D |--4--4p2-4---4p2--0-0------------------------------------|

     I'm insane, it's your fault (Cry)


e|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------5---------5----|
G|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------4---4-----4---4--|
D|---4-------4-------2-------2-------4-------4-----4/6-------6/7--------| X2
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Forgive me father, why should you bother now?

e|-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-----0----00-------------|
B|----------------------------------------0-----0----33-------------|
G|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------1-----2----22-------------|
D|---4-------4-------2-------2-------2----2-----2----44-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         x8    x4  with build up to end.

     Forgive me father, why should you bother now?



Chorus:

e |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |--5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
G |--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D |--4-4--4-4-4-4-4--2-2--2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| X4
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Forgive me father, why should you bother? (Try honesty, Try honesty)
     Hop in your dumptruck, reverse for good luck (Right over me, Right over me)
     Take on the whole world, fight with the young girls (Die tragedy, Die tragedy)
     Call me a cheapskate, come on for pete's sake (Cry agony, Cry agony)


Finale:

Cry Agony, Cry Agony
Try Honesty, Try Honestly
Cry Agony, Cry Agony


So thats basically the way that I play Billy Talent's 'Try Honesty'.  Great song and a great cd, everyone should
be picking it up when it gets released September 19th.  Good ol' Canadian band.  Theres a couple parts missing
like the ending and at the last "I'm insane, it's your fault" where it gets higher and higher, but i'm too tired
to figure out the rest.  If you have any questions or comments or anything, e-mail me at mazurak@hotmail.com or
ask me on MSN which is what everybody seems to be doing hah.

Thanks to the following:

Gary H. for the lyrics!
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