• Song:

    Its Nice To Know You Work Alone

  • Artist:

    Silversun Pickups

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            It's Nice to Know You Work Alone - Silversun Pickups
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Tabbed by: Ahrum
Email: Themoogledance@hotmail.com

This is probably my favorite Silversun Pickups song, for its gritty
grunge feel to it.  This is also a landmark for me and my guitaring,
for while this is a pretty simple song, I've actually completed my first
entire tab.  I've only been playing guitar for 8 months, mind you.

To get a good sound w/o pedals, I cut the tone to 0 on my guitar, use
the rhythm pickups, and turn the treble and middle values on my amp to
about 3 o'clock (12 o'clock being normal)... it's a pretty sick sound,
and I enjoy playing that way.

UPDATE: I submitted this in Eb tuning, but in further listens of the song,
It's definitely in Drop D... my mistake

Feel free to e-mail me w/ comments.

Tuning: Drop D

UPDATE: (4/17)  Updated the Chorus and a bit of the Solo, also the last
"main" riff, thanks to HappyGilmore899.

UPDATE: (4/23)  So, i bought the Silversun Pickups pack on GHWT, and,
yes, it's fricken awesome... (The drums to this song are so much fun..
If you got it, LEMME DRUM FOR YOU Gamertag = AhrumBSTRD).  BUUUT
apparently there are some random notes during the chorus in the GH 
version of this song that I don't hear AT ALL in the album version.
I'm stickin' w/ mine, so ehg.


UPDATE: (4/29)  Hopefully this is the final one.  I'm revising the chorus 
a bit, 'cause i've noticed that it's not a full slide, it's more of a 
hammer on on the 4th string.  I've been playing it like that for a while 
now, so I figure I should update this.

UPDATE: (5/13)  Been playing it more and more and have added a few changes
to verse 2's power chords and finalized the chorus once and for all.  Listen 
carefully in the song to hear.


e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-5---7-5---7-5---7-5-7h8p7-3--3-1------------|
A|-----------------------------------------3/5-5-3--|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--5/7-7-5---7-7-5-7h8p7-3-3-1-------------7b------|
A|--------------------------------3/5-5-3-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

     Main Riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|
D|--5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5-|
D|--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5-|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|
D|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|
D|--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|
     End Main Riff



     Chorus
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------4--------------------6----|
G|--7---7--7-7-5---5--5-5-3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3---5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5--|
D|--5---5--5-5-3---3--3-3-1---1-1-1-3--1-1-1---3---3-3-3-5--3-3-3--|
A|--5---5--5-5-3---3--3-3-1---1-1-1-1--1-1-1---3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3--|
D|--5---5--5-5-3---3--3-3-1---1-1-1-1--1-1-1---3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3--|
                               

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--7-----5-----3---3-3----5---5-5-----3-----5--|
D|--5-----3-----1---3-1----3---5-3-----1-----3--|
A|--5-----3-----1---1-1----3---3-3-----1-----3--|
D|--5-----3-----1---1-1----3---3-3-----1-----3--|
      End Chorus     *          *                 

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-5--x7-5--x7-5---7-5-7h8p7-3-3-1-------------|
A|----------------------------------------3/5-5-3---|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----5/7-7-5---7-7-5-7h8p7p5-7b---|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

(This is strictly how I play it.  Feel free to make it a 3 string power 
chord all the way thru.)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3-------------3-------------7-------------7-------------3---|
A|--1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|
D|--1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------7-------------7-------------3-------------3----------|
A|--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5-|
D|--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5-|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-------------7-------------3-------------5-------------7-------------7---7---|
A|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5---|
D|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5---|

[Chorus]

       Solo
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------10-12-10--------|
D|----5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5-10-12----------12-10--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----8---7b--5-7-5--3-5--3-5-------3-5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5/12\10--|
A|----------------------------5-3-5----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------10-12-10---------------------------------------|
D|----3-5/10-12--3-5-10-12----------12-10-8\3---8-7-8-7--7-5-5h7-5---3-5--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------10-12-10-------------------------------|
D|----10-12----------12-10-8---5h7b--5-7b-5--3-5---|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
       End solo

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---10-10--10-10-10--10-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--|
D|---10-10--10-10-10--10-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-10-10--10-10-10--|
D|----1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-10-10--10-10-10--|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---10-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--|
D|---10-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|----3-0~--------0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D|----3-0~--------0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
                  x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

[Chorus]

[Main Riff]


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  bend
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