• Song:

    Textbook Under The Sea

  • Artist:

    We Are Scientists

Tabbed by: schmojay

Tuning: standard
this tab is spaced out for ease of sight. not in regards to the 
timing of the picking. first i will show the chord progression 
of the song. then i will show the picking pattern for the chords
of the song.

verse:

E - C#m - E - C#m - A - B - C#m - E - A - B - E

E - C#m - E - C#m - A - B - C#m - E - A - B

chorus:

C#5 - E - C#5 - E - A - B - E- C#m - A - B - E

verse 2:

E - C#m - E - C#m - A - B - C#m - E - A - B

for the riff over the second verse repeat the following:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------6------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7--(b9)-7-----7--(b9)-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus 2:

C#5 - E - C#5 - E - A - B - E - C#m - A - B - C#m - E - A - B
end with E



Picking Patterns:
   
E chord:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-----------0------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------1-----------1-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#m chord:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-----------5-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------6-----------6------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------6----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----4---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A chord:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------2---------2------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------2---------2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B chord:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------4----------4------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------4----------4-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------2----------4---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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