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Lost Cause Guitar Tablature
"Lost Cause" -- Oleander
Tabbed by Kyle Holcombe

Tuning: Drop D down a half step (Db Ab Db Eb Gb Eb)

Intro
Guitar 1:
 This is the main riff   This is the refrain thing   Throw this in at one point
|----------------------||---------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------------|---------3-4-6-4-3----|
|--5^(6)r-3-5-3---3-5--||--3~-2~-0~--3-2-3-5-3-0-3--|--5^(6)r-----------5--|
|---------------5------||---------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------------|----------------------|

Guitar 2:
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--5--10--3-----|
|--5--10--3--3--|
|--3---8--1--3--|
|------------3--|

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Verse

Mostly bass -- but guitars can throw in some slightly distorted palm muted
chords here and there -- same chords as the intro.  Just fool around with it.

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Chorus

Guitar 1:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5--10--3-----5^(6)r^(6)r^(6)~~--|
|--5--10--3--3---------------------|
|--3---8--1--3---------------------|
|------------3---------------------|

Guitar 2:
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--5-----3-----|
|--5--1--3--3--|
|--3--1--1--3--|
|-----1-----3--|

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Bridge/Outro

Guitar 1:
             ||-----------||
             ||-----------||
             ||-----------||
             ||--3--4--0--||
             ||--3--4--0--||
             ||--3--4--0--||

Guitar 2:
||-----------||-----------||
||-----------||-----------||
||-----------||-----------||
||--3--4--0--||--3--4--0--||
||--3--4--0--||--3--4--0--||
||--3--4--0--||--3--4--0--||
  pm.........

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Solo

Guitar 1:
||---------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
||--10^(11)r-8-10-8----8-10--||--10^(11)r-8h10p8----8----------------------------|
||------------------10-------||------------------10---10-8-10-8------------------|
||---------------------------||---------------------------------10-8-10-8--------|
||---------------------------||-------------------------------------------10-8--|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10^(11)r-8-10-8----8-10--10^(11)r-8-10-8----8-10--10^(11)r-8-10-8----8-10--|
|------------------10-----------------------10-----------------------10-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------9------10------11------12-------|
|-----------8-10-11-10-8----------------------------------------------------12^(14)-13^(15)-14^(16)-15^(17)--|
|--10^(11)r--------------10--10^(11)r-8-10-8----8-10--10^(11)r-8h10p8----8-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------10-----------------------10-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Okay, so that little descending part of the solo isn't right..but it's a bit hard to
figure out just what he's doing...so you can play that instead, 'less you feel like
figuring it out yourself.

Otherwise, I think it's pretty dead on.  E-mail any comments/suggestions/whatnot to
[email protected]

#^(#)  .. Bend to note in ( )
#^(#)r .. Bend to note in ( ) and release to original note
h ....... Hammer on
p ....... Pull off
~ ....... Vibrato/hold note
( ) ..... Held only for a second or hardly heard due to
          feedback, other notes picked, etc.
/........ Slide up the neck (Towards pickups)
........ Slide down the neck (Away from pickups)
<> ...... Harmonic
pm ...... Palm mute
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