Life Of A Salesman by Yellowcard

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Tuning: (DADGBE)            Guitar 1
                       --------------------

Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------|


Verse: "Whats a dad for dad.."


No Guitar 1


Verse Cont'd: "Man dad..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
   . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .

Pre-Chorus: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--4-4--4-4--4------------------------------------------------|
   . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  .

Chorus: "Father I will always be.."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
D|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|


Repeat Intro 


Verse: "What's a dad for dad..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
D|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|X2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
   

Pre-Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2--2-2--2-2--5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--4-4--4-4--4------------------------------------------------|
   . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  .


Repeat Chorus


Bridge:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------7----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4--3--4--x--4--6--8-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x--x--x--4--x--x--x-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--1--2-----2--4--6-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-4-4--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6-4-4--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
D|--------------2-2-2-2-2-2---------------6-6-6-6-4-4--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4|


Chorus: "Father I will always be..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------4-4-4-4--------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|
D|------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------|
   . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .  . . . .

 
Chorus Cont'd: "Watched you tower..."  (Play that till the end of the song)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
D|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|






GUITAR 2
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ah= artificial harmonic


(ok, he probably uses a flanger or phaser in the intro, i'm not sure, but doing an
artificial harmonic up and down the neck sounds good. If you don't know what that is....
find out on some website...it's too hard for me to explain....)



Intro: (just keep hitting this note while doing the ah)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ah


Verse: :What's a dad for dad..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9----4---2---6---4--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   ah  ah  ah  ah  ah


Pre-Chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--8--11-9--12--11-9--8---------------------------------------------------|
D|-x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x---------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--6--9--7--10--9--7--6---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
D|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|


Verse: (do the ah on the 9th fret for a little then do what guitar 1 does)


Repeat Pre-Chorus


Repeat Chorus


Bridge: (no guitar 2)


(this part was really hard to tab ou, so give me a break if i mess
 up.)

9b(10)= bend to the note of that fret


Guitar Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------4h5p4-----4-5~-----------------------------------------------|
G|-4-8-6~--4-6---------6------------6h8p6---6-8~--6b(7)---6---4~-------------|
D|------------------------------6-9-------9----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                  ah ah  ah  ah
 

Alright,this next part uses a wah pedal so it was kind of hard to hear...if you
have a wah pedal...it sounds really cool.

e|--------------------------------14p12p11h12~-------------------------------| X2
B|-12--11--9~---9h11h12--9h1h12----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------14-13-14~--------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                      .  .  .
This part is especially hard to hear so i just did something it the scale that sounds cool
e|-----------------------------------------------------------14p12p11--------|
B|-------------------------------------------------11-12-14-----------12h14--|
G|---------11--14------------11--14---------11-14----------------------------|
D|-13-14------------13--14-----------13-14-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   .  .             .   .

(end part of the solo) (*** that was hard to tab out)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-12-14-16-12~-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|