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Time To Waste by Alkaline Trio

Guitar tab submitted by: Rowley
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Performed by:Alkaline Trio
Composers: Dan Andriano, Derek Grant, Tom Skiba

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Time to Waste
Alkaline Trio
Album - Crimson
by Rowley
22/04/05

Hey, here is the first track on the new Alkaline Trio album Crimson

At the begining of the song it's a piano, the guitar then comes in with this...

--------
--------
--------
--4-----
--x-----
--2-----

play this twice
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------14-14-14-14---13-13-13-13---11-11-11-11---
-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------
-----------12-12-12-12---11-11-11-11---9--9--9--9----
-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
--7-7-7-7---14-14-14-14--13-13-13-13--7-7-7-7--------
-----------------------------------------------------
--5-5-5-5---12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11--5-5-5-5--------
-----------------------------------------------------

verse
--------------|-----------------------------------------
--------------|-----------------------------------------
--------------|-------------------------7--9--7---------
-4------4-----|-4--6--7--4-----4--6--7--7--9--7---------
--------------|-------------------------5--7--5---------
-2---0--2---0-|-2--4--5--2--0--2--4--5------------------

Chourus; play this 3 times
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------
---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------
---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------
---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------
then play this, and let the last 2 power chords ring.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------7---7---------------
---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7---------------
---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---5---------------
---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------

intro 2:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------------2---4---0-

then go back to the verse and chorus and then this happens.

--------
--------
--------
--4-----
--x-----
--2----- let ring so that it goes over the piano

---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------14-14-14-14--13-13-13-13---11-11-11-11-------
--4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------
--4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4--12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11---9--9--9--9-------
--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
--7-7-7-7---14-14-14-14--13-13-13-13--7-7-7-7--------
-----------------------------------------------------
--5-5-5-5---12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11--5-5-5-5--------
-----------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
--8-8-8-8---14-14-14-14--13-13-13-13--11-11-11-11--
---------------------------------------------------
--6-6-6-6---12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11--9--9--9--9---
---------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
---7-7-7-7---14-14-14-14---9---7--------------
---------------------------9---7--------------
---5-5-5-5---12-12-12-12---7---5--------------
----------------------------------------------

now back to the chorus

then end it with this

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11----
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------

I hope you like it, I think it's pretty much perfect.
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Comments on this version of the 'Time To Waste' guitar tab

Kgoulis89Kgoulis89Unknown Date
You should mention which notes need to be held and there are no single low E strings, it's paired with a 2 on the a string.
punkertonpunkertonUnknown Date
perfect, nice one :)
BurtBobainBurtBobainUnknown Date
Hey this is a good tab i was thinking of covering it and i worked out a simple version of the piano intro to play and i hope this helps any1 trying to cover it with a band without a pianist,anyway i dont mind people copying this if you think its good but give me credit plz if its bad dont tell ne1,


Intro (piano, can use whatever effect fits to your tastes)


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-10-9-7--------10-9-7------10-9-7-------10-9-7-


------------7------------6----------7----------


-----------7-7----------6-6--------6--6--------


---------5-------------4----------4------------


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then ( a second guitar starts here instead of the complex piano)


-----17-16--14------17-16--14--


-14--------------15------------


------------------------------- X 2


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2nd guitar for that bit


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-----10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-(tremo


---7-----------------------------picked)


--7-7----------------------------


-5------------------------------- X 4


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(that last the same time as the main piano bit which is x 2 as it takes longer,hope u understand cos im bad at explaining)





then 2nd guitarist or lead whichever goes into main part which you have tabbed and plays over paino bit whihc plays


----17-16--14----17-16--14-


-14-----------15-----------


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hoped this helped got any problems or constructive critisism then email mrmonkey_666@hotmail.com
i agree with burt =)

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