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Anberlin
Paperthin Hymn
© 2005 Tooth & Nail Records
Drop D Tuning D-A-D-G-B-E

^v^v^v^v^v  - bend and re-bend both ways lots
    br      - bend and come back quick
           - slide down neck like to the lower pitch notes
    ~       - let ring
Intro

Gtr 1     Play this quietly (acoustic) while bass has at it with slow volume swell
|---|
|-6-|
|-5-|
|-3-| x64     - or 8 sets of 8 strums
|---|
|---|

Gtr 2
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------3-3-|-------------3-3-|-------5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-------5-5--| x2
|-------0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0-----|-----------------|------------------|
|--0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-----------|-3-3-3-------3-3-|-------3-3-3------|

Verse 1

Gtr 1 (acoustic)
|---|
|-6-|
|-5-|
|-3-| x124   - or 15 sets of 8 strums and 1 set of 4 strums
|---|
|---|

Gtr 2 (clean)					      (distortion)
|---------------8---|   |---------------|---------------8---|-------------------|
|--------6----------|   |-5br-5br-------|--------6----------|-------------------|
|-7-----------------|   |---------5-----|-7-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|x2 |---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|   |---------------|-------------------|----------8-7------|
|-------------------|   |---------------|-------------------|---0-8-10-----10-7-|

Pre-Chorus

Gtr 1 				    
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------/  x2  ------------|
|-10-----14----------10-10-10--/  x2  --|
|-10-x16-14-x16-3-----8--8--8--12-12-12--|
|--8-----12-----3-x16-8--8--8--10-10-10--|
|--8------------3-----8--8--8--10-10-10--|

Gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-10------9----------------------------------------|
|-10------7------3---------------------------------|
|--8-x16--0-x16--3-x16--------------------8-7------|
|--8------0------3----------------------------10-7-|

Chorus 1

Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------12------|
|-0-----2----3-----7----8-----12-----10------|  x2
|-0-x13-3-x8-3-x13-8-x3-8-x13-12-x3--10-x13--|
|-0-----2----3-----7----8-----12-----10------|

Gtr2
|----------------------|     |-------------------------|      
|----------------------|     |-------------------------|       
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-------|     |-12-12-12-10-10-10-------|        |
|----------------10-10-| x2  |-------------------10-10-| x2     | x4
|----------------------|     |-------------------------|       /
|----------------------|     |-------------------------|      /

Gtr 1             Gtr 2                      Gtr1
|------|--------------------------------|-----------|
|------|--------------------------------|-----------|
|------|-9-^-v-^-v-^-v-^-v-^-v-^-v-^-v--|--xx-xx----|
|-0~---|--------------------------------|--xx-xx----|
|-0~---|--------------------------------|--xx-xx----|
|-0~---|--------------------------------|--xx-xx----|

Verse2
Gtr 1 (clean)
|---|
|-6-|
|-5-| x124      or 15 sets of 8 strums and 1 set of 4 strums
|-3-|
|---|
|---|

Gtr 2   (clean)
|---------------8---|                  
|--------6----------|  	                
|-7-----------------| 		         
|-------------------|x2		         |
|-------------------|  		         |
|-------------------|  		         |
				         |  x2
|---------------|---------------8---|    |
|-5br-5br-------|--------6----------|    |
|---------5-----|-7-----------------|    |
|---------------|-------------------|    /
|---------------|-------------------|   /
|---------------|-------------------|  / 

Then

Gtr 1/2
|----------|------------|-----------|------------|
|----------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-9--------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-0--------|-10---------|-10--------|-10---------|
|-0--------|--8---------|--8--------|-10---------|
|-0--------|--7---------|--8--------|------------|

Pre-Chorus

Gtr 1
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-10-----14-------------|
|-10-x16-14-x16-3-------|
|--8-----12-----3-x16---|
|--8------------3-------|

Gtr 2
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-10------9-------------9----9-----9----10-----10-----10--|
|-10------7------3-------7-7--7-7---7-----7-7----7-7----7-|
|--8-x16--0-x16--3-x16------------------------------------|
|--8------0------3----------------------------------------|

Chorus 2

Gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------|   |-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------| |  |-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------12-----------| |  |-12--------------------|
|--0------2-----3------7-----8------12-----10------3----| x2 |-10------10-----8------|
|--0-x13--3-x3--3-x13--8-x3--8-x13--12-x3--10-x16--3-x4-| |  |-10-x13---8-x4--8-x16--|
|--0------2-----3------7-----8------12-----10------3----|/   |-10-------7-----8------|

Gtr 2					               
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|      
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|   |   
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-------|   |-12-12-12-10-10-10-------|   |   
|----------------10-10-|x2 |-------------------10-10-|x2 |x5
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|   |   
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|  / 
					               /

Gtr 1/2 
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--10-10-10--0-0-0--10-10-10--0-0-0---10-----|


Bridge

Gtr 1/2 (electric)			
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------3-3-|-------------3-3-|-------5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-------5-5--|  x3
|-------0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0-----|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-----------|-0-0-0-----------|-3-3-3-------3-3-|-------3-3-3------|

Gtr 1				    Gtr 2
|------------------------|	   |-------------------------|    |--------|
|------------------------|	   |-------------------------|    |--------|
|-10------5--------------|	   |-10-10-10--9--9--9-------|    |-12-x16-|
|--8------5-x12-3--------|	   |-------------------10-10-| x2 |--------|
|--8-x16--3-----3-x4-----|	   |-------------------------|    |--------|
|--8------------3--------|	   |-------------------------|    |--------|


Chorus

Gtr 1/2
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------3-3-|-------------3-3-|---------5-5-5-----|--5--5-5-------5-5-|
|-------0-0-0-----|-------0-0-0-----|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-----------|-0-0-0-----------|--3--3-3-------3-3-|---------3-3-3-----|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Then

Gtr1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------XX-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------XX-|
|---------------12----------------------------------------------------12------XX-|
|-8------12-----10------3-----0------2-----3------7-----8------12-----10------XX-|
|-8-x13--12-x3--10-x13--3-x3--0-x13--3-x3--3-x13--8-x3--8-x13--12-x3--10-x13--XX-|
|-8------12-----10------3-----0------2-----3------7-----8------12-----10------XX-|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------/  x2  ---------------|
|-------------------------------10-10-10--/  x2  -----|
|-8------10------7-----8---------8--8--8--12-12-12-----|
|-8-x16--10-x13--8-x3--8-x16-----8--8--8--10-10-10-----|
|-8------10------7-----8---------8--8--8--10-10-10-----|


Gtr2 					 v----------v <-----<----<---<-----|
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|      |-xx-xx-|     ^don’t finish the last section on   
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|    |  |-xx-xx-|    3rd time completely you have to get
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-------|   |-12-12-12-10-10-10-------|    |  |-xx-xx-|   <- the mute in there.     
|----------------10-10-|x2 |-------------------10-10-|x2  x3 |-xx-xx-|           
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|    |  |-xx-xx-|                      
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|   /   |-xx-xx-|         

|----------------------|   |-------------------------|      |-------------------------|
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|    |  |----/  x2  -------------|  Don’t play the 2nd 
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-------|   |-12-12-12-10-10-10-------|    |  |--10-10-10--/  x2  -----|  part the 2nd time
|----------------10-10-|x2 |-------------------10-10-|x2  x2 |---8--8--8--12-12-12-----|  just go 10’s 
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|    |  |---8--8--8--10-10-10-----|  then 12’s then 10’s
|----------------------|   |-------------------------|   /   |---8--8--8--10-10-

Comments about this tab

Snow_Rider04 - 2008-03-11

Ok so the computer was acting wierd with some of the spacing so sorry 'bout that. The ending there should be another 10 at the bottom there.

Snow_Rider04

go4broke28 - 2008-10-27

great tab man u rock so does anberlin. can you tab there are no mathematics to love and loss???

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