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Artist: Billy Talent
Title: Prisoners of Today
Album: Billy Talent
Tabbed By: James Kean
Email: [email protected]
SONG STRUCTURE
riff 1 x(1) intro
riff 3 x(1)
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riff 2.1 x(9) verse 1
riff 2.2 x(4)
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riff 1 x(1) verse bridge
riff 2.2 x(2)
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riff 2.1 x(9) verse 2
riff 2.2 x(4)
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riff 1 x(1) pre-chorus
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riff 3 x(2) chorus 1
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riff 4.1 x(4) bridge
riff 4.2 x(2)
riff 1 x(2)
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riff 3 x(4) chorus 2
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riff 5 x(1) outro
Riff #1 (picking)
[E-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[B-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[G-]----8--7--5-3-2-00------7-7-5-5-3-3--2-0---------------------
[D-]---5-55-55-5-5-5-------3-3---3---3--3-3-3-22------------------
[A-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[D-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[E-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[B-]-------------------------------------------------------------
-222-55-2-55-2-55-2--5bd--222-55-2-55-2-55-2-5bd-------------
[D-]-000-00-0-00-0-00-0--0----333-33-3-33-3-33-3-----------------
[A-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[D-]-------------------------------------------------------------
Riff #2
2.1 2.2
[E-]-------|---------3--------5-----------------------------------
[B-]-------|---------3--------5-----------------------------------
[G-]-------|-------3-3------5-5-----------------------------------
[D-]-------|------------------------------------------------------
[A-]-3335--|--3335-----3335---------------------------------------
[D-]-------|------------------------------------------------------
Riff #3 (chorus)
[E-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[B-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[G-]-88-5-77-555-33-0-22-0--77-3-55-333-22-00-00------------------
[D-]-55-5-55-555-55-5-55-0--33-3-33-333-33-33-22------------------
[A-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[D-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[E-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[B-]-------------------------------------------------------------
-222-55-2-55-2-55-2--5bd--222-55-2-55-2-55-2-5bd-------------
[D-]-000-00-0-00-0-00-0--0----333-33-3-33-3-33-3-----------------
[A-]-------------------------------------------------------------
[D-]-------------------------------------------------------------
Riff #4
(those are 10's & 11's not 1's & 0's. It's hard to follow but just remember
that they're the rhythm as the previous two)
4.1
[E-]-xx-xx-x--xx-xx-x---xx-xx-x-----xx-xx-x-----------------------
[B-]-88-88-8--66-66-6--1010101010--1111111111---------------------
[G-]-55-55-5--33-33-3---77-77-7-----88-88-8-----------------------
[D-]-55-55-5--33-33-3---77-77-7-----88-88-8-----------------------
[A-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[D-]--------------------------------------------------------------
4.2
(same as above except faster strumming. 10x8 means hit 10 eight times, likewise for eleven)
[E-]-xxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxx-----------------------
[B-]-88888888--66666666----10x8------11x8-------------------------
[G-]-55555555--33333333--77777777--88888888-----------------------
[D-]-55555555--33333333--77777777--88888888-----------------------
[A-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[D-]--------------------------------------------------------------
Riff #5 (outro)
[E-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[B-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[G-]--------------------------------------------------------------
[D-]---55---------------------------------------------------------
[A-]-55-----------------------------------------------------------
[D-]-55-----------------------------------------------------------
Stretch those fingers!