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The Blue Channel Guitar Tablature
"The Blue Channel" by Taking Back Sunday on Album "Tell All Your Friends"
Tabbed by Andrew Cheong aka PyreXyn

>This tab is for two guitars, as shown by the joined staffs.

>Special abbreviations are marked under the part (Guitar 1 or Guitar 2) that they apply to.
h = hammer-on (do not pick the note above it)
p = pull-off (do not pick the note above it)
. = palm-mute

>Each character represents a sixteenth note.  Therefore, this entire tab includes rhythm.

>Two-digit numbered frets are replaced with letters to preserve the rhythm.
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7777777777777777|7777777777777777|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA|999AAA999AAA99AA|
D|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|----------------|
A|5555555555555555|5555555555555555|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                |                |                |................|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|777777777777799|555555555555577/|----------------|----------------|
D|777777777777799|555555555555577/|8888888888888888|----------------|
A|555555555555577|333333333333355/|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|6666666666666666|5556665556665566|
                                                     ................

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7777777777777777|7777777777777777|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA|999AAA999AAA99AA|
D|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|----------------|
A|5555555555555555|5555555555555555|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                |                |                |................|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|777777777777799|555555555555577/|----------------|----------------|
D|777777777777799|555555555555577/|8888888888888888|----------------|
A|555555555555577|333333333333355/|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|6666666666666666|5556665556665566|
                                                     ................

E|----------------|------------8-8-|----------------|------------8-8-|
B|----------------|56-56-56-56-----|----------------|56-56-56-56-----|
G|----------------|--7--7--7--7----|----------------|--7--7--7--7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                | h  h  h  h     |                | h  h  h  h     |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7--9------------|----------------|7--9------------|----------------|
D|7--9-A--AA-A----|----------------|7--9-A--AA-A----|8888--8888--8888|
A|5--7-A--AA-A----|------8888888888|5--7-A--AA-A----|8888--8888--8888|
E|-----8--88-8----|6666666666666666|-----8--88-8----|6666--6666--6666|
                   ........

E|----------------|------------8-8-|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|56-56-56-56-----|----------------|56-6--56-6--56--|
G|----------------|--7--7--7--7----|----------------|----7-----7-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                | h  h  h  h     |                | h     h     h  |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7--9------------|----------------|7--9------------|----------------|
D|7--9-A--AA-A----|----------------|7--9-A--AA-A----|8888--8888--8888|
A|5--7-A--AA-A----|------8888888888|5--7-A--AA-A----|8888--8888--8888|
E|-----8--88-8----|6666666666666666|-----8--88-8----|6666--6666--6666|
                   ........

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7777777777777777|7777777777777777|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA|999AAA999AAA99AA|
D|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|----------------|
A|5555555555555555|5555555555555555|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                |                |                |................|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|777777777777799|555555555555577/|----------------|----------------|
D|777777777777799|555555555555577/|8888888888888888|----------------|
A|555555555555577|333333333333355/|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|6666666666666666|5556665556665566|
                                                     ................

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7777777777777777|7777777777777777|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA|999AAA999AAA99AA|
D|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|----------------|
A|5555555555555555|5555555555555555|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                |                |                |................|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|777777777777799|555555555555577/|----------------|----------------|
D|777777777777799|555555555555577/|8888888888888888|----------------|
A|555555555555577|333333333333355/|8888888888888888|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|6666666666666666|5556665556665566|
                                                     ................

E|----------------|------------8-8-|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|56--6-65656-----|----------------|5--6--65-6--6-6-|
G|----------------|---7-------7----|----------------|-7------7--7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                | h     p p      |                |       p        |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7--9------------|----------------|7--9------------|----------------|
D|7--9-A--AA-A----|----------------|7--9-A--AA-A----|8888--8888--8888|
A|5--7-A--AA-A----|------8888888888|5--7-A--AA-A----|8888--8888--8888|
E|-----8--88-8----|6666666666666666|-----8--88-8----|6666--6666--6666|
                   ........

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------8-8-|
B|----------------|5--6--65-6--6-6-|----------------|56-56-56-56-----|
G|----------------|-7------7--7----|----------------|--7--7--7--7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |                |       p        |                | h  h  h  h     |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|7--9------------|----------------|7--9------------|----------------|
D|7--9-A--AA-A----|----------------|7--9-A--AA-A----|88--------------|
A|5--7-A--AA-A----|------8888888888|5--7-A--AA-A----|88--------------|
E|-----8--88-8----|6666666666666666|-----8--88-8----|66--------------|
                   ........

E|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|
B|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|
G|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|77777-77777-7777|99999-99999-9999|55555-55555-5555|AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAA|
D|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|
A|55555-55555-5555|77777-77777-7777|33333-33333-3333|88888-88888-8888|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


E|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|
B|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|
G|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|77777-77777-7777|99999-99999-9999|55555-55555-5555|AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAA|
D|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|
A|55555-55555-5555|77777-77777-7777|33333-33333-3333|88888-88888-8888|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


E|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|----------------|
B|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-6--56-6--56--|
G|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|----7-----7-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h     h     h  |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|77777-77777-7777|99999-99999-9999|55555-55555-5555|AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAA|
D|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|
A|55555-55555-5555|77777-77777-7777|33333-33333-3333|88888-88888-8888|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


E|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|------------8-8-|
B|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|56-56-56-56-----|
G|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     | h  h  h  h     |
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|AAAAAA999999CCCC|AAAAAA999999CCCC|AAAAAA999999CCCC|AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAA|
D|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX|
A|888888777777AAAA|888888777777AAAA|888888777777AAAA|88888-88888-8888|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


E|----------------||
B|56-56-----------||
G|--7-------------||
D|----------------||
A|----------------||
E|----------------||
 |                || END
E|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|77777-----------||
D|XXXXX-----------||
A|55555-----------||
E|----------------||


Note___________________________________________________________
The tabs:

B|56-56-56-56-----|
G|--7--7--7--7----|

and

B|563563563563----|
G|----------------|

are identical by pitch, but they must be separated so that the "7" could be held
out, thereby producing the distortion effect.
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I have used all sorts of music editing programs to single out channels and
frequencies in order to tab this.  You might not even hear some parts I write in
this tab.  Although I will never claim that I am 100% right, I am confident that
my hours of work have produced an accurate result.
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