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Chesterfield King

Jawbreaker

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From: OpenFace@aol.com
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:03:52 -0400
Subject: TAB: Jawbreaker, "Chesterfield K

"Chesterfield King"
written and performed by Jawbreaker
(C) and (P) 1992 Punk: The Other White Meat music (BMI)
from the Tupelo/Communion release Bivouac (Comm 38-2, Tup 38-2)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)

[Notes]
* (p) = palm-muted
* I'm not the best at transcribing solos, so the solo may be inaccurate
* The F#/G chord is a G power chord with the root lowered a half-step:
   D---5--|
   A---5--|
   E---2--|

***
["Chesterfield King"]

[ GC GC GC GC ]

[Verse]
G                  E        B (p)       C (p)
  We ..
G            E              A                    C
Suddenly ..
G               E             B (p)  C (p)
  We sat ..
G                  E                    
I could .,
 A              C
"Do ..
G     C               G
  Too ..

[Pre-chorus]
B (p)               C (p)
Left ..
E (p)              D (p)         C
Put ..
B (p)             C (p)
Guess ..
E (p)             D (p)         C
Think ..

[Verse]

[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus]
G           F#/G             E        D            C
  I took ..
  B        A
I ..
G             F#/G             E         D         C
  The ..
    B         A
And ..
G          F#/G            E           D       
  You ..
C          B             A
breath ..
G                F#/G       E           D
  We ..
C         B            D
lawn, ..

[ GC GC GC GC ]

[Solo over verse]

h = hammer-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down

E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G---0-----0----0-----0-----------------------------------------------
D------0-----0---0-----0---------------------------------------------
A--------------------------9h10--9\7--7h9--7\5--5h7--5\3--3h5--3\2---
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G---0-----0----0-----0-------------------------------|
D------0-----0---0-----0-----------------------------|
A--------------------------10/12--12/14--14/15-------|
E----------------------------------------------------|

...and repeat

[Pre-chorus]
Said my ..
Handed ..
Held ..
Traced ..

[Repeat chorus]

[Play chorus progression once, palm muting all chords]

[End on G]