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Because Of You
Nickelback
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BECAUSE OF YOU
As recorded by Nickelback
(From the 2003 Album THE LONG ROAD)
Transcribed by DragonHUL
Words by Chad Kroeger Music by Nickelback
Arranged by Nickelback
Gtr I (C G C F A D) - 'Left'
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - 'Right'
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - 'Middle'
Intro
Q=126
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------|
H.. e S S S e. e S S S e. S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------0-|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-----0h5p0-------------|
|-----------0-|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-0h3-------6p0h3p0h3h5-|
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------|
S S S e. e S S S e. S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-----0h5p0--------------|
|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-0h3-------6p0h3p0h3h5--|
Gtrs I, II, III
PM------------------------------|
S S S e. e S S S e. S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-----0h5p0--------------|
|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-0h3-------6p0h3p0h3h5--|
Gtr I, II
PM------------------------------|
S S S e. e S S S e. S S S S S e S S S Q +Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3---------------------||
|-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-0h3p0-4pb5===(4)b6--||
Pre-Verse
$
Gtrs I, II, III
S e e. e S e e. e S e e S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||o-0-0-3--0-0-0-3--0-|-0-0-3-----0h5p0-------------o||
||--0-0-3--0-0-0-3--0-|-0-0-3-0h3-------6p0h3p0h3h5--||
Verse
PM-------------------------------------
e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|
------------------------------|
e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. E. E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------3--3--|
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--3--3--|
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--3--3--|
$$
PM-------------------------------------
e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|
------------------------------|
e. e. e e. e. e e. e. e e. E. E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--------||
|-0--0---0-0--0---0-|-0--0---0-0--------||
Pre-Chorus
S e e. e S e e. e S e e S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||o-0-0-3--0-0-0-3--0-|-0-0-3-----0h5p0-------------o||
||--0-0-3--0-0-0-3--0-|-0-0-3-0h3-------6p0h3p0h3h5--||
Chorus
Q=123
D.S.
E. E. E H E. E. E H E. E. E H E. E. E H
||------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------o||--|
||------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||--|
||--10--10---10-10--|-10--10---10-10--|-7--7---7-7----|-3--3---3-3------||--|
||o--8---8----8--8--|--8---8----8--8--|-5--5---5-5----|-3--3---3-3-----o||--|
||---8---8----8--8--|--8---8----8--8--|-5--5---5-5----|-3--3---3-3------||--|
Guitar Break
Q=126
To Coda
S e e. e S e e. e S e e S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||--------------------|------------------------------||
||o-0-0-3--0-0-0-3--0-|-0-0-3-----0h5p0-------------o||
||--0-0-3--0-0-0-3--0-|-0-0-3-0h3-------6p0h3p0h3h5--||
Interlude
Q=121
Gtr II
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|---------/3--4--5-|---------/3--4--5-|
|-0--2--3----------|-0--2--3----------|
Gtr I, II
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E Q +Q
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|---------/3--4--5-|-----------------------|
|-0--2--3----------|-0--2--3-3pb5===(3)b5--|
Breakdown
Gtrs I, II, III
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|
|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|
|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|
PM----|
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E e. e. e
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|-0--2--3-5--3--2--|
|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|-0--2--3-5--3--2--|
|-0--2--3-/10--11--12-|-0--2--3-5--3--2--|
Bridge
2/4
PM----|
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E S S S E. E E. E. E E. E. E e. e. e
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------|
|---------/7--5--7-|---------------5--7-|---------/7--5--7-|---------|
|-0--2--3-/7--5--7-|-0--2--3-------5--7-|-0--2--3-/7--5--7-|---------|
|-0--2--3-/5--3--5-|-0--2--3-x-x-x-3--5-|-0--2--3-/5--3--5-|-0--2--3-|
|-0--2--3----------|-0--2--3-x-x-x------|-0--2--3----------|-0--2--3-|
4/4
H +H +H +H
|----------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
|-4pb5=====(4)b5.5=====|=(4)b6r===(4)---||
Verse
Q=126
D.S.S. al Coda
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Gtr III Gtr I, II, III
W W W Q Q. E. E.
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----(11)/-----------||
|----------|----------|----------|----(11)/---3--3----||
|----------|----------|----------|----(11)/---3--3----||
|----------|----------|----------|------------3--3----||
/\
Place finger over 11th
frets and pickslide
Outro
&
PM----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-----0h5p0--------------o||
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-3-0-0-3-0-0h3-------6p0h3p0h3h5---||
4/4 2/4
q H. H
|--------------|------*|
|--------------|------*|
|--------------|------*|
|-(0)----------|------*|
|--0-----------|------*|
|--0-----------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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