A Loss For Words - Half Step Down Chords & Tabs

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                         Half Step Down - A Loss For Words 
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Tabbed by: Martin Messner
Email: bigbonsai@hotmail.de
This Song On Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if_26tK1qCc

Tuning: E-Standard

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[V E R S E]

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-----------------4-4-4-4----------||
D|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--||
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------2-2-2-2--||
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Bass(Suggestion)                                                       |
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-----------------2-2-2-2-----2----|| play four times
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---------2-2---2--||
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Guitar 1(so quiet *.* yth that? // starting at the second time)        |
e|-----------------------------------4-------7-------4----------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------2-4-4h6p4-2---4-6-8-6-4-6-8---4-6s8---4-6s8---6b8-4-6b8-4----||
D|-----4-------------4~~~~~~---------------------------------------4--||
A|---4----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 1 (replays half of the Verse)
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|---4---------------3-------1------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-----------------4-4-4-4----------||
D|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--||
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------2-2-2-2--||
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Bass(Suggestion)                                                       |
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-----------------2-2-2-2-----2----|| play 2 times
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---------2-2---2--||
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Guitar 1(appears at the second time)                                   |
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--||
D|---1-1-1-1-2-2-4-4---------1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-4-4------------------||
A|-------------------4-4-4-4------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/a_loss_for_words/half_step_down_tab.html ]
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-----------------4-4-4-4-----------||
D|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4---4--4--||
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4---4--4--||
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------2---2--2--||
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Bass(Suggestion)                                                        |
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-2-----------------2-2-2-2-----2-----|| play once
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---------2-2---2---||
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Guitar 1(so quiet and unimportant)                                      |
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------4-6-8-6-4-6-8-------------------6b8-4-----------||
D|---6-------6---6---4~~~~~~---------6-------6---6-6-------------------||
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------||
E|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------||

And with those little Variations the whole Song

Except:

[I N T E R L U D E]

Guitar 1 + 2
e|------------------------------------|---2--------------------------------------------|
B|----4---4---2---2s4---0---0--0---0--|-----2p0----4h5p4h5p4h5p4---4-2-0--0---0---0----|
G|----4---3---3-----4---4---3--1---4--|-4~------6~------------------------4---3---1---4|
D|-4-4---4---4---4-----------------4--|-4~------6~---------------6~-------------------4|
A|-4-4---4---4---4--------------------|-2~------4~---------------6~--------------------|
E|-2-2---2---2---2--------------------|--------------------------4~--------------------|
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                                                        4 times 
                                                  (litte Changes in the
                                                     upper Strings)

Guitar 1
e|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-0----|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------1--|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------|

[D R U M  D O M I N A T E D   V E R S E]


e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6-----6--------------------6-----6----|
D|--6--------6-6-----6-6-----6-6--------6-6-----6-6--|
A|--6--------6-2-----2-6-----6-6--------6-2-----2-6--|
E|--4--------4---------2-----2-4--------4---------2--|


e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6-----6-------------------------------|
D|--6--------6-6-----6-6-----6-6--------6-2--2--6----|
A|--6--------6-2-----2-6-----6-6--------6-2--2--6----|
E|--4--------4---------2-----2-4--------4-0--0--2----|

After that two times Verse- quite normal


e|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------9~-----|
G|---8---11---8----11---8~-----|
D|---6---8----6----8----6~-----|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

More Tabs from "A Loss For Words" will probably follow.

Whoever requested this tab, email me ;) have to say thanks for the indirect clue to this band

Martin Messner
bigbonsai@hotmail.de

(for UG: see the Youtube Describtion of the Videolink above: it is an offical band)