Pledge Allegiance Chords & Tabs
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PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
As recorded by American Head Charge
(From the 2005 Album THE FEEDING)
Words by Cameron Heacock Music by Bryan Ottoson, Cameron Heacock, Chris Emery
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Bryan'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Karma'
Intro
Q=120
D5 N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8---||
|-------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6--o||
|-------------------------0-0---------||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-0-0-------------------------------------|
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--|
|----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--|
Verse
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----|
||--0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o||
|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-----||
Pre-Chorus
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--||
|------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
|-------------------------0-0--------||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-0-0-------------------------------------|
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--|
|----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--|
Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
H E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
|------||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|------||o---------------------------|--------------------------o||
|------||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|------||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6-o||
|------||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6--||
2nd Verse
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----|
||--0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o||
|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-----||
Pre-Chorus
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--||
|------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
|-------------------------0-0--------||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-0-0-------------------------------------|
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--|
|----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/american_head_charge/pledge_allegiance_tab_ver_2.html ]
2nd Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
W E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|----------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o||
|----------||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6---||
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5F5G5Ab5
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-0-3-5-6-|
|-0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-3-5-6-|
Interlude
C5 D5G5D5Gb5 D5C5 D5GbD5F5 D5G5D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|------------------||
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-0-4-0-3-3-0-5-0-o||
||--10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-0-4-0-3-3-0-5-0--||
C5 D5G5D5Gb5 D5C5 G5 Gb5D5F5D5 C5 G5 Gb5
E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E E E H Q. E +W
|-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------|
|-------------------|------------------||o--------------|--------|
|-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------|
|-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------|
|-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-(10)-5--4--0-3-0-||o-10----5----4-|-(4)----|
|-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-(10)-5--4--0-3-0-||--10----5----4-|-(4)----|
1. 2.
C5 Gb5 F5 C5 Gb5 F5 D5F5D5
H Q. E +W H Q. E +H +E E E E
|--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------o||--------------|------------------|
|--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------|
|--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------|
|-10----4----3-|-(3)--------o||-10----4----3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-|
|-10----4----3-|-(3)---------||-10----4----3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-|
1.
C5 G5 Gb5 C5 Gb5 Eb5
H Q. E +W H Q. E +W
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------||
||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------o||
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------||
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------||
||o-10----5----4-|-(4)--------|-10----4----1-|-(1)----o||
||--10----5----4-|-(4)--------|-10----4----1-|-(1)-----||
2.
C5 Gb5 Eb5
H H W +W
|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|
|-10----4----|-1--------|-(1)--------|
|-10----4----|-1--------|-(1)--------|
>
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
D5 N.C.
Gtr I
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--||
|------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
|-------------------------0-0--------||
Out Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
Gtrs I, II
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o||
||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6---||
N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-----6-----5-----6-|-----5-----6-----5-----6-|
|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6-|
N.C.G5N.C.AbD5 D5
S S E S S E E Q. H E Q.
|--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------|--------------*|
|-----5-----6-0------|------0-------*|
|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0------|------0-------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
