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The River by Good Charlotte
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Standard Tuning
Intro
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Verse
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Pre-Chorus (I don't know the lead)
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Chorus
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/good_charlotte/river_tab_ver_8.html ]
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Verse
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Pre-Chorus (I still don't know the lead)
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Chorus
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|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------------| _-X2
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|------------------7--------------------|<-_Syn goes crazy with a Whammy-Bar on these harmonics
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Solo/Outro (play Chorus during this)
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I'm not 100% sure about this part but it looks and sounds that way in the video.
|11----------------------------------------------------14----14---------------------------------|
|---14-12-11-9----9----9h11----14----14----14----14-14----14----14141111141411111414111114141111|
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^14's and 11's^
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|14---p11------14------------------14----14-11-14--------------|
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Legend:
Muted Note-x
Palm Mute-_
Hammer On-h
Pull Off-p
Bend-b
Release Bend-r
That's it, I hope you all enjoy the tab :)
