I Never Told You What I Do For A Living Chords & Tabs
I Never Told You What I Do For A Living Tab
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I Never Told You What I Do For A Living - My Chemical Romance
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Tabbed by: Kiefermatot
Email: bat6man9@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard - (EBGDAE)
For me, this was a hard song to tab out. In the verse, while guitar 2 is playing..guitar
1 is palm muting a riff. You have to hold the speaker up to your ear to hear it, because
it's hard to hear. Anyway, if it's wrong..please correct me. I have no clue if it's right
or not. But the rest of the song, I'm almost positive is right.
I am also un sure about what each guitar plays, so could you please leave a comment or
e-mail me with corrections.
Intro
(0:00-0:07)
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------7h8-7-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-///Pickslide///---------|
E|-------------------------|
Guitar 1
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-4~---------------|
D|-4~2~-5~-4~-------|
A|-2~2~-5~-4~-------|
E|---0~-3~-2~-------|
Verse
(0:07-0:24)
Guitar 1
e|-----|------|-----|-----|
B|-----|------|-----|-----|
G|-----|------|-----|-----|
D|-----|------|-----|-----| Palm mute each chord ? times.
A|--9--|---2--|--5--|--4--|
E|--7--|---0--|--3--|--2--|
PM. . . . .
^^This is the riff that is hard to hear, and is palm muted. Not 100% sure.
Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-6-7-6-4--4-6-9-7-6--11-12-14-12-11--6-9-7/11---|
D|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x-x-x----|X2
A|-2-4-5-4-2--2-4-7-5-4--9--10-12-10-9---4-7-5/9----|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus
(0:24-0:40)
Both Guitars? Not sure..
I think Guitar 2 plays the riff in between the palm muting by itself.
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-4---------4--------7---9-11-7-4-6-7-9-7--|
D|-4---------4--------7---x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--|x2
A|-2---4/5-4-2--5/7-5-5---7/9/-5-2-4-5-7-5--|
E|------------------------------------------|
PM . . .
(0:40-0:52)
Guitar 1 (clean here) (Distorted)
e|---------------------------0----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------0------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-11-------0---0-----------------------------------------|
D|--x--x-x-------4---4---4----------5--/-7----------------------|
A|-10-10-9------2---4---------------5--/-7----------------------|
E|----------------------3-----------3--/-5----------------------|
only goes so far harmony...wont sound perfect
Verse
(0:52-1:00)
Guitar 1
e|-----|------|-----|-----|
B|-----|------|-----|-----|
G|-----|------|-----|-----|
D|-----|------|-----|-----| Palm mute each chord ? times.
A|--9--|---2--|--5--|--4--|
E|--7--|---0--|--3--|--2--|
PM. . . . .
This verse also has the riff I'm not sure about.
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-6-7-6-4--4-6-9-7-6--1112-14-12-11--6-9-7/11---|
D|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x--x--x--x---x-x-x-x----|
A|-2-4-5-4-2--2-4-7-5-4--9-10-12-10-9---4-7-5/9----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus
(1:00-1:17)
Both Guitars? Not sure..
I think Guitar 2 plays the riff in between the palm muting by itself.
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-4---------4--------7---9-117-4-6-7-9-7-----|
D|-4---------4--------7---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----|x2
A|-2x--4/5-4-2x-5/7-5-5x--7/9/5-2-4-5-7-5-----|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/my_chemical_romance/i_never_told_you_what_i_do_for_a_living_tab_ver_2.html ]
(1:17-1:30)
Guitar 1 (Clean here) | (Distorted)
e|---------------------------0---------------------|
B|-------------------------0-----------------------|
G|-12-12-11-------0---0----------------------------|
D|--x--x-x--------4---4---4---------5--/-7---------|
A|-10-10-9------2---4---------------5--/-7---------|
E|----------------------3-----------3--/-5---------|
Interlude
(1:30-1:45)
Both Guitars
Mute the strumming on this for a minute, then harmonics on the stars
e|----------|----------------------------|------|
B|----------|o-5*-7*--------5*-7*----7*-o|-12^--|Repeat harmonics ? times
G|----------|--------7*-5*--------5*-----|------|
D|--444444--|----------------------------|------|
A|--222222--|o--------------------------o|------|
E|----------|----------------------------|------|
(1:45-1:54)
Both Guitars
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-4-444-4-4444-4-4444--7-6-4|
D|-4-444-4-4444-4-4444--7-6-4|
A|-2-222-2-2222-2-2222--5-4-2|
E|---------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444-5-7-6-------|
D|-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444-5-7-6-------|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222-7-5-4-------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-4-444-4-4444-4-4444--7-6-4|
D|-4-444-4-4444-4-4444--7-6-4|
A|-2-222-2-2222-2-2222--5-4-2|
E|---------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444444----------------------------------|
D|-4-4444-4-4444-4-4444444-22-4444-999-77-4--22222-444444---|
A|-2-2222-2-2222-2-2222222-22-4444-999-77-5--22222-444444---|
E|-------------------------00-2222-777-55-3--00000-222222---|
Right here ^, listen for exit of breakdown, change tempo.
(2:06-2:09)
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------0--7--------|
G|--------0---0----------------|
D|-------4---4---4-------------|
A|------2---4------------------|
E|--------------3--------------|
(2:16-2:36)
Both Guitars?
It's essentialy this riff the rest of the song, in differnt build ups
e|------------------------------------|--------------|------------|
B|------------------------------------|-------------o|------------|
G|------------------------------------|--------------|-2-4/6/4----|
D|------------------------------------|--------------|------------|
A|--5-5-5-55-5--4-4-4-44-4-4-5--5-55-5|--4h5p4--4---o|------------|
E|--3-3-3-33-3--5-5-5-55-5-5-7--7-77-7|-------7--7-5-|------------|
(2:36 Outro)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------| x 2
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5-55-5--4-4-4-44-4-4-5--5-55-5--------------|
E|--3-3-3-33-3--5-5-5-55-5-5-7--7-77-7--------------|
And never again, and never again...
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-55-5-5--7-7-7-7-77-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------|
A|--5-5-55-5-5--7-7-7-7-77-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------|
E|--3-3-33-3-3--5-5-5-5-55-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|
Play it with distortion now.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-55-5-5--7-7-7-7-77-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------|
A|--5-5-55-5-5--7-7-7-7-77-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------|
E|--3-3-33-3-3--5-5-5-5-55-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|
Guitar 1
End (this is the little solo type thing at the end of the song)
e|-------17---------15--------17---------14----|13^-^-^-^^^-----|
B|o14h15---15--14h15--14-14h15--15-14h15---15-o|----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
D|o-------------------------------------------o|----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
| . palm mute note
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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