Checkered Floor Tab

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Tabbed by: City Machine
Email: vegeta373@hotmail.com

Artist: Silversun Pickups
Song: Checkered Floor
Album: Carnavas

Tuning: Standard    (Low to High) E A D G B E

Note: I didn't tab the 2nd guitar during the verses so this is kind of bare bones

Intro (palm mute): clean guitar

Clean guitar:
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------4--6------4--6------4--6-----------|
|--4--6------4--6------4--6------4--6------|
|------------------------------------------|

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---6-------666---|
|---6---x16-666---|
|---4-------444---|

Verse (palm mute):

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|

2nd guitar during E5 chord:

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------8---8---8---8\----4----4----4----4------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----(6)-(6)-(6)--(6)--(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
() = Technically it's just the high notes but you can play octave shape if no 2nd guitar

"Conceal.....pass it on"

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---4------------2---------------|
|---4---x16------2----x16--------|
|---2------------0---------------|  x2



Chorus (heavy distortion):

B5         A5                      G5   F#5  B5  F#5
Meanwhile      another scene  yeah

B5            A5                     G5  F#5    B5    F#5
Tracking mud     while blood letting

G5     F#5     B5    F#5
We've  been    so    proud

Verse 2 (clean guitar):
G#5         F#5          E5    G#5              F#5          E5
Watch how a storm behaves      We'll  all roll  in our graves

G#5       F#5      E5           G#5           F#5             E5
Sink with every word            While all our backs were turned

Chorus 2: (heavy distortion):

B5        A5                G5   F#5  B5  F#5
Meanwhile     our little gem

B5          A5               G5     F#5     B5    F#5
Sleep with      sycophants   We've  been    so    proud

B5                A5                   G5    F#5   B5   F#5
But now and then     we're joining in  We've been  so   proud

B5            A5
Tracking mud      while blood letting

G5     F#5     B5    F#5
We've  been    so    proud

E5  F#5   G5    A5

Solo:

      B5       A5        G5      B5
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----9---------11--------7---------4------|
|-----x---------x---------x---------x------|
|-----7---------9---------5---------2------|
|------------------------------------------|
       B5      A5               G5        F#5      B5     F#5
|-------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|------4--------7---------||-----7---------4--------9-------6----|
|------x--------x---------||-----x---------x--------x-------x----|
|------2--------5---------||-----5---------2--------7-------4----|
|-------------------------||-------------------------------------|    x3   (let last 
ring out)      We've     been      so     proud

Outro:

Palm mute E5 till end

Chord diagrams:

G#5    4 6 6 x x x
F#5    2 4 4 x x x
E5     0 2 2 x x x
B5     x 2 4 4 x x
A5     x 0 2 2 x x