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Its Nice To Know You Work Alone Tab

by Silversun Pickups
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            It's Nice to Know You Work Alone - Silversun Pickups
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Tabbed by: Ahrum
Email: Themoogledance@hotmail.com

This is probably my favorite Silversun Pickups song, for its gritty
grunge feel to it.

To get a good sound w/o pedals, I cut the tone to 0 on my guitar, use
the rhythm pickups, and turn the treble and middle values on my amp to
about 3 o'clock (12 o'clock being normal)... it's a pretty sick sound,
and I enjoy playing that way.

Feel free to e-mail me w/ comments.

Tuning: Drop D

UPDATE: (4/17)  Updated the Chorus and a bit of the Solo, also the last
"main" riff, thanks to HappyGilmore899.

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-5---7-5---7-5---7-5-7h8p7-3--3-1------------|
A|-----------------------------------------3/5-5-3--|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--5/7-7-5---7-7-5-7h8p7-3-3-1-------------7b------|
A|--------------------------------3/5-5-3-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

     Main Riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|
D|--5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5-|
D|--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5-|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|
D|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|
D|--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|
     End Main Riff

     Chorus
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------4------------------------6--------|
G|--7---7--7-7-5---5--5-5-3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
D|--5---5--5-5-3---3--3-3-1---1-1-1-3--1-1-1--3-3--3---3-3-3-5--3-3-3--5-5-|
A|--5---5--5-5-3---3--3-3-1---1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
D|--5---5--5-5-3---3--3-3-1---1-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1--3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-| x2


e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--3--3-3--3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|--1--1-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|--1--1-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|--1--1-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
      End Chorus

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-5--x7-5--x7-5---7-5-7h8p7-3-3-1-------------|
A|----------------------------------------3/5-5-3---|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----5/7-7-5---7-7-5-7h8p7p5-7b---|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

(This is strictly how I play it.  Feel free to make it a 3 string power
chord all the way thru.)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3-------------3-------------7-------------7-------------3---|
A|--1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|
D|--1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1-|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-------------7-------------7-------------3-------------3----------|
A|--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5-|
D|--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-5-5-|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-------------7-------------3-------------5-------------7-------------7---7---|
A|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5---|
D|--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5---|

[Chorus]

       Solo
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------10-12-10--------|
D|----5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5-10-12----------12-10--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----8---7b--5-7-5--3-5--3-5-------3-5/10-12--3-5/10-12--3-5/12\10--|
A|----------------------------5-3-5----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------10-12-10---------------------------------------|
D|----3-5/10-12--3-5/10-12----------12-10-8\3---8-7-8-7--7\5-5h7-5---3-5--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------10-12-10-------------------------------|
D|----10-12----------12-10-8---5h7b--5-7b-5--3-5---|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
       End solo

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5-5--5-5-5--5------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--|
D|------------------3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------5-5--5-5-5--|
A|----1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-3-3--3-3-3--|
D|----1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3-3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--|
D|-----3-3--3-3-3--3-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-1-1--1-1-1--1-3-3--3-3-3--|

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|----3-0~--------0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D|----3-0~--------0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
                  x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

[Chorus]

[Main Riff]


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  bend
===============================================================================
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powerstroke wrote on April 16 2009, 06:51 pm

Great tab, I'm impressed you already have this up.

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HappyGilmore899 wrote on April 16 2009, 08:07 pm

Overall its pretty solid (I gave it a 4) but the solo sounds off to me. I'm not entirely sure what's going on there but I slowed it down in audacity and it seems like there is a note missed on the 3-5/10-12 on the D string part throughout. That plus towards the end of the chorus I think you've missed a little variant that occurs.

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HappyGilmore899 wrote on April 18 2009, 10:47 am

The Corrections are solid. It's going to be damn near impossible to get the solo right just given the guitar tone but overall it gives a great feel for the song. The Chorus is about 98% right but I do believe at the end of the Chorus theres a variant (Right during the last "It's Nice To Know You Work Alone") to it. I'm not entirely sure what it is but it almost sounds he could be going A# - G. It's hard to tell what it is behind the bass. A little later I'm going to grab my guitar and see if that could be it and let you know if I spot anything with the solo. Overall great job bro, Keep it up!

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