The Wire Tab

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                             THE WIRE - Haim
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Tabbed by: Lauren Marquez
E-mail: lauren.marquez4@gmail.com
 
10/1/13
NOTE: Tab updated to include riffs from the album version of the song.
For extra riffs from the old/live version, scroll to the bottom.
 
Tuning: Standard
 
 
[Intro]
e|-------------------------17pb19r17-14------|
B|-------17pb19r17-15-(17)-------------------|
G|--7-------------------------------------7--|
D|--7-------------------------------------7--|
A|--5-------------------------------------5--|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
(palm mute)
e|--------------|     e|-----------------------------|
B|--------------|     B|-----------------------------|
G|--------------|     G|-----------------------------|
D|--------------|     D|-----------------------------| (repeat all twice)
A|-555555555555-|     A|---------------------------5-|
E|--------------|(x4) E|-555555555555-333333333333---|
 
 
CHORUS PT. 1
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|---------------------7--------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7h9--7-7h9---9-7h9--|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|(x4)
 
CHORUS PT 2.
e|--------------------|     e|-----------------------|
B|--------------------|     B|-----------------------|
G|------77------------|     G|-----7-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|--7-9----9-7-77-9-7-|     D|-7-9-------------------| (repeat all twice)
A|--------------------|     A|-----------------------|
E|--------------------|(x3) E|-----------------------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
(bass only at first, then one guitar does the part from verse 1 and the other
guitar does these riffs, listen to find out when)
  1.       2.            3.
e|--------|-------------|------------|
B|---17~--|-------------|------------|
G|--------|--777---777--|------------|
D|--------|--777---777--|---------7--|
A|--------|--555---555--|-----5h7----|
E|--------|-------------|-5h7--------|
 
 
[Bridge]
"...don't let your mind retire"
Guitar 1:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------555555555555-222222222222-000000000000-|
E|-555555555555-333333333333----------------------------------------|(x2)
 
Guitar 2: (after first guitar does the above part once)
e|--------------------------14-17-17/19~-17------------17171717171717-19~--|
B|--/12~-----------12-15-17-----------------(15/17-15)---------------------|
G|-----------11-14---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Solo]
e|--------10-------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10--9-9--9-9-9-9--10-|
B|--10b12----12r10-8--------------/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-1010-10101010-12-|
G|-------------------11~-11-11-11----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|(x2)
 
 
[Outro]
e|----------------------------------5-7-------|
B|------------------------------5-7-----------|
G|------7---4---------------4-7---------------|
D|--5---7---4-----------4-7-------------------|
A|--5---5---2-------5-7-----------------------|
E|--3-----------5-7---------------------------|
 
 
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Alana's riffs from the old/live version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K936dIhm05Q):
 
[Intro/Verse 1]
e|--------10------|
B|------------10--|
G|----11----------|
D|--12--12--12----|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
 
 
[Verse 2 part]
(during Este's verse):
e|--------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------7-----------7-----------5-----------5-|
B|----7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-----|
G|--7---7-------7---7-------6---6-------6---6-------7---7-------7---7-------6---6-------6---6---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------5-----------5-----------3-----------3--222--|
B|------------5-----------5-----------3----------333--|
G|----6-----------6-----------4-----------4------222--|
D|--7---7-------7---7-------5---5-------5---5----000--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
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| r    Release
| pb   Pre-bend
| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| ~    Vibrato
| /    Slide up
| b    Bend
 
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