Alkaline Trio - Rooftops

Author/Artist: Alkaline Trio

Title: Rooftops

Album: Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music Split

Transcribed by: Jim Taone

Email: [email protected]





Oddly, even though it's a hwm cover, i think it's alk3's

best song on the album it's fun as hell to play and dan

and matt always sound great singing harmony parts...

enough rambling, here's the song



jim



Intro:

Guitar 1

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-7--7--------|

-7--7----7---|

-5--6----7---|

---------5---|

Guitar 2

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-7--6--7/9---|

-------------|

-------------|

-------------|





Verse:

palm mute

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-------------------------7-7-7-7-7---|

-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7---|

-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5---|

-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2---------------|





Chorus:

Timing on this is not exact, so play along with the c.d.

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-----------------------------------7-7---|

-7-7-7---7-7-7--9-9-9---4-4-4------7-7---|

-7-7-7---7-7-7--9-9-9---4-4-4------5-5---|

-5-5-5---5-5-5--7-7-7---2-2-2------------|





Outro;

Guitar 1

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-------------------------7-7-7-7-7---|

-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7---|play 4x

-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5---|

-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2---------------|



Guitar 2:

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-6h7--7/9--7--6---|

------------------| play approximately 10 times then go on to the below riff

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-6-6-6--7-7-7--6-6-6--5-5-5--6-6-6--4-4--2---|

-x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x--x---|

-4-4-4--5-5-5--4-4-4--7-7-7--4-4-4--2-2--0---|

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-6-6-6--7-7-7--9-9-9--7-7-7--6-6-6--4----6---|

-x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x----x---|

-4-4-4--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--4-4-4--2----4---|

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Songflow:

Intro

Verse (4x)

Chorus (2x)

Verse (4x)

Chorus (4x)

Outro





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