Private Eye Chords & Tabs
Alkaline Trio - "Private Eye"
From the album "From Here To Infirmary"
Tabbed By: Alan Good (kentucky_fried_children_@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Dropped D, although it can be done in standard tuning just as easily
The number of strokes may be inaccurate, depending on how fast you want to play
the song, listen to it to get your own rhythm!
INTRO:
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b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10
a-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10
d-------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10
VERSE: is the same as the intro, but is palm muted
CHORUS:
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g----------------------------------------------------------------
d-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
a-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
d-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------
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b----------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------------
d-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
a-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
d-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------
CHORUS EXTENTION: This part comes at the end of the second chorus
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b----------------------------------------------------------------
g-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
d-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
a-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
d-
MODIFIED INTRO:
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b------------------------------------------------
g-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12
d------------------------------------------------
a-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10
d------------------------------------------------
SONG ORDER:
Intro: x4
Verse One: x4
Intro: x2
Verse Two: x4
Chorus: x2
Intro: x2
Verse Three: x2, because the first parts are played by the bass only)
Chorus: x2
Chorus Extention: x1
Modified Intro: x4
Chorus: x2
End on:
d-5---
a-5---
d-5---