This Could Be Love Chords & Tabs
Artist: Alkaline Trio
Song: This Could Be Love
Tabbed by: Ronn
Email: With_Handuns_for_Hearts@yahoo.com
Notes: This should be right, listen to song for correct rhythm
Feel free to e-mail me any corrections, more Alk3 tabs soon...
PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TAB TO ANOTHER SITE
WITHOUT AUTHORS' PERMISSION. THANK YOU.
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Intro
Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------13-13-14-14-13-13--------13-14-14-14-13-13--|
|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (Comes in on 2nd time)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Verse 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--66-6-666-6-666-6-666-6-----------------------------------|
|--66-6-666-6-666-6-666-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--44-4-444-4-444-4-444-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
** *** *** *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Play Intro x4 (Guitar 1 x4, Guitar 2 x2)
Verse 2
Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--66-6-666-6-666-6-666-6-----------------------------------|
|--66-6-666-6-666-6-666-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--44-4-444-4-444-4-444-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
** *** *** *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4--4--4--4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4--4--4--4--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2--2--2--2--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2 (Comes in during the last bar)
|--------------------------| x
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--7-9~--5-7~--3-5~--3-2~--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
Chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alkaline_trio/this_could_be_love_tab_ver_6.html ]
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--7~---9~---7~---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--7~---9~---7~---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--5~---7~---5~---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Play Intro x4 (Guitar 1 x4, Guitar 2 x2)
Verse 3
Guitar 1
|--------------------------------| x2
|--------------------------------|
|--6~--------------6~------------|
|--6~---7~---4~----6~---7~---4~--|
|--4~---7~---4~----4~---7~---4~--|
|-------5~---2~---------5~---2~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--66-6-666-6-666-6-666-6-----------------------------------|
|--66-6-666-6-666-6-666-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--44-4-444-4-444-4-444-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
** *** *** *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4~-----------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4~--(Pick scrape)--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2~--////////////---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2 (Comes in during the last bar)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--7-9~--5-7~--3-5~--3-2~--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
Play Chorus
Bridge
Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2 (Hit chord and let at the beginning of each bar)
|---------| x4
|----5----|
|----x----|
|----6----|
|----4----|
|---------|
Chorus 3 (A bit different)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Outro Riff
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
End on this chord
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|----2~---|
|----2~---|
|----0~---|
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill