Try Honesty Chords & Tabs
After I saw the video, I noticed that this song has 2 different versions.
The one tabbed here for you now is NOT the video version, but in my opinion
the better of the two.
Billy Talent – Try Honesty
Drop D Standard Tuning
Intro (A) (A`)
Guitar 1
e|----------------7-----------------7--|--0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0|
B|----5-----------7-----5-----------7--|--2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2|
G|------6-----------------6------------|--2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2|
D|--------7-6-7-4-----------7-6-7-4----|--4-4--4-4-4-4---2-2---2-2-2-2|
A|-------------------------------------|--0-0—-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------|---0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0|
B|------------------------------------|---2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2|
G|------------------------------------|---2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2|
D|--4---------0-------4---------0-----|---4-4--4-4-4-4---2-2---2-2-2-2|
A|--4---------0-------4---------0-----|---0-0—-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0|
D|--4---------0-------4---------0-----|-------------------------------|
Verse (A)
Guitar 1
e|-------------------7-----------------7-------------------------------
B|-------5-----------7-----5-----------7-------------------------------
G|---------6-----------------6-----------------------------------------
D|-----------7-6-7-4-----------7-6-7-4---------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---4---------0-------4---------0-------------------------------------
A|---4---------0-------4---------0-------------------------------------
D|---4---------0-------4---------0-------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_talent/try_honesty_tab_ver_5.html ]
Chorus (B)
e|---0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0--------0----------0-----------------
B|---2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2--------0----------0-----------------
G|---2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2--------3----------1-----------------
D|---4-4---4-4-4-4---2-2---2-2-2-2---4~---4-----2~---2-----------------
A|-----------------------------------4~---4-----2~---2-----------------
D|-----------------------------------4~---4-----2~---2-----------------
Bridge (C)
e|-----------5b-------------------------5b-----------------------------
B|-----------5b-------------------------5b-----------------------------
G|-----------5b------------7b-----------5b-------------7~-------4~-----
D|---4-4-4-4------0-0-0-0—-6b---3-3-3-3------0/--------6~-------5~-----
A|---4-4-4-4------0-0-0-0-------3-3-3-3------0/------------------------
D|---4-4-4-4------0-0-0-0-------3-3-3-3------0/------------------------
Bridge (C`)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------7~------4~--------|
D|---4---4-2-7-4-2-0-----------3---0-3-5-3-2-0------6~------5~--------|
A|---4---4-2-7-4-2-0---5~--3~--3---0-3-5-3-2-0------------------------|
D|---4---4-2-7-4-2-0-----------3---0-3-5-3-2-0------------------------|
Next Section (we’ll call it D section) let ring
e|-----0-----------2------------0---------0------0--------------------|
B|-----2-----------2------------2---------5------5--------------------|
G|-----2-----------2------------2---------4------6--------------------|
D|-----0-----------2------------4---------6------7--------------------|
A|-----2-----------0------------0---------0------0--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D`
e|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------0---|
B|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------5---------5---|
G|----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------4---4-----6—--6-|
D|----------------------------------4-------4-----4/6-------6/7-------|
A|--2-------2-------0-------0-----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
outro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------2-------2-----------------------------------------------------
G|-----2---2---2---2---------------------------------------------------
D|---4-------2--------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
played onto of final chorus with a vibrato effect
Order
Intro (A) 2X
(A`) 1X
Intro (A) ½ X
(A`) 1X
Verse (both guitars) 2X
Verse (guitar 2 only) 4X
Verse (both guitars) 1X
Verse (guitar 2 only) 1X
Verse (both guitars) ½ X
Verse (guitar 2 only) ½ X
Chorus (B) 2X
Verse (both guitars) 2X
Verse (guitar 2 only) 4X
Verse (both guitars) 1X
Verse (guitar 2 only) 1X
Verse (both guitars) ½ X
Verse (guitar 2 only) ½ X
Chorus (B) 4X
Bridge (C) 2X
Bridge (C`) 4X (with slight variation on last repeat)
D 1X
D` 3X
Chorus 8X (on last 4 times, outro is played)
Outro 1X
That’s it! Congrats. It’s not too difficult; just keep an eye on all the slight
variations and you’ll have no trouble. Good Luck!
