The New Cities - Dead End Countdown Chords & Tabs

The New Cities - Dead End, Countdown

Notes: 1) In the Verses, emphasize the higher-sounding notes of each chord.
          You can even drop the notes on low-E and A strings if you want.
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** Intro (Guitar tacet for 8 bars) **

 Guitar (transcribed from Bass part; see original part below)
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
-2-2-4---5------|(5)-----------|-0--0--4----5------|(5)-----------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|

----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
----------------|-----------4--|(4)--4--2----------|--------------|
-2-2-4---5------|(5)-----------|-----------5-------|(5)-----------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|

** Refrain (Play twice; play the last chord/note only at the end of the Chorus) **

 Guitar (Rhythm)
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-9-9-9---9---9-5-|(5)-5-5---5---5-7-|(7)-7-7---7---7-4--|(4)--4-4---5-4--9-|(9\--|
|-9-9-9---9---9-5-|(5)-5-5---5---5-7-|(7)-7-7---7---7-4--|(4)--4-4---5-4--9-|(9\--|
|-7-7-7---7---7-3-|(3)-3-3---3---3-5-|(5)-5-5---5---5-2--|(2)--2-2---3-2--7-|(7\--|
|
|Guitar (transcribed from Bass part; see original part below)
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----|
|-----------------|------4---2-4---2-|(2)-2--------------|------------------|-----|
|-2-2-4---5-----2-|(2)-2-------------|------5---4--------|-------2---4-5--2-|(2\--|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------5--|(5)--5------------|-----|

** Verse 1 (Guitar tacet for 8 bars) **
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_new_cities/dead_end_countdown_tab_ver_3.html ]
-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|----10-10---------|----9--9-----------|
-----7-7----------|-----8--8---------|----10-10---------|----10-10----------|
-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|----11-11---------|----9--9-----------|
-----9-9----------|-----9--9---------|----12-12---------|----11-11----------|
-----9-9----------|-----10-10--------|----12-12---------|----12-12----------|
-----7-7----------|------------------|----10-10---------|-------------------|

-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|-9----9----9----9----|-9----9----9----9----|
-----7-7----------|-----8--8---------|-10---10---10---10---|-10---10---10---10---|
-----7-7----------|-----7--7---------|-11---11---11---11---|-9----9----9----9----|
-----9-9----------|-----9--9---------|-11---11---11---11---|-11---11---11---11---|
-----9-9----------|-----10-10--------|-9----9----9----9----|-12---12---12---12---|
-----7-7----------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

** Refrain **

** Interlude (Play first 4 bars only of the Intro figure) **

** Verse 2 (Play exactly as in Verse 1) **

** Refrain **

** Bridge **

||-----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------------||----|
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------------||----|
||*----------------|--------------|----------------|------------------*||----|
||*-9-9-9\---------|--------------|-7-7-7----------|------4~------(4/)*||-9~-|
||--9-9-9\---------|--------------|-7-7-7----------|------4~------(4/)-||-9~-|
||--7-7-7\---------|--------------|-5-5-5----------|------2~------(2/)-||-7~-|

(then Guitar tacet for 10 bars until:)

** Refrain (Play Refrain figure twice) **

** Coda (Play Bridge figure then finish with the following) **

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

== Bass Parts ==

** Intro (Bass tacet for 8 bars) **

----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
-9-9-11--12-----|(12)----------|-------11---12-----|(12)----------|
----------------|--------------|-12-12-------------|--------------|
----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|

----------------|------------11-|(11)-11-9---------|--------------|
-9-9-11--12-----|(12)-----------|-----------12-----|(12)----------|
----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|

** Refrain (Play twice; play the last note only at the end of the Refrain) **

----------------|------11--9-11--9-|(9)-9-------------|---------------------|-----|
-9-9-11--12---9-|(9)-9-------------|------12--11------|-------9---11-12---9-|(9\--|
----------------|------------------|---------------12-|(12)-12--------------|-----|
----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|-----|