Pledge Allegiance Tabs & Lyrics by American Head Charge
Pledge Allegiance
guitar tabs lyrics
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
As recorded by American Head Charge
(From the 2005 Album THE FEEDING)
Words by Cameron Heacock Music by Bryan Ottoson, Cameron Heacock, Chris Emery
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Bryan'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Karma'
Intro
Q=120
D5 N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8---||
|-------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6--o||
|-------------------------0-0---------||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-0-0-------------------------------------|
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--|
|----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--|
Verse
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
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||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----|
||--0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o||
|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-----||
Pre-Chorus
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--||
|------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
|-------------------------0-0--------||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-0-0-------------------------------------|
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--|
|----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--|
Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
H E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
|------||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|------||o---------------------------|--------------------------o||
|------||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|------||----------------------------|---------------------------||
|------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6-o||
|------||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6--||
2nd Verse
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
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||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----|
||--0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o||
|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-----||
Pre-Chorus
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
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||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--||
|------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
|-------------------------0-0--------||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-0-0-------------------------------------|
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
2/4 4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--|
|----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--|
2nd Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
W E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|----------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o||
|----------||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6---||
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5F5G5Ab5
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-0-3-5-6-|
|-0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-3-5-6-|
Interlude
C5 D5G5D5Gb5 D5C5 D5GbD5F5 D5G5D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
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||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|------------------||
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-0-4-0-3-3-0-5-0-o||
||--10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-0-4-0-3-3-0-5-0--||
C5 D5G5D5Gb5 D5C5 G5 Gb5D5F5D5 C5 G5 Gb5
E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E E E H Q. E +W
|-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------|
|-------------------|------------------||o--------------|--------|
|-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------|
|-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------|
|-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-(10)-5--4--0-3-0-||o-10----5----4-|-(4)----|
|-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-(10)-5--4--0-3-0-||--10----5----4-|-(4)----|
1. 2.
C5 Gb5 F5 C5 Gb5 F5 D5F5D5
H Q. E +W H Q. E +H +E E E E
|--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------o||--------------|------------------|
|--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------|
|--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------|
|-10----4----3-|-(3)--------o||-10----4----3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-|
|-10----4----3-|-(3)---------||-10----4----3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-|
1.
C5 G5 Gb5 C5 Gb5 Eb5
H Q. E +W H Q. E +W
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------||
||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------o||
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------||
||---------------|------------|--------------|---------||
||o-10----5----4-|-(4)--------|-10----4----1-|-(1)----o||
||--10----5----4-|-(4)--------|-10----4----1-|-(1)-----||
2.
C5 Gb5 Eb5
H H W +W
|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|
|-10----4----|-1--------|-(1)--------|
|-10----4----|-1--------|-(1)--------|
>
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
D5 N.C.
Gtr I
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--0-0-------------------------------------|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--||
|------------------------------------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
|-------------------------0-0--------||
Out Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
Gtrs I, II
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o||
||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6---||
N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-----6-----5-----6-|-----5-----6-----5-----6-|
|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6-|
N.C.G5N.C.AbD5 D5
S S E S S E E Q. H E Q.
|--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------|--------------*|
|-----5-----6-0------|------0-------*|
|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0------|------0-------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
