Tell Me Tabs & Lyrics by Story of the Year

Tell Me

guitar tabs lyrics

Story of the Year

This is my favorite song from the new album. SOTY is a great band from my good ol
of STL. Ive been goin to see them for the last 10 years now since they were Big Blue Monkey.

I kinda worked all this out after jammin with the song and realizing the other tabs were
and not totally right. Most of this sounds right to me, feel free to correct and
any ideas you have.

Tune down 1/2 step and then drop D
Db AB Db Gb Bb Eb

Enjoy!

Intro

Guitar 1 w/ phaser/flanger 4x
Eb--------------------------------------|
Bb--------------------------------------|
Gb--------------------------------------|
Db--------------------------------------|
Ab--------------------------------------|
Db--2---0h2--0h2--0--5-4-2-0------------|

Both Guitars 3x
Eb--xx-----------------------------------|
Bb--xx-----------------------------------|
Gb--xx-----------------------------------|
Db--xx--0h2----0h2-0h2-0-5-4-2-0---------|
Ab--xx--0h2----0h2-0h2-0-5-4-2-0---------|
Db--xx--0h2----0h2-0h2-0-5-4-2-0---------|

4th time play this
Eb---------------------------------------|
Bb---------------------------------------|
Gb---------------------------------------|
Db--0h2--5-4-2-0-2-5-4-2-0---------------|
Ab--0h2--5-4-2-0-2-5-4-2-0---------------|
Db--0h2--5-4-2-0-2-5-4-2-0---------------|
Repeat after guitar 2 comes in

Guitar 2
Eb--12--10--14------12--10--18-----------|
Bb--15--13--17------15--13--21/22--------|
Gb---------------------------------------|
Db---------------------------------------|
Ab---------------------------------------|
Db---------------------------------------|
Bend accordingly


Verse 2x
Eb--------------------------------------|
Bb--------------------------------------|
Gb--5--------7------7---5---------------|
Db--5--00-0--7--000-7-0-5---------------|
Ab--3--00-0--5--000-5-0-3---------------|
Db-----00-0-----000---0-----------------|
Pm .. . ... .

3rd time
Eb------------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------------|
Gb----5---7-------5---7-----5---------------|
Db----5---7--0----5---7--0--5---------------|
Ab----3---5--0----3---5--0--3---------------|
Db--0---0----0--0---0----0------------------|
PM . . . . . .

Lead up to chorus
Eb---------------------------------------|
Bb---------------------------------------|
Gb--5555/77------------------------------|
Db--xxxx-xx------------------------------|
Ab--3333/55------------------------------|
Db---------------------------------------|
I hope this is right its kinda hard to hear
Guitar sounds like its doing a slide down the low D or a very slow clean pick slide

Chorus
Eb---------------------------------------|
Bb------(3)-------------------(3)(3)(3)--|
Gb------(2)-------------------(2)(2)(2)--|
Db-2--5--0--7------------2--5--0--0--0---|
Ab-2--5--0--7------------2--5--0--0--0---|
Db-2--5--0--7--5-5p4p0---2--5--0--0--0---|


Verse 2 2x
Guitar 1
Eb------------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------------|
Gb--5-------------------------5-------------|
Db--5-------------------------5-------------|
Ab--3----3---5------3---5-----3-------------|
Db-----0---0---0--0---0---0-----------------|
PM . . . . . .

Guitar 2
Eb-------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------|
Gb--5--5-5-5---------------------------------|
Db--5--5-5-5---------------------------------|
Ab--3--3-3-3---------------------------------|
Db-------------------------------------------|
PM . . .

Chimes in with something like this twice at the end of Guitar 1's riff

Lead up to chorus
Guitar 1
Eb------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------|
Gb------------------------------------|
Db------------------------------------|
Ab-----3---5------3---5---------------|
Db---0---0---0--0---0---0-------------|
Light PM on the D string

Guitar 2
Db--3//////9------
Sounds like sliding up with harmonics maybe w/ a phaser, again hard to hear


Repeat Chorus Riff and Intro Riff

Bridge riff 1

Guitar 1 Clean
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------3-2-----3h5-3------|
Bb-----------1--0------------------0-------------1--0--------3-----3---------3----|
Gb--------0----------0----------0-------------0--------0---2----------------------|
Db-----2---------------------2-------------2--------------------------------------|
Ab--3---------------------3-------------3-----------------------------------------|
Db--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Open C and D chords

Guitar 2
Eb------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------|
Gb---5--7-----------------------------|
Db---5--7-----------------------------|
Ab---3--5-----------------------------|
Db------------------------------------|
C and D power chords palm Muted in rhythm with guitar 1 after clean riff 2x

Bridge riff 2

Guitar 1
Eb---------------------------|
Bb---------------------------|
Gb---------------------------|
Db--------5h7----------7h9---|
Ab--3---3--------5-3-5-------|
Db----0----------------------|
Pm . . . . .

Guitar 2
Eb------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------|
Gb------------------------------|
Db--------10h12----------16h18--|
Ab--3---3--------5-3-5----------|
Db----0-------------------------|
Pm . . . . .

Both Guitars
Eb------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------|
Gb---5555555--77777777----------------|
Db---5555555--77777777----------------|
Ab---3333333--55555555----------------|
Db------------------------------------|


Back to chorus riff after piano break

Repeat intro riff w/ effects

Eb---------------------------------------|
Bb---------------------------------------|
Gb---------------------------------------|
Db--0h2--5-4-2-0-2-5-4-2-0---------------|
Ab--0h2--5-4-2-0-2-5-4-2-0---------------|
Db--0h2--5-4-2-0-2-5-4-2-0---------0-----|
Last few times play this
Let open D note ring last time thru


Eb---------------------------------------|
Bb---------------------------------------|
Gb---------------------------------------|
Db--5-4-2-0-2----------------------------|
Ab--5-4-2-0-2----------------------------|
Db--5-4-2-0-2----------------------------|
End on this

There it is I hope its close at least. Theres alot going on during the chorus lead ins
some kind of synthesized sounds. The 2nd bridge riff maybe a little rough sounding but
I said, correct it if you have any better ideas. Thanks!