Time the Avenger Tabs & Lyrics by Pretenders
Time the Avenger
guitar tabs lyrics
TIME THE AVENGER
As recorded by Pretenders
(From the 1983 Album LEARNING TO CRAWL)
I have not tabbed much of the outro, as it is just variations on the D C chord change.
lead guitar moves between sus2 and sus4 chord versions of each chord and occasionally
a major 7th. Use of triplets and syncopation. I have included a mix of the parts that I enjoy.:)
The chorus sounds a bit weird, due to the awkward changing of time signatures. On most
the guitar is obliterated by martin's crash cymbal. I got these few awkward bars partly
watching Loose in LA and partly from the original. Its hard to get the feel for unless
playing with other ppl, but its doable. :)
Whilst watching the DVD for those bars I noticed that chrissie and adam play the main
different ways of playing the same riff. The way I tabbed it is how adam plays the riff
an alternative (chrissie's and bassist's way) I included in guitar 2 as a point of
when the lead goes into thirds during verse 2.
The main riff is fairly easy, as long as you take care thinking about up and down pick
Both guitars use slight RH damping in places.
Download the powertab version from ultimate-guitar.com for a better representation
Effects wise: overdrive, compression, chorus all in moderation. Chrissie's part is
crunched.
Transcribed by ugptc.10.bassetrox AT spamgourmet dot com
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robbie'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Chrissie'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Robbie2'
Gtrs I, II
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||o-5--5-----5-----|-5--5-----5-----|-3--3-----3-----|-3--3-----3------o||
||-------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3---||
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||o-5--5-----5-----|-5--5-----5-----|-3--3-----3-----|-3--3-----3------o||
||-------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3---||
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||o-5--5-----5-----|-5--5-----5-----|-5--5-----5-----|-5--5-----5------|
||-------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5--|
1.
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3--3-----3-----|-3--3-----3-----|-3--3-----3-----|
|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3-|
2.
|-----------------||-------------|------|
|----------------o||-------------|------|
|-----------------||-------------|------|
|-----------------||-5\----------|------|
|-3--3-----3-----o||-3\----------|------|
|------3-6---6-3--||-------------|------|
Gtr II
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||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o-5--5---3-5-3---|-5--5---3-5-3---|-3--3---1-3-----|-3--3---1-3-1----o||
||-------5-------5-|------5-------5-|------3-----6-3-|------3-------3---||
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| Gtr I
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||--4--4-----4-----|-4--4-----4-----|-2--2-----2-----|-2--2-----2-------||
||o------5-7---7-5-|------5-7---7-5-|------3-5---5-3-|------3-5---5-3--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
Gtr II
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||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o-5--5---3-5-3---|-5--5---3-5-3---|-3--3---1-3-1---|-3--3---1-3-1----o||
||-------5-------5-|------5-------5-|------3-------3-|------3-------3---||
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| Gtr I
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||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||--4--4-----4-----|-4--4-----4-----|-2--2-----2-----|-2--2-----2-------||
||o------5-7---7-5-|------5-7---7-5-|------3-5---5-3-|------3-5---5-3--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
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||o----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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||o-5--5-----5-----|-5---5------5-----|-5---5------5-----|-5---5-----5------|
||-------5-8---8-5-|--------5-8---8-5-|--------5-8---8-5-|-------5-8---8-5--|
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| PM|
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||o----------------|------------------|---3--------------|---3-----3---3----|
||-----------------|---2--------------|------------------|------------------|
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1.
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|-3--3-----3-----|-3--3-----3-----|-3---3------3-----|
|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3-|--------3-6---6-3-|
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2.
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|-----------------o||-------------|------||
|------------------||-------------|------||
|------------------||-5\----------|------||
|-3---3-----3-----o||-3\----------|------||
|-------3-6---6-3--||-------------|------||
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|------------------||-------------|------||
|---5-----3-----5-o||-------------|------||
|---5-----5-----5--||-------------|------||
|------------------||-5\----------|------||
|-----------------o||-3\----------|------||
|------------------||-------------|------||
4/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 3/4
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||o---------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
||----------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
||------------------4---|-(4)-0----|-5---4-2----|-0-------------|-0----------|
||o-/5------/7----------|----------|------------|------3-2-0----|------3-2-0-|
||----------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
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||---0-------0------2---|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
||o-----3-------0-----0-|-----3----|------------|---------------|------------|
||--------2-------2-----|--2--4----|------------|---------------|------------|
||----------------------|-----0----|-5---4-2----|-0-------------|-0----------|
||o---------------------|----------|------------|------3-2-0----|------3-2-0-|
||----------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
4/4
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-3---3------3-----|--3---3------3-----|-3---3-----3-----|--3----3-----3-----o||
|-------3--6---6-3-|---------3-6---6-3-|-------3-6---6-3-|---------3-6---6-3--||
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|-5----------------|-(5)---------------|-6-----5-------6-|-(6)-----5---------o||
|-5----------------|-(5)---------------|---7-------7-----|-----7-------7------||
|-5----------------|-(5)---------------|-----8-------8---|-------8-------8----||
|-3----------------|-(3)---------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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| Gtr III
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-5-----3------6---|-(6)--3\-----------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-5-----3------7---|-(7)--3\-----------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------|
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|-5-----5-----------5-----|--5---5-----5-----|
|-------------5--8----8-5-|--------5-8---8-5-|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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|----------------------|-(7)--------------|
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|-3--3------3-----|--3---3-----3-----|
|------3--6---6-3-|--------3-6---6-3-|
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|-----------------|--------3---------|
|---------------5-|-(5)----5---------|
|------5--------5-|-(5)----5---------|
|----5-5------5-5-|-(5)--5-5---------|
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|-5---5------5-----|--5---5------5-----|
|-------5--8---8-5-|--------5--8---8-5-|
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|---5---5--------5-|-(5)----5----------|
|---7---7--------7-|-(7)----7----------|
|---7---7--------7-|-(7)----7----------|
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|-3----3-------3---------|--3--3-----3------|
|----------3-6-----6---3-|-------3-6---6-3--|
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|------------------------|-10---------------|
|------------8-------8---|------------------|
|--------7-------7-------|------------------|
|---10-------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
Gtr II
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||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
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||o-5--5-----5-----|-5--5-----5-----|-3--3-----3-----|-3--3-----3------o||
||-------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3---||
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| Gtr I
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||--4--4-----4-----|-4--4-----4-----|-2--2-----2-----|-2--2-----2-------||
||o------5-7---7-5-|------5-7---7-5-|------3-5---5-3-|------3-5---5-3--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
Gtr II
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||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o-5--5-----5-----|-5--5-----5-----|-3--3-----3-----|-3--3-----3------o||
||-------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3---||
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| Gtr I
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||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||--4--4-----4-----|-4--4-----4-----|-2--2-----2-----|-2--2-----2-------||
||o------5-7---7-5-|------5-7---7-5-|------3-5---5-3-|------3-5---5-3--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
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||o-5--5-----5-----|--5----5-----5------|
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||--7--------------|-(7)-----7-5-4------|
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|-5---5------5-----|--5---5------5------|
|-------5--8---8-5-|---------5-8---8-5--|
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|------------------|--------------------|
|-7-----5------8---|-(8)--5\------------|
|-7-----5------9---|-(9)--5\------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
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1.
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|----------------|------------------|------------------|
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|-3--3-----3-----|--3---3-----3-----|-3---3------3-----|
|------3-6---6-3-|--------3-6---6-3-|-------3--6---6-3-|
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|-5--------------|-(5)--------------|-5-----3------6---|
|-5--------------|-(5)--------------|-5-----3------7---|
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2.
|--------------------||-------------|------||
|-------------------o||-------------|------||
|--------------------||-------------|------||
|--------------------||-5\----------|------||
|--3---3------3-----o||-3\----------|------||
|---------3-6---6-3--||-------------|------||
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|--------------------||-------------|------||
|-(6)--3\-----------o||-------------|------||
|-(7)--3\------------||-------------|------||
|--------------------||-5\----------|------||
|-------------------o||-3\----------|------||
|--------------------||-------------|------||
4/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 3/4
||----------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
||o---------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
||----------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
||------------------4---|-(4)-0----|-5---4-2----|-0-------------|-0----------|
||o-/5------/7----------|----------|------------|------3-2-0----|------3-2-0-|
||----------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
|
||---0-------0------2---|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
||o-----3-------0-----0-|-----3----|------------|---------------|------------|
||--------2-------2-----|--2--4----|------------|---------------|------------|
||----------------------|-----0----|-5---4-2----|-0-------------|-0----------|
||o---------------------|----------|------------|------3-2-0----|------3-2-0-|
||----------------------|----------|------------|---------------|------------|
4/4
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-3---3------3-----|--3---3------3-----|-3---3-----3-----|--3----3-----3-----o||
|-------3--6---6-3-|---------3-6---6-3-|-------3-6---6-3-|---------3-6---6-3--||
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|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-5----------------|-(5)---------------|-6-----5-------6-|-(6)-----5---------o||
|-5----------------|-(5)---------------|---7-------7-----|-----7-------7------||
|-5----------------|-(5)---------------|-----8-------8---|-------8-------8----||
|-3----------------|-(3)---------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-5-----3------6---|-(6)--3\-----------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-5-----3------7---|-(7)--3\-----------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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|-5---5-----5-----|--5----5-----5-----|--5----5-----5-----|--5----5-----5------|
|-------5-8---8-5-|---------5-8---8-5-|---------5-8---8-5-|---------5-8---8-5--|
|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-7-----5-------7-|-(7)-----5-------7-|-(7)-----5-------7-|-(7)-----8----------|
|---7-------7-----|-----7-------7-----|-----7-------7-----|-----7-------7------|
|-----7-------7---|-------7-------7---|-------7-------7---|-------7-------7----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
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|-3---3-----3-----|--3----3-----3-----|--3----3-----3-----|--3----3-----3-----||
|-------3-6---6-3-|---------3-6---6-3-|---------3-6---6-3-|---------3-6---6-3-||
|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-8-----7-------5-|-(5)-----7-------8-|-(8)-----7-------5-|-(5)-----8---------||
|---7-------7-----|-----7-------7-----|-----7-------7-----|-----7-------7-----||
|-----5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-------5-------5---|-------5-------5---||
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||-------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5-|------5-8---8-5--|
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||-----------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|----2------------|
||o-7--7-----------|----3-----------|----3-----------|----3------------|
||--7--7-----------|----2-----------|-2--2-----------|----2------------|
||--7--7-----------|-0--------------|-0--------------|-0---------------|
||o-5----------5-3-|-0----------5-3-|------------5-3-|-0----------5-3--|
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|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3-|------3-6---6-3--||
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|-5--5-----------|----1-----------|----3-----------|----3-----------o||
|-5--5-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0------------||
|-5--5-----------|-0--------------|-2--------------|-0---------------||
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|-15----15-------15-----|-15--15-------15-15--|
|-14----14-------14-----|-14--14-------14-14--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
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|---------------------|--------------------------|
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|--3--3------3--------|---3------3--------3------|
|--------3-6----6---3-|-------------3--6-----6-3-|
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|---------------------|--------------------------|
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|-12----12------------|--------------------------|
|-14----12-----12--14-|-(14)-12----14-12---------|
|--------------15-----|---------15-------15------|
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|------------------------|----------------------o||--------------|------*|
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|-------3--6-----6--3----|----------3--6----6-3--||--------------|------*|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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|------------------------|-------13---13---13---o||-13\----------|------*|
|------------------------|-------12---12---12----||-12\----------|------*|
|---14-12----------12-14-|-12--------------------||--------------|------*|
|---------15-14-15-------|----15----------------o||--------------|------*|
|------------------------|-----------------------||--------------|------*|
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - 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
~ - vibrato
PM - palm muting
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
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