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Artist: Billy Talent
Title: Prisoners of Today
Album: Billy Talent
Tabbed By: James Kean
Email: [email protected]
SONG STRUCTURE
riff 1 x(1) intro
riff 3 x(1)
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riff 2.1 x(9) verse 1
riff 2.2 x(4)
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riff 1 x(1) verse bridge
riff 2.2 x(2)
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riff 2.1 x(9) verse 2
riff 2.2 x(4)
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riff 1 x(1) pre-chorus
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riff 3 x(2) chorus 1
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riff 4.1 x(4) bridge
riff 4.2 x(2)
riff 1 x(2)
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riff 3 x(4) chorus 2
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riff 5 x(1) outro
Riff #1 (picking)
E————————————————————–
B————————————————————–
G—–8–7–5-3-2-00——7-7-5-5-3-3–2-0———————
D—-5-55-55-5-5-5——-3-3—3—3–3-3-3-22——————
A————————————————————–
D————————————————————–
E————————————————————–
B————————————————————–
G–222-55-2-55-2-55-2–5bd–222-55-2-55-2-55-2-5bd————-
D–000-00-0-00-0-00-0–0—-333-33-3-33-3-33-3—————–
A————————————————————–
D————————————————————–
Riff #2
2.1 2.2
E——–|———3——–5———————————–
B——–|———3——–5———————————–
G——–|——-3-3——5-5———————————–
D——–|——————————————————
A–3335–|–3335—–3335—————————————
D——–|——————————————————
Riff #3 (chorus)
E—————————————————————
B—————————————————————
G–88-5-77-555-33-0-22-0–77-3-55-333-22-00-00——————
D–55-5-55-555-55-5-55-0–33-3-33-333-33-33-22——————
A—————————————————————
D—————————————————————
E————————————————————–
B————————————————————–
G–222-55-2-55-2-55-2–5bd–222-55-2-55-2-55-2-5bd————-
D–000-00-0-00-0-00-0–0—-333-33-3-33-3-33-3—————–
A————————————————————–
D————————————————————–
Riff #4
(those are 10’s & 11’s not 1’s & 0’s. It’s hard to follow but just remember
that they’re the rhythm as the previous two)
4.1
E–xx-xx-x–xx-xx-x—xx-xx-x—–xx-xx-x———————–
B–88-88-8–66-66-6–1010101010–1111111111———————
G–55-55-5–33-33-3—77-77-7—–88-88-8———————–
D–55-55-5–33-33-3—77-77-7—–88-88-8———————–
A—————————————————————
D—————————————————————
4.2
(same as above except faster strumming. 10×8 means hit 10 eight times, likewise for eleven)
E–xxxxxxxx–xxxxxxxx–xxxxxxxx–xxxxxxxx———————–
B–88888888–66666666—-10×8——11×8————————-
G–55555555–33333333–77777777–88888888———————–
D–55555555–33333333–77777777–88888888———————–
A—————————————————————
D—————————————————————
Riff #5 (outro)
E—————————————————————
B—————————————————————
G—————————————————————
D—-55———————————————————
A–55———————————————————–
D–55———————————————————–
Stretch those fingers!