AFI - "The Prayer Position" Tablature

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AFI - The Prayer Position
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Tabbed by Michael Kelly (afireinside_86@hotmail.com)

Play with distortion, full gain (except for the soft part which is clean)

x = palm mute the chord directly above
/ = slide up
~ = let ring
h = play harmonic of notes above

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00:00 - Intro (use up down stroke):

e|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
B|---3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
G|----------------------------------------------------| x3
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

00:12 - then:

e|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
B|---3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
G|--------------------9-9-9-9-9-------------|
D|--------------------9-9-9-9-9-------------|
A|--------------------7-7-7-7-7-------------|
E|--------------------7-7-7-7-7-------------|

00:16 - Verse 1 (Now peel the skin..):

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------5----------|
D|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5---5/7----|
A|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---3---5/7----|
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---3---3/5----|
xxx xxxx xxx xxx x

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------7----------|
D|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---7----------|
A|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5----------|
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---5----------|
xxx xxxx xxx xxx

00:40 - Pre-Chorus 1 (And in the distance, there's a gathering..):

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---2~~--22~~----------------------|
A|---2~~--22~~--5/7-5/7-5/7-5/7-----|
E|---0~~--00~~--0~~-0~~-0~~-0~~-----|
x

00:48 - Chorus 1 (Pushed to our knees so let us pray..):

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555--------7777775/7-----------|
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7777775/7-----------|
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-5555553/5-----------|
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5555553/5-----------|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xx

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555----------------------------|
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7~~~7-------7/9-----|
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-7~~~7-pause-7/9-----|
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5~~~5-------5/7-----|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx

01:05 - Verse 2 (Stature retrieved, regain our form..):

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------5----------|
D|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5---5/7----|
A|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---3---5/7----|
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---3---3/5----|
xxx xxxx xxx xxx x

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------7----------|
D|-2-2222-2-222222322--3-2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---7----------|
A|-2-2222-2-222222322--3-2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5----------|
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---5----------|
xxx xxxx h xxx xxx

01:29 - Pre-Chorus 2 (And in the distance, there's a gathering..):

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---2~~--22~~----------------------|
A|---2~~--22~~--5/7-5/7-5/7-5/7-----|
E|---0~~--00~~--0~~-0~~-0~~-0~~-----|
x


01:37 - Chorus 2 (Pushed to our knees so let us pray..):

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555--------7777775/7-----------|
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7777775/7-----------|
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-5555553/5-----------|
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5555553/5-----------|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xx

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555----------------------------|
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7~~~7---------------|
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-7~~~7-pause---------|
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5~~~5---------------|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx

01:55 - Bridge (Soft Part: Play Clean, Let notes ring softly):

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------3~-------------4~----|
D|----0--------2~----0--------5~----0--------------0--------------|
A|---3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~-----|
E|--0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------3~-------------------|
D|----0--------2~----0--------5~----0--------------0--------------|
A|---3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2------|
E|--0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-------|


02:38 - Pre-Chorus 3 (And in the distance, there's a gathering..):

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---2~~-----------------------------|
A|---2~~-pause---5/7-5/7-5/7-5/7-----|
E|---0~~---------0~~-0~~-0~~-0~~-----|

02:50 - Chorus 3 (Pushed to our knees so let us pray..):

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555--------7777775/7-----------|
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7777775/7-----------|
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-5555553/5-----------|
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5555553/5-----------|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xx

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555----------------------------|
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7~~~----------------|
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-7~~~-two pickslides-|
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5~~~----------------|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx

03:06 - Outro (Our will be done..):

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------5---999999----|
D|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-5/9-999999----|
A|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-3---777777----|
E|--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000-3---777777----|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------7~~-----------|
D|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-7~~-223332-2--|
A|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-5~~-223332-2--|
E|--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000-5~~-000000-0--|
xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xx

03:26 - End

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