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Submitted by: watsdan

Someone Else Before-Hawk Nelson
Dropped D Tuning
let ring=~
Palm mute=pm

This song is great and its the first time being tabbed.  Hawk Nelson is 
a awesome band. Enjoy!

Intro:
e
b
g
d-12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5---12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9--5-----0~
a-12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5---12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9--5-----0~
D-12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5---12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9--5-----0~

Verse 1:  Mostly Bass
g-----11-11----11-11----11-11
d----------------------------
a----------------------------  Repeat several times
D----------------------------

Pre-Chorus  "Feel like im slowly dying...."
d-12-12-----7-7--9-9---5--0---------12-------7------9----5------8-8-8-
a-12-12-----7-7--9-9---5--0-------12-------7------9-----5-------8-8-8-
D-12-12-----7-7--9-9---5--0-----12-------7------9------5--------8-8-8-
                                 Really Weird Effect

Chorus:
d-12-12--7-7--9-9--5-5-
a-12-12--7-7--9-9--5-5-  Then plaly all together like the intro
D-12-12--7-7--9-9--5-5-

Part after the chorus:"whoa-oh whoa-oh..."
d-12-12--12-12--7-7--7-7--9-9--9-9--5-5--5-5-
a-12-12--12-12--7-7--7-7--9-9--9-9--5-5--5-5-
D-12-12--12-12--7-7--7-7--9-9--9-9--5-5--5-5-
  ~pm~          ~pm~      ~pm~      ~pm~

Verse 2:
d-12-12------------------------                   d-12-12-7-7-9-9-5-5-
a------12-12-------------------play a few times   a-12-12-7-7-9-9-5-5-
D-----------12-12---77--99--55-                   D-12-12-7-7-9-9-5-5-

Pre-Chorus: "You're always keeping score...."
d--12-12-12---7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5-
a--12-12-12---7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5-
D--12-12-12---7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5-

Chorus:  
d-----12---7---9---5--                   d-x-x-x-x-x-12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5
a---12----7---9---5---Repeat a few times a-x-x-x-x-x-12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5
D-12-----7---9---5----                   D-x-x-x-x-x-12-12-12-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5
                                           
                                               d-0~
                                               a-0~let ring thru the phone part
                                               D-0~
phone part:                                            
g------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-
d-0~~~~~~~-0-0-0-0~---------------------------------------------------------
a-0~~~~~~~-0-0-0-0~---------------------------------------------------------     
D-0~~~~~~~-0-0-0-0~---------------------------------------------------------
(still ringing)               Pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                        very lightly

Chorus:
d-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5-
a-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5-
D-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-5-5-

Thirsty Moon River Publishing (ASCAP)
2004 Tooth & Nail Records 

Comments and Corrections welcome! 
please rate!

Comments about this tab

ascension - 2004-08-17

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Hawk Nelson - Someone Else Before
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Alright...whats up guys?! This song is really easy...i hope everyone enjoys it!

Tabbed by: Ascension
Written by: Hawk Nelson
Copyright 2004
Tooth and Nail Records

Drop D Tuning

Intro (Medium Distortion)The following are elevens and tens. Not ones and zero.

E/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D/-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-88-4--0----------------------------
A/-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-88-4--0----------------------------
D/-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-88-4--0----------------------------

Verse 1 (Medium Distortion) If this part isn't 100%
correct it is a variation of it.
E/----------------------------------------------------99----99----99--9 2x (just
B/---------------------------------------------------9--99-9--99-9--99- the 99
G/----------66---66---66---66------------------------------------------ part)
D/-0-----------------------------1111--1010--88-4----------------------
A/-0-----------------------------1111--1010--88-4----------------------
D/-0-----------------------------1111--1010--88-4----------------------


Chorus 1 (Medium Distortion)

E/----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B/----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G/----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D/-777-11--6--8--4--11--10--8--4--11-1111-6-66-8-88-4-44-11-1111-10-1010-88--4
A/-777-11--6--8--4--11--10--8--4--11-1111-6-66-8-88-4-44-11-1111-10-1010-88--4
D/-777-11--6--8--4--11--10--8--4--11-1111-6-66-8-88-4-44-11-1111-10-1010-88--4

Preverse 2 (Medium Distortion)

E/-----------------------------------------
B/-----------------------------------------
G/-----------------------------------------
D/-xx-11-xx-6-xx-4-xx-8-xx-11-xx-6-xx-8--44
A/-xx-11-xx-6-xx-4-xx-8-xx-11-xx-6-xx-8--44
D/-xx-11-xx-6-xx-4-xx-8-xx-11-xx-6-xx-8--44

Verse 2 (Medium Distortion) 11
11
E/-----------------------------------------------------During verse 2 11 is
B/-----------------------------------------------------is repeated until all in
G/-----------------------------------------------------black is sang. Then 15
D/-1111-11-66-6-44-4-88/66-1111-11-1010-10-88-8-7-7-11 15 is 15
A/-1111----66---44---88/66-1111----1010----88---7-7-11 15 D/-1111----66---44---88/66-1111----1010----88---7-7-11 15 chorus starts

Prechorus 2 (Medium Distortion)

E/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D/-1111111111111111-66666666-88888888-44444444-1111111111111111-1010101010101010
A/-1111111111111111-66666666-88888888-44444444-1111111111111111-1010101010101010
D/-1111111111111111-66666666-88888888-44444444-1111111111111111-1010101010101010
these are elevens elevens tens

Prechorus continued

E/----------------
B/----------------
G/----------------
D/-88888888-44444-
A/-88888888-44444-
D/-88888888-44444-

Chorus (with soft beginning)

E/-----------------------
B/-----------------------
G/---6--6--6--6--6--6--6-
D/--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--
A/-4--4--4--4--4--4--4---
D/-----------------------

Chorus continued

E/---------------------------------------------------------
B/---------------------------------------------------------
G/---------------------------------------------------------
D/-xxxxxx-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-888-4-0
A/-xxxxxx-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-888-4-0
D/-xxxxxx-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-888-4-0

Phone call

E/-----------------
B/-----------------
G/-----------------
D/-0000---4--7777--
A/-0000---4--7777--
D/-0000---4--7777--

Chorus

E/----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B/----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G/----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D/-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-88-4-777-11111111-6666-8888-4444-
A/-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-88-4-777-11111111-6666-8888-4444-
D/-11111111-6666-8888-4444-11111111-10101010-88-4-777-11111111-6666-8888-4444-

E/-----------------------
B/-----------------------
G/-----------------------
D/11111111-10101010-88-4-
A/11111111-10101010-88-4-
D/11111111-10101010-88-4-

After chorus (ending)

guitar one

E/-------------------
B/-676-9-676-9-676-6- repeat 2x
G/-------------------
D/-------------------
A/-------------------
D/-------------------

guitar two

E/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G/------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D/-1111-1111111111-66-66666-88-88888-44-44444-1111-1111111111-1010-101010
A/-1111-1111111111-66-66666-88-88888-44-44444-1111-1111111111-1010-101010
D/-1111-1111111111-66-66666-88-88888-44-44444-1111-1111111111-1010-101010

E/-------------- ----
B/-------------- ----
G/-------------- ----
D/1010-88-88888- -11-
A/1010-88-88888- drums -11-
D/1010-88-88888- -11-


ascension - 2004-08-17

O gosh...that didnt work too well... Mine is coming soon thats the full one which should have been posted. But it looks messed up now.


ascension - 2004-08-17

This is really close...its just in the wrong key... if it was in that key it would be right but they play it in a diferent key.


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