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Pushing the Envelope Guitar Tablature
Author/Artist: American Head Charge
Title: Pushing the Envelope
Album: The War of Art
Email: [email protected]
By: Alpha-Q
Tuning: Drop D down 1 1/2 steps (B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)(Low to High)

<> natural harmonics
p  pull off
h  hammer on
b  bend
)  tremelo pick while sliding

Note: my first shot at this sucked, rate me again on this new version. if it sounds wrong its because I'm not totally sure if that is the right tuning.  What I did was in standard tuning, I fretted the low E on the 2nd fret and tuned the A string to that, then tuned the other strings and then dropped the E string.

riff 1   
|---------------------|                  |-----|
|---------------------|                  |-----|
|---------------------|                  |-----|
|--7-6-111--4-7-6-111-|                  |-7-6-|
|--7-6-111--4-7-6-111-|                  |-7-6-|
|--7-6-111--4-7-6-111-| X3 then end with |-7-6-|
PM     ...        ...

verse riff: Turn off volume knob than hit this chord, then turn it back up with the chord still ringing after he says "the way that i am" (listen to song)
|---|
|---|
|---|
|-1-|
|-1-|
|-1-|

now..
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---------|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1--6666---|
|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---------|
PM                       .... 

chorus
(down pick 2's, up pick 0's)
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---0--------------------------------------------|
|---0--------------------------------------------| X4
|-0-0-2-0--2-0--2-0--2-0--2-0--2-0--2-0--2-0--1b-|
  ^-^   
 omit these the 3rd time (just rest)

riff 2

 |------|
 |------|
 |------|
 |-11-1-|
 |-11-1-| X8
 |-11-1-|
PM ..


During "Killing myself like a tool..."

GTR 1 (w/ effect)

riff 3a

 |----------|
 |----------|
 |--7h8-8-8-|
 |----------|
 |----------|
 |----------|
 
riff 3b

 |----------|
 |----------|
 |--6h7-7-7-|
 |----------|
 |----------|
 |----------|

riff 3c

 |----------|
 |----------|
 |--8h9-9-9-|
 |----------|
 |----------|
 |----------|


GTR 2
Play riff 3a most of the time.  then switch to the others on the repeats when he sings "like a tool..." so play 3a the first time through, then 3b the second, and 3c the 3rd time through.

riff 3a

|------|
|------|
|------|
|--1-1-|
|--1-1-|
|--1-1-|
PM .

riff 3b 

2:22-2:26
|------|
|------|
|------|
|--0-0-|
|--0-0-|
|--0-0-|
PM .

riff 3c 

2:32
|------|
|------|
|------|
|--2-2-|
|--2-2-|
|--2-2-|
PM .

GTR 1&2
2:37
|------|
|------|
|------|
|--0-0-|
|--0-0-|
|--0-0-|
PM .

Then...

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--------<9>----<9>)))))))<3>-----|
|--00-0---------------------------|
|--00-0---------------------------|
|--00-0---------------------------|
PM ..


and then


riff 4
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----------111-4-7-6-111-|
|-----------111-4-7-6-111-| X4
|-7p4-6p4---111-4-7-6-111-|
PM          ...       ...


ending..

 |------------|
 |------------|
 |------------|
 |-0--0--0--0-|
 |-0--0--0--0-|
 |-0--0--0--0-|

Let me know if there is a part that sounds wrong.
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