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Ex Files Guitar Tablature
Song: Ex Files
Band: Backyard Babies
Album: Making Enemies is Good
Tabber: David de la Fuente (samurai01) [email protected]

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE). The song is played with distortion, and the lead plays a crybaby wah

key:

^bend			P.M. palm mute
h hammer on       *harmonics
p pull off        /slide
~ vibrato


intro: (about 18-19 seconds in) 
E|------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------
G|--------6-6-6-6-6-------------------
D|4-4-7-9-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4
A|4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4
D|4-4-7-9------------4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4  x2

verse:

E|-----------------------|-----------------------------------
B|-----------------------|-----------------------------------
G|6-6-6-6----------------|--------6-6-6-6-6------------------
D|6-6-6-6-4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4|4-4-7-9-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4
A|4-4-4-4-4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4|4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4
D|--------4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4|4-4-7-9-----------4-4-7-9-4-4-4-4-4 (continue playing second bar)

prechorus (about 57 seconds into song)


E|----------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------9999-10-9999-----
G|6666-4444-----------6666-4444-------------------------9/11
D|---------7777-6666------------7777-6666-------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------



chorus ("I'm the one who loved you...")

rhythm:
E|----------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------
G|------------------------9-9-9-9---------
D|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-7-6-4-
A|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-6-4-
D|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7---------9-7-6-4- x2

lead: w/ crybaby wah

E|----------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------
G|9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11
D|----------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------- x2

repeat verse

repeat interlude

repeat chorus

then after chorus this:

rhythm:

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|4------------4-----------------------------------------------|
A|4------------4-----------------0-------------0---------------|
D|4-let ring---4-let ring----4/2---5-4-2---4/2---5-4-2---------|

lead:

E|------- (and then some harmonic... i havent figured it out yet)
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----/11----------/11-----------------9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11|
D|----/11----------/11-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

solo: (incomplete)

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------17--19^------------*20--------------------------------------
G|---/18-18--18----17-17-20-17--*20-16p14-12h14^--16-----14------------
D|----------------------------------------------14--14-12--12-11^11^11~
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------

rhythm during solo:

E|-----------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------
D|4-------------4---------------------------------9----7----4
A|4-------------4---------------------------------9----7----4
D|4-------------4---------------------------------9----7----4

solo cont. this isn't totally accurate

E|14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17-17p14t17p14t17-12p10t12p10t12-9-6-6|
B|14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17 ---------------------------------9-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

haven't figured everything out yet...


then chorus... repeat till this:

E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|4-4-4-4-4-4---|
A|4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D|4-4-4-4-4-4---|

It isn't perfect, esp. the solo, so I would appreciate any comments, corrections, and the like... [email protected]
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