My Apology The Get Up Kids From the LP "Something to Write Home About" transcribed by Jim Bodenschatz (kensarcade@hotmail.com) TUNING: STANDARD _______________________________________________________________________ First Verse ("You'll be accepting my a-..."): then ("...pology for taking things..."): guitar 1 (clean): E5---C5--G5--C5--G--G/G#---Am--C E5---C5--G5------C5---G--G/G#-Am---C -----------------3---3-----0---0---------------------------3---3---0----0-- -----------------3---3-----1---1---------------------------3---3---1----1-- -----5-------5---4---4-----2---0----------5-----------5----4---4---2----0-- -2---5---5---5---5---5-----2---2-----2----5---5-------5----5---5---2----2-- -2---3---5---3---5---5-----0---3-----2----3---5-------3----5---5---0----3-- -0-------3-------3---4---------------0--------3------------3---4----------- guitar 2 (clean): -----------------3---3-----0-------------------------------3---3---0------- -----------------3---3-----1-------------------------------3---3---1------- -----5-------5---4---4-----2---12---11-11\9-9\4-4/5\4------4---4---2---12-- -2---5---5---5---5---5-----2--------------------------5----5---5---2------- -2---3---5---3---5---5-----0---10----9--9\7-7\2-2/3\2------5---5---0---10-- -0-------3-------3---4--------------------------------3----3---4----------- Pre-Chorus ("My once photographic memory...") guitar 1 (distortion on): Bm-----C----------G--Em--C -2-----0----------3--0---0-- -3-----1----------3--0---1-- -4-----0----------0--0---0-- -4-----2----------0--2---2-- -2-----3----------2--2---3-- ------------------3--0------ guitar 2 (distortion on): ------------------3--0----------- ------------------3--0----------- ------------------0--0---12--11-- ------------------0--2----------- -10\9--10\9-5-----2--2---10---9-- ------------------3--0----------- First and Second Choruses ("Sometimes I can think..."): guitar 1: G5---B5--E5--C5--B5-C5 G----Bm-----Em--C--------Bm------C------Em----C ------------------------3----2------0---0--------2-------0------0-----0-- ------------------------3----3------0---1--------3-------1------0-----1-- -----4-------5---4--5---0----4------0---0--------4-------0------0-----0-- -5---4---2---5---4--5---0----4------2---2--------4-------2------2-----2-- -5---2---2---3---2--3---2----2------2---3--------2-------3------2-----3-- -3-------0--------------3-----------0---------------------------0-------- guitar 2: ------------------------------------0------------------------------------- ------------------------8-7--8-7----0---12-10-8--12\11---12-----7-----12-- -----4-------5---4--5------------7--0------------------------------------- -5---4---2---5---4--5---------------2------------10\-9---10-----5-----10-- -5---2---2---3---2--3---------------2------------------------------------- -3-------0--------------------------0------------------------------------- Second Verse ("...job where I tell..."): guitar 1: E5-----C5--G5------C5--G--G/G#-Am--C Em----C---G-------Em---D----C -----------------------3---3---0---0----0-----0---3-------0----2----0-- -----------------------3---3---1---1----0-----1---3-------0----3----1-- -------5-----------5---4---4---2---0----0-----0---0-------0----2----0-- -2-----5---5-------5---5---5---2---2----2-----2---0-------2----0----2-- -2-----3---5-------3---5---5---0---3----2-----3---2-------2---------3-- -0---------3-----------3---4------------0---------3-------0------------ guitar 2: -----------------------3---3---0--------------------------------------- -----------------------3---3---1--------------------------------------- -11-11\9-9\4-4/5\4-----4---4---2---12---11-11\9-9\4-4/5\4------7----5-- -------------------5---5---5---2--------------------------------------- --9--9\7-7\2-2/3\2-----5---5---0---10----9--9\7-7\2-2/3\2------5----3-- -------------------3---3---4------------------------------------------- Bridge ("...state that my fingers..."): guitar 1: G---------------------------------C -3--------------------------------0-- -3--------------------------------1-- -0--------------------------------0-- -0--------------------------------2-- -2--------------------------------3-- -3----------------------------------- guitar 2: -7---7---5---5---3---3---5---5----7---7---5---5---3---3---5---5---- ---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- then ("...known, I'll let it go..."): guitar 1: Em--------------------------------G -0--------------------------------3-- -0--------------------------------3-- -0--------------------------------0-- -2--------------------------------0-- -2--------------------------------2-- -0--------------------------------3-- guitar 2 : same then ("...get the words..."): guitar 1: C---------------------------------Em------------------------------C -0--------------------------------0-------------------------------0-----------0-- -1--------------------------------0-------------------------------1-----------1-- -0--------------------------------0-------------------------------0-----------0-- -2--------------------------------2-------------------------------2-----------2-- -3--------------------------------2-------------------------------3-----------3-- ----------------------------------0---------------------------------------------- guitar 2: -7---7---5---5---3---3---5---5----7---7---5---5---3---3---5---5---7---5---3---7---5---3---- ---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Third Chorus (half-time feel; "Sometimes I can think..."): both guitars (distortion on): *NOTE* For the last chorus, there are leads similar to the previous choruses, but they are barely audible due to the overdubs and I recommended that both guitars play full chords. G---Bm--Em--C---G--Bm--Em--C---G--Bm--Em--C---G--Bm--Em--C---G -3--2---0---0---3--2---0---0---3--2---0---0---3--2---0---0---3-- -3--3---0---1---3--3---0---1---3--3---0---1---3--3---0---1---3-- -0--4---0---0---0--4---0---0---0--4---0---0---0--4---0---0---0-- -0--4---2---2---0--4---2---2---0--4---2---2---0--4---2---2---0-- -2--2---2---3---2--2---2---3---2--2---2---3---2--2---2---3---2-- -3------0-------3------0-------3------0-------3------0-------3-- STRUCTURE: verse.pre-chorus.chorus.verse.bridge.chorus.chorus http://envy.nu/guktabs