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/ A.F.I. / The Art of Drowning (2000) / The Days of the Phoenix guitar tab

AFI are probably the best punk band at the moment. 
This tab is definetely 100% correct. You can also use 
fifth chords instead of the Barre Chords to make it easier.

Here you go:

Intro:

|-----5------2-----2-----3------------x---------|
|-------3------3-----3-----3----xh2-----2-------|
|---4-----4------4-----4-----4--2---2-----2-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


|-----5--------3------5---------7---------------|
|-------3---------3-----3-------x---------------|
|---4-----4----4----------4-----4---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----7------------14----14---14--------14------|
|--9----11--12--12----12---12----12--12----12---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---11--12--14----------14------11--12--14------|
|---------------12--12------12------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------14------12--11----------------------|
|---12--12------12----------12--9---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|





Chord progression for intro:

|---7---5---3---5---|
|---7---7---3---5---|
|---7---7---4---6---|
|---9---7---5---7---|
|---9---5---5---7---|
|---7---5---3---5---|

Verse:

|--7--5--7--5--3--7--5----7--5--7--5--3--7--5--2--3--3---|
|--7--5--7--7--3--8--5----7--5--7--7--3--8--5--2--3--3---|
|--7--6--7--7--4--9--6----7--6--7--7--4--9--6--3--4--4---|
|--9--7--9--7--5--9--7----9--7--9--7--5--9--7--4--5--5---|
|--9--7--9--5--5--7--7----9--7--9--5--5--7--7--4--5--5---|
|--7--5--7--5--3--7--5----7--5--7--5--3--7--5--2--3--3---|

Chorus:

					Repeat with this final chord
|--7------------10----------------10-----------12---------|
|--7------------10----------------12-----------14---------|
|--7--7---------11--11------------12-----------14---------|
|--9-----9------12-------12-------12-----------14---------|
|--9--------9---12------------12--10-----------12---------|
|--7------------10----------------10-----------12---------|

Break: 1st riff

|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------3----|
|--------x-------------x--------|
|-----4-----4------4------------|
|--2------------2---------------|
|-------------------------------|

2nd riff (distorted)

|----------------------------3--3--3--2--2—-2--x--x-------|
|--x--x--x--x--3--3--2--x----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2--3--3--3--5--5--2--2--2--3--3--3--2--2---------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--3---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

the final position of this riff, during the second time through 
is:
|-------|
|---2---|
|---2---|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|

3rd riff (clean tone underlying above riff)
repeat but replace 4th run with:
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------x----------------x--------------------------------|
|-------4-------4-------4-------4-------------x---------------|
|---2---------------x---------------------5-------5-----------|
|-------------------------------------3-----------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------x-------------------4---2-------------------------|
|-------4-------4----------1----------------------------------|
|---5------------------2--------------------------------------|


Final riff over end:
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7--------------14------14------14----------14----------|
|---9-----11--12--12------12------12------12--12------12------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12--11--------------14------12--11--------------14--------|
|-----------12--12--12------12----------12--12--12------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12--11----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------12----11------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

There you go. With a little practice you will do it!!!


A.F.I. albums
2003 Sing the Sorrow
2000 The Art of Drowning
1999 All Hallows E.P.
1999 Black Sails in the Sunset
1997 Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes
1997 Answer That & Stay Fashionable
1996 Very Proud of Ya
The Art of Drowning tabs
01Initiation tabbass tab
02The Lost Souls tabbass tab
03The Nephilim tabbass tab
04Ever and a Day tabbass tab
05Sacrifice Theory tabbass tab
06Of Greetings and Goodbyes tabbass tab
07Smile tabbass tab
08A Story at Three tabbass tab
09The Days of the Phoenix tabbass tab
10Catch a Hot One tabbass tab
11Wester tabbass tab
126 to 8 tabbass tab
13The Despair Factor tabbass tab
14Morningstar tabbass tab
15Battled tabbass tab

 

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