Blind Date
Refused
By: Chris Allan
There's only one guitar in this song (as far as I can tell) and it's tuned
down to Drop D. (D A D G B E)
There's no guitar in the first verse, the guitar begins at the chorus about
40 seconds in.
Chorus
G5 A5 Bb5 G5 A5 Bb5
S S S E S S S S E S E S S S S S E S S S S E S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
A5 C5
E S E S E S E S E E E S E S E S E S E E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G5 A5 Bb5 G5 A5 Bb5
S S S E S S S S E S E S S S S S E S S S S E S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
A5 C5
E S E S E S E S E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10--10--10--10--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10--10--10--10--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10--10--10--10--|
G5 A5 Bb5 C5 G5Bb5 G#5 G5 A5 Bb5 C5 G5Bb5 G#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
||--5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6---||
||o-5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6--o||
||--5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6---||
Build-Up to Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||
||--5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-7-5-8-5-10-|-5-8-5-5-6-6-6-6---||
Verse 2
G5 G5
W +W +W +W Wx4
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|--------|
G5 G5
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
C5 A5BbG5 C5 A5BbG5
S S S S E H +E +W S S S S E H +E +W
|-----------------------|------------|-----------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|-----------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|-----------------------|--------|
|-10-10-10p7-8-5----(5)-|-(5)--------|-10-10-10p7-8-5----(5)-|-(5)----|
|-10-10-10p7-8-5----(5)-|-(5)--------|-10-10-10p7-8-5----(5)-|-(5)----|
|-10-10-10p7-8-5----(5)-|-(5)--------|-10-10-10p7-8-5----(5)-|-(5)----|
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Final Chorus
C5 G5 A5 Bb5
Q E Q E E S S S S S E S S S S E S E S S
|------------------------||----------------------------|
|------------------------||o---------------------------|
|------------------------||----------------------------|
|-10--10-10--10-10-10-10-||--5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-10--10-10--10-10-10-10-||o-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-10--10-10--10-10-10-10-||--5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
G5 A5 Bb5
S S S E S S S S E S E S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8---|
A5 C5
E S E S E S E S E E E S E S E S E S E E 3x
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
G5 A5 Bb5 G5 A5 Bb5
S S S E S S S S E S E S S S S S E S S S S E S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-|
A5 F5
E S E S E S E S E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|
Outro
Bm+5/D
E +S E +S Q E E E E +S E +S Q E E E
||--7-(7)-7-(7)----------|-7-(7)-7-(7)----------|
||o-8-(8)-8-(8)----------|-8-(8)-8-(8)----------|
||--7-(7)-7-(7)--------5-|-7-(7)-7-(7)--------5-|
||--------------7--8-8---|-------------7--8-8---|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
Bm+5/D
E +S E +S Q E E E E +S E +S Q E E E W
|-7-(7)-7-(7)----------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-----------||--!7----*|
|-8-(8)-8-(8)----------|-8-(8)-8-(8)----------o||--!8----*|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)--------5-|-7-(7)-7-(7)--------5--||--!7----*|
|-------------7--8-8---|-------------7--8-8----||--------*|
|----------------------|----------------------o||--------*|
|----------------------|-----------------------||--------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths,
s16 = swing 16ths
That's it, I'm pretty sure everything's correct. If you have any
comments/suggestions/corrections or anything like that, e-mail me at
allan_iamcanadian@hotmail.com. Thanks.
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