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Petra - Life+as+we+know+it

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*           Petra - Life as we know it                                  *
*           Album: Jekyll & Hyde                                        *
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Transcribed by: Oliver Nemitz (September 2004)
E-Mail: Tabs@OliverNemitz.de
Homepage: www.OliverNemitz.de

This file represents the authors own work.
Please send me an e-mail if you find mistakes!

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verse (acoustic guitar)

E-||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
B-||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
G-||*---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
D-||*------9---9-----9----|-----4---4-----4---|------6---6-----6--------|
A-||-----7---------7---7--|---2---------2---2-|----4---------4---4------|
E-||---0-----0---0--------|-0-----0---0-------|--0-----0---0------------|



E------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
B------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------*||---------------------------------------|
D----------7----4-----4-------*||---------------------------------------|
A--------0----------2---2------||---------------------------------------|
E------0-----0----0------------||---------------------------------------|

Prechorus  (play with distortion)

        D5   E5   D5   A5      G#5
E-||------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B-||------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G-||o---7----9----7---------|-------------------------------------------|
D-||o---7----9----7----7----|---6---------------------------------------|
A-||----5----7----5----7----|---6---------------------------------------|
E-||-------------------5----|---4---------------------------------------|

Chorus

    F#m5  D5        E5   B5       F#m5  D5
E--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
B--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
G---------7----|---------4----|---------7----|--------------------------|
D----4----7----|----2----4----|----4----7----|--------------------------|
A----4----5----|----2----2----|----4----5----|----0---------------------|
E----2---------|----0---------|----2---------|-------4---2p0h2----------|

    F#m5  D5        B5   C#5      F#m5  D5        E5   B5
E--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
B--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
G---------7----|----4----6----|---------7----|---------4----------------|
D----4----7----|----4----6----|----4----7----|----2----4----------------|
A----4----5----|----2----4----|----4----5----|----2----2----------------|
E----2---------|--------------|----2---------|----0---------------------|



Guitar Riff

E-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D---------5---------------------|---------5-----5-----------------------|
A----5h7-----7---5--------------|----5h7----7-----7--5------------------|
E-------------------7-6-5--3p0--|-----------------------7--5~~----------|



repeat verse
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus


Bridge
       G5              B5          G5        E5
E--------------|--------------|---------|---------|---------------------|
B--------------|--------------|---------|---------|---------------------|
G--------------|----4----4----|---------|---------|---------------------|
D----5----5----|----4----4----|----5~---|----2~---|------4p0h2----------|
A----5----5----|----2----2----|----5~---|----2~---|---------------------|
E----3----3----|--------------|----3~---|----0~---|---------------------|


     G5   A5           D5   G5            A5 B5   C#5
E-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
B-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
G-------------------|--7-7------------|-----------6---------------------|
D----5-5--7--#-#-#--|--7-7--5--#-#-#--|---7---9---6---------------------|
A----5-5--7--#-#-#--|--5-5--5--#-#-#--|---7---9---4---------------------|
E----3-3--5--#-#-#--|-------3--#-#-#--|---5---7-------------------------|



Listen to the exact rythm here...      2nd guitar
E-||----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
B-||----------------|-----------------||-----------7--------------------|
G-||*---------------|----------------*||-----7--9-----9-----------------|
D-||*--2------5-----|-----5-----7----*||--------------------------------|
A-||---2------5-----|-----5-----7-----||--------------------------------|
E-||---0------3-----|-----3-----5-----||--------------------------------|


in the end they play something like this (this is not correct, I know,
but it sounds similar...)


E----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B-----12/14\12---------|---12/14\12--10--9------------------------------|
G---------------13~~---|--------------------11p9h11---------------------|
D----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------|------------------------------------------------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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