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I Am Understood? - Chords/Tab

First verse (acoustic part):

Bm    Bm/G     D    A   (4X)

First verse (electric part) and all other verses: just use some basic
strum pattern
e--------------------
B--------------------
G--4---------7-------
D--4----5----7----7--
A--2----5----5----7--
E-------3---------5--
   B5   G5   D5   A5

At the end of the verse hold out the A5 for another measure

Chorus: the song changes from 4/4 to 6/8 time here so its a tricky
transition so i put how to count it off above the tab to match the
strum pattern
                             
   123456123456123456123456123456123456123456123456
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G--7-77777-7777------------4-44444-4444-------------
D--7-77777-77775-55555-55554-44444-44444-44447-7777-
A--5-55555-55555-55555-55552-22222-22224-44447-7777-
E--------------3-33333-3333------------2-22225-5555-
   D5          G5          B5          F#5   A5

After the chorus play this:
e-------------------
B-------------------
G--7777xxxx7777xxxx-
D--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
A--5555xxxx5555xxxx-
E-------------------   then go into the next verse


At the end of the 2nd verse when you're holding out the A5, guitar 2 plays:
e-----------------
B-----------------
G--14-\\6--7--9---
D--x--\\x--x--x---
A--12-\\4--5--7---
E-----------------

Play chorus again

Bridge: this is played with a mild distortion/delay effect
e-------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------
G------0----0----0----0----0----0-----------
D---0h4--0h4--0h4--0h4--0h4--0h4---0h4-5p4--
A-----------------------------------------5-
E--2--------------0----2----------2---------   play three times

After that play this: (x means palm mute that note)
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G----0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0---------
D-----------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-
A--22-22-2---------55-55-5-00-00-0-22-22-2---------55-55-5--7-7-7-7-
E----------33-33-3-------------------------33-33-3----------5-5-5-5-
   xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x xx xx x 

Play 3rd verse

Here's one part in the 3rd verse that drops to clean delay guitar:
e-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G----0-------0-------0-------0--
D---4-------4-------4-------4---
A--5-------5-------5-------5----
E-------------------------------

Finish the 3rd verse, play the chorus

After the last chorus play this: (careful-this is one tricky tab to read!)

e--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
B--3333xxxx3333xxxx3333xxxx3333xxxx-
G--2222xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
D--0000xxxx0000xxxx0000xxxx0000xxxx-
A--xxxxxxxx0000xxxx1111xxxxxxxxxxxx-
E--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx3333xxxx-  play it 2 1/2 times
   D       D/A     D/Bb    G

Outro: (the noise has broken my defense...)

Bb5    G5    D5    A5   (play a lot of times)

When he starts repeating "let me embrace salvation" hold the D5 for a while

End:
e-----------------
B------------7----
G--3----5----7----
D--3----5----7----
A--1----3----5----
E-----------------
   Bb5  C5   D

Chords used:

Bm       x2443x
Bm/G     3x443x
D        x5777x
A        5776xx
Bb5      x133xx
G5       355xxx
D5       x577xx
A5       577xxx
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