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The Prayer Position Guitar Tablature
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: THE PRAYER POSITION :
Tabbed by Michael Kelly ([email protected]) 

Play with distortion, full gain (except for the soft part which is clean) 

x = palm mute the chord directly above 
/ = slide up 
~ = let ring 
h = play harmonic of notes above 

------------------------- 
00:00 - Intro (use up down stroke): 

e|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| 
B|---3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6---| 
G|----------------------------------------------------| x3 
D|----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------| 

00:12 - then: 

e|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------| 
B|---3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| 
G|--------------------9-9-9-9-9-------------| 
D|--------------------9-9-9-9-9-------------| 
A|--------------------7-7-7-7-7-------------| 
E|--------------------7-7-7-7-7-------------| 

00:16 - Verse 1 (Now peel the skin..): 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------5----------| 
D|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5---5/7----| 
A|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---3---5/7----| 
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---3---3/5----| 
pm---xxx----xxxx-----------xxx----xxx-------------------x------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------7----------| 
D|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---7----------| 
A|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5----------| 
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---5----------| 
pm---xxx----xxxx-----------xxx----xxx--------------------------| 

00:40 - Pre-Chorus 1 (And in the distance, there's a gathering..): 

e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|---2~~--22~~----------------------| 
A|---2~~--22~~--5/7-5/7-5/7-5/7-----| 
E|---0~~--00~~--0~~-0~~-0~~-0~~-----| 
pm--------x-------------------------| 

00:48 - Chorus 1 (Pushed to our knees so let us pray..): 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555--------7777775/7-----------| 
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7777775/7-----------| 
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-5555553/5-----------| 
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5555553/5-----------| 
pm----xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xx----------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555----------------------------| 
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7~~~7-------7/9-----| 
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-7~~~7-pause-7/9-----| 
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5~~~5-------5/7-----| 
pm----xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---------------------| 

01:05 - Verse 2 (Stature retrieved, regain our form..): 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------5----------| 
D|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5---5/7----| 
A|-2-2222-2-222222322----2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---3---5/7----| 
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---3---3/5----| 
pm---xxx----xxxx-----------xxx----xxx-------------------x------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------7----------| 
D|-2-2222-2-222222322--3-2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---7----------| 
A|-2-2222-2-222222322--3-2-2222-2-222222322-23--5---5----------| 
E|-0-0000-0-000000000----0-0000-0-000000000-00--3---5----------| 
pm---xxx----xxxx-------h---xxx----xxx--------------------------| 

01:29 - Pre-Chorus 2 (And in the distance, there's a gathering..): 

e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|---2~~--22~~----------------------| 
A|---2~~--22~~--5/7-5/7-5/7-5/7-----| 
E|---0~~--00~~--0~~-0~~-0~~-0~~-----| 
pm--------x-------------------------| 


01:37 - Chorus 2 (Pushed to our knees so let us pray..): 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555--------7777775/7-----------| 
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7777775/7-----------| 
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-5555553/5-----------| 
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5555553/5-----------| 
pm----xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xx----------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555----------------------------| 
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7~~~7---------------| 
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-7~~~7-pause---------| 
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5~~~5---------------| 
pm----xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---------------------| 

01:55 - Bridge (Soft Part: Play Clean, Let notes ring softly): 

e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------3~-------------4~----| 
D|----0--------2~----0--------5~----0--------------0--------------| 
A|---3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~-----| 
E|--0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-------| 

e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------3~-------------------| 
D|----0--------2~----0--------5~----0--------------0--------------| 
A|---3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2~----3-3-0----2------| 
E|--0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-----0---3-3-0~-------| 


02:38 - Pre-Chorus 3 (And in the distance, there's a gathering..): 

e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|---2~~-----------------------------| 
A|---2~~-pause---5/7-5/7-5/7-5/7-----| 
E|---0~~---------0~~-0~~-0~~-0~~-----| 

02:50 - Chorus 3 (Pushed to our knees so let us pray..): 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555--------7777775/7-----------| 
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7777775/7-----------| 
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-5555553/5-----------| 
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5555553/5-----------| 
pm----xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xx----------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--55555--------77777-999999-55555----------------------------| 
D|--55555-555555-77777-999999-55555-555555-7~~~----------------| 
A|--33333-555555-55555-777777-33333-555555-7~~~-two pickslides-| 
E|--33333-333333-55555-777777-33333-333333-5~~~----------------| 
pm----xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---xxx---xxxx---------------------| 

03:06 - Outro (Our will be done..): 

e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------5---999999----| 
D|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-5/9-999999----| 
A|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-3---777777----| 
E|--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000-3---777777----| 
pm----xxx---xxxx----xxx---xxxx----xxx---xxxx---------------| 

e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------7~~-----------| 
D|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-7~~-223332-2--| 
A|--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222--2-22252-2222-5~~-223332-2--| 
E|--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000--0-00030-0000-5~~-000000-0--| 
pm----xxx---xxxx----xxx---xxxx----xxx---xxxx-----xx--------| 

03:26 - End
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