The National — Abel
Album: Alligator Song: Abel Tabbed by: Uncredited Chords: CFG guitar 2: e|---------------------------------------------------------- B|---------------------------------------------------------- G|---------------------------------------------------------- D|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12- A|---------------------------------------------------------- E|---------------------------------------------------------- changes to this e|-------------------------- B|-------10------10--------- G|--9-10----9-10----9-10-12- D|-------------------------- A|-------------------------- E|-------------------------- e|--------------------------------------------- B|----------------10-------10-------10-------10 G|--9-10-12--9-10-----9-10-----9-10-----9-10--- D|--------------------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------- e|------------------------------------------------------------------------ B|-------------------------------------------10-------10-------10-------10 G|--9-10-12--9-10-12--9-10-12--9-10-12--9-10-----9-10-----9-10-----9-10--- D|------------------------------------------------------------------------ A|------------------------------------------------------------------------ E|------------------------------------------------------------------------ e|------------------------------------ B|------------------------------------ G|--9-10-12--9-10-12--9-10-12--9-10-12 D|------------------------------------ A|------------------------------------ E|------------------------------------ (notes) now back to very first riff, guitar 1 strumming pattern gets faster and more regular during the second riff above and slows down again when guitar 2 goes back to the first one (watch the video if you need help you can pick up some stuff from there) Now the bridge - this is gonna take ages: guitar 1: e|--5--8---12--10--8---3--- B|--5--8---8---8---8---3--- G|--5--9---9---9---9---4--- D|--7--10--10--10--10--5--- A|--7--x---x---x---x---x--- E|--x--x---x---x---x---x--- (notes) second or third time around add a pinkie on the last chord and play this: xx5435 a note of caution, the above is how I play it as its a little easier to get around the board, I think they might be playing this: x10x988 with the changes as described above of course. Please remember this chord type with a string muted when I tab guitar two for the bridge as you can change those to this type also. They play the same to begin with and just change the final chord which is below Guitar 2: x9x877
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