#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE As recorded by American Head Charge (From the 2005 Album THE FEEDING) Words by Cameron Heacock Music by Bryan Ottoson, Cameron Heacock, Chris Emery Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Bryan' Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Karma' Intro Q=120 D5 N.C. 4/4 Gtrs I, II E E S S S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| ||--0-0-------------------------------------| D5 N.C. S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x |-------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------o|| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8---|| |-------------------------------------|| |--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6--o|| |-------------------------0-0---------|| D5 N.C. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| |-----------------------------------------| |-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-0-0-------------------------------------| G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 2/4 4/4 PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E |----------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------| |--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--| |----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--| Verse D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5 E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q ||---------------------|--------------------| ||o--------------------|--------------------| ||---------------------|--------------------| ||---------------------|--------------------| ||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----| ||--0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----| N.C. D5 N.C. D5 E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q |--------------------|---------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------o|| |--------------------|---------------------|| |--------------------|---------------------|| |-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o|| |-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-----|| Pre-Chorus D5 N.C. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| ||--0-0-------------------------------------| D5 N.C. S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x |------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------o|| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--|| |------------------------------------|| |--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o|| |-------------------------0-0--------|| D5 N.C. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| |-----------------------------------------| |-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-0-0-------------------------------------| G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 2/4 4/4 PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E |----------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------| |--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--| |----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--| Chorus D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5 2/4 4/4 H E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x |------||----------------------------|---------------------------|| |------||o---------------------------|--------------------------o|| |------||----------------------------|---------------------------|| |------||----------------------------|---------------------------|| |------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6-o|| |------||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6--|| 2nd Verse D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5 E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q ||---------------------|--------------------| ||o--------------------|--------------------| ||---------------------|--------------------| ||---------------------|--------------------| ||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----| ||--0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----| N.C. D5 N.C. D5 E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q |--------------------|---------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------o|| |--------------------|---------------------|| |--------------------|---------------------|| |-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o|| |-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0----|-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-----|| Pre-Chorus D5 N.C. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| ||--0-0-------------------------------------| D5 N.C. S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x |------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------o|| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--|| |------------------------------------|| |--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o|| |-------------------------0-0--------|| D5 N.C. E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| |-----------------------------------------| |-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-0-0-------------------------------------| G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 2/4 4/4 PM| PM| PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E |----------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|--------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------| |--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-|-----5-----6-----5-----6--| |----------------------|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6--| 2nd Chorus D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5 W E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 3x |----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|| |----------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o|| |----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|| |----------||----------------------------|----------------------------|| |----------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o|| |----------||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6---|| D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5F5G5Ab5 E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E E E E |---------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------| |-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-0-3-5-6-| |-0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-3-5-6-| Interlude C5 D5G5D5Gb5 D5C5 D5GbD5F5 D5G5D5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x ||--------------------|------------------|| ||o-------------------|-----------------o|| ||--------------------|------------------|| ||--------------------|------------------|| ||o-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-0-4-0-3-3-0-5-0-o|| ||--10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-0-4-0-3-3-0-5-0--|| C5 D5G5D5Gb5 D5C5 G5 Gb5D5F5D5 C5 G5 Gb5 E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E E E H Q. E +W |-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------| |-------------------|------------------||o--------------|--------| |-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------| |-------------------|------------------||---------------|--------| |-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-(10)-5--4--0-3-0-||o-10----5----4-|-(4)----| |-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-(10)-5--4--0-3-0-||--10----5----4-|-(4)----| 1. 2. C5 Gb5 F5 C5 Gb5 F5 D5F5D5 H Q. E +W H Q. E +H +E E E E |--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------| |--------------|------------o||--------------|------------------| |--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------| |--------------|-------------||--------------|------------------| |-10----4----3-|-(3)--------o||-10----4----3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-| |-10----4----3-|-(3)---------||-10----4----3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-| 1. C5 G5 Gb5 C5 Gb5 Eb5 H Q. E +W H Q. E +W ||---------------|------------|--------------|---------|| ||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------o|| ||---------------|------------|--------------|---------|| ||---------------|------------|--------------|---------|| ||o-10----5----4-|-(4)--------|-10----4----1-|-(1)----o|| ||--10----5----4-|-(4)--------|-10----4----1-|-(1)-----|| 2. C5 Gb5 Eb5 H H W +W |------------|----------|------------| |------------|----------|------------| |------------|----------|------------| |------------|----------|------------| |-10----4----|-1--------|-(1)--------| |-10----4----|-1--------|-(1)--------| > +W +W +W +W |------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|--------| |-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----| |-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----| D5 N.C. Gtr I E E S S S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| ||--0-0-------------------------------------| D5 N.C. S S S S S S S S S S E S S E |------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------o|| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-----5-7-8--|| |------------------------------------|| |--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o|| |-------------------------0-0--------|| Out Chorus D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5 Gtrs I, II E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||o---------------------------|---------------------------o|| ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||----------------------------|----------------------------|| ||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o|| ||--0--0-3h5-----0--0-3h5-----|-0--0-3h5-----0-0-5-0-0-6---|| N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----5-----6-----5-----6-|-----5-----6-----5-----6-| |-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6-|-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6-| N.C.G5N.C.AbD5 D5 S S E S S E E Q. H E Q. |--------------------|--------------*| |--------------------|--------------*| |--------------------|--------------*| |--------------------|--------------*| |-----5-----6-0------|------0-------*| |-0-0-5-0-0-6-0------|------0-------*| Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - 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 ----------- | - 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