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                             I can barely breathe - Manchester Orchestra

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Tabbed by:huskerdont

Tuning:standard

::listen to the song to figure out the strumming 
patterns::

intro                                     ..citing..
(0:00)                                    (0:17)      
repeat x 2

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5----------------------------
A|--7-5--7-5--7-5--7-5--3-5----------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------

after "come on.."
(0:42)                  repeat x4        octaves at 
(0:53)

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|--9----7-----------------11-11-12-11-9-9-------------
D|--9----7------------------x--x--x--x-x-x-------------
A|--7----5------------------9--9-10--9-7-7-------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------

"then i saw.."
(0:59)                                        (1:32) 
repeate from (0:42)

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|--9~-7~---9~-7~---5~--7~-----------------------------
D|--x--x----x--------x---x-----------------------------
A|--7~-5~---7~-5~---3~--5~-----------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------

(if you knew..)
(1:42)                        (1:57)background notes 
are all           (2:06)
                                        picked from the
 barre chord
                                        versions of the
 power chords

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------5--7--9---------------------5--4-
D|-5---7---9----------5--7--9---------------------5--4-
A|-3---5---7----------3--5--7---------------------3--2-
E|-----------------------------------------------------

E|-------------------------| 
B|-------------------------| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|-2-----------------------| 
A|-2-----------------------| 
E|--0----------------------| 

"so when.."
(2:12)                                                
(2:43)
                                                       
 repeat octaves x 2

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-5-7-9-----5-7-9-----5-7----17-16-9-8----------------
D|-5-7-9-----5-7-9-----5-7-----x--x-x-x----------------
A|-3-5-7-----3-5-7-----3-5----15-14-7-6----------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------


(3:00)                    (3:16)                   
(3:48)
repeat x 2              repeat x 4             repeat x
 2

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-5-4-----------5-7-9-----------5-4-------------------
D|-5-4-| 2-5------5-7-9-----------5-4- 2-5-------------
A|-3-2-| 2-5------3-5-7-----------3-2- 2-5-------------
E|------0-3---------------------------0-3--------------

(4:05)

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|---17/16/12/16/12/16/17/12/16--17/19/17/16/17/16~----
D|----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x-----
A|---15/14/10/14/10/14/15/10/14--15/17/15/14/15/14~----
E|-----------------------------------------------------


Chords through the ending are               End on

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


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