'Donner Party' by Alkaline Trio - Guitar Tutorial

            Alkaline Trio - Donner Party
Tabbed by - Andrew Biles
Standard Tuning

The amount of strums may be a little off in the intro, but it's the basis of the
chords played and roughly how long in comparison to each other they are played for
There's lots of little riffs in this song, so most of the riffs have little x_
beside them indicating how many times played.
Riffs with lyrics under just show where the chord changes are and  you will have
to work out the strumming patterns.

Intro
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|-6-6-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-6-6-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-4-4-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|----------------------------------------------------- x2
            ^ passing chord

Verse - played roughly the same as the intro but the passing chord is missed out
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|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|------------------------------------------------- x7

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|-------------------------------------------------
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|------------------------------------------------- x1

Chorus
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|----------------------------------------------------6-----------
|-----7----------------------------------------------6-----------
|-----7----------------------------------------------4-----------
|-----5----------------------------------------------------------
  and I, wanted you to know, it was you that we were thinking of

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------11-------9--------------------
------11-------9------------------7-
------9--------7------------------7-
----------------------------------5-
 when we quietly died in the snow

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-------------------------------------------6---------------11-------9-
-------------------------------------------6---------------11-------9-
-------------------------------------------4---------------9--------7-
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  a place we'll never leave, a place never wanna call home

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------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6----9-----
------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6----9-----
------------------4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4----7-----
--------------------------------------------------
a place we call a final   resting place in pieces

|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|------------------------------------------------------- x2

|-----------------------
|-----------------------
|-11------------7------
|-11-----7------7------
|-9------7------5------
|---------5------------- x4

|-----------------
|-----------------
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|----------------- x1

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------6-----------
|-----7----------------------------------------------6-----------
|-----7----------------------------------------------4-----------
|-----5----------------------------------------------------------
  and I, wanted you to know, it was you that we were thinking of

------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------11-------9--------------------
------11-------9------------------7-
------9--------7------------------7-
----------------------------------5-
 when we quietly died in the snow

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-------------------------------------------6---------------11-------9-
-------------------------------------------6---------------11-------9-
-------------------------------------------4---------------9--------7-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  a place we'll never leave, a place never wanna call home

--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6----9-----
------------------6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6----9-----
------------------4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4----7-----
--------------------------------------------------
a place we call a final   resting place in pieces

|-------------
|-------------
|-7-6--------
|-7-6---7--7-
|-5-4---7--5-
|--------5--5- x2

|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|-7-7-7--6-6-6---------------
|-7-7-7--6-6-6--7-7-7--7-7-7-
|-5-5-5--4-4-4--7-7-7--5-5-5-
|---------------5-5-5--5-5-5- x4

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------6-----------
|-----7----------------------------------------------6-----------
|-----7----------------------------------------------4-----------
|-----5----------------------------------------------------------
  and I, wanted you to know, it was you that we were thinking of

------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------11-------9--------------------
------11-------9------------------7-
------9--------7------------------7-
----------------------------------5-
 when we quietly died in the snow

----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------6---------------11-------9-
-------------------------------------------6---------------11-------9-
-------------------------------------------4---------------9--------7-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  a place we'll never leave, a place never wanna call home

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------------------6----------------------9---------
------------------6----------------------9------7~-
------------------4----------------------7------7~-
------------------------------------------------5~-
a place we call a final resting place in pieces

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