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Stalemate Tab

Send "Stalemate" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

NOTE: "!" means the 10th fret on any string
      "#" means the 12th fret on any string

INTRO / VERSE
							play 5 times
|----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| |
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| |
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|.|
|0-0-0---0-0-0---|0-0-0---0-0-0---|0-0-0---0-0-0---|0-0-0---0-0-0---|.|
|!-!-!---!-!-!---|9-9-9---9-9-9---|9-9-9---9-9-9---|7-7-7---7-7-7---| |
|#-#-#---#-#-#---|!-!-!---!-!-!---|7-7-7---7-7-7---|5-5-5---5-5-5---| |

PRE-CHORUS

|5===============|================|2---x-2-x-3-x-5=|==========------|
|5===============|================|2---x-2-x-3-x-5=|==========------|
|6===============|================|3---x-3-x-4-x-6=|==========x-x-x-|
|7===============|================|4---x-4-x-5-x-7=|==========x-x-x-|
|7===============|================|4---x-4-x-5-x-7=|==========x-x-x-|
|5===============|================|2---x-2-x-3-x-5=|==========------|

|5===============|================|2---x-2-x-3-x---|----------------|
|5===============|================|2---x-2-x-3-x-7=|--77--7777777---|
|6===============|================|3---x-3-x-4-x-7=|--77--7777777---|
|7===============|================|4---x-4-x-5-x-7=|--77--7777777---|
|7===============|================|4---x-4-x-5-x-5=|--55--7555555---|
|5===============|================|2---x-2-x-3-x---|----------------|

CHORUS

|----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
|----3-------3---|--3-------3-----|----2-----2---3-|3---3---33333---|
|------0---------|----0-------0---|--------------2-|2---2---22222---|
|--------0-------|----------------|--------2---2-0-|0---0---00000---|
|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 *let strings ring throught
  next two bars

|----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|
|----3-------3---|--3-------3-----|2===============|
|------0---------|----0-------0---|2===============|
|--------0-------|----------------|2===============|
|3---------------|----------------|0===============|
|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|
 *let strings ring throught
  next two bars

now repeat this whole thing from the beginging.  when you get to the end
again, replace the last bar w/ these two bars:

|----------------|----------------|
|2=============23|2===============|
|2===============|================|
|2===============|================|
|0===============|================|
|----------------|----------------|
	       *hammer on and pull off very quickly:
	       [---2^3^2----]

now bass and drums play for 8 bars

SOLO

For this part, I have decided to just write the two digit number as they
are except for in the third bars of the next two segments...you will
notice ! still = 10.  10 is written normally everywhere else.  It looks
messy but the second digits of the two digit numbers line up w/ the
single digit numbers


|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8-8-8--7-----7-|--7-7--7=======|75--5---!-7-----|-101010101210---|
|x-x-x---x-----x-|--x-x---x-------|--7---7-----9---|--x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|5-5-5--4-----4-|--4-4--2=======|--------------7-|--7-7-7-7/97---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8-8-8--7-----7-|--7-7--7=======|75--5---!-7-----|-101010101210---|
|x-x-x---x-----x-|--x-x---x-------|--7---7-----9---|--x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|5-5-5--4-----4-|--4-4--2=======|--------------7-|--7-7-7-7/97---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8===========87=|================|============7/14|=======101210===|
|x-----------x-x-|----------------|------------x--x|--------x-x-x---|
|5===========54=|================|============4/11|========7/97===|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8===========87=|================|============7/14|=======101210===|
|x-----------x-x-|----------------|------------x--x|--------x-x-x---|
|5===========54=|================|============4/11|========7/97===|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8===========87=|============7/15|============1514|=========101210=|
|x-----------x-x-|------------x--x|-------------x-x|----------x-x-x-|
|5===========54=|============4/12|============1211|==========7/97-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8===========87=|============7/15|============1514|=========101210=|
|x-----------x-x-|------------x--x|-------------x-x|----------x-x-x-|
|5===========54=|============4/12|============1211|==========7/97-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8===========87=|============7/15|============1514|=========101210=|
|x-----------x-x-|------------x--x|-------------x-x|----------x-x-x-|
|5===========54=|============4/12|============1211|==========7/97-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8===========87=|============7/15|============1514|=========101210=|
|x-----------x-x-|------------x--x|-------------x-x|----------x-x-x-|
|5===========54=|============4/12|============1211|==========7/97-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------||
|!===============||
|x---------------||
|7===============||
|----------------||
|----------------||

oh yeah...i used ! instead of 10 here too...in cae you didn't notice :)

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Stalemate Tab

Send "Stalemate" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture brad Rhythm Player	#1 by brad music at Feb 15, 1972 at 5:24 PM EST
	yea this song is sweet, probably one of the best on high/low. im not exactly sure of meaning either but ill take a guess..... The term "Stalemate" usually gives the sense of a deadlock or uncertainty. He basically feels 'stuck' which is also shown through his references to jail. He feels caged in this sense and realizes it is not a good thing (ie. "not safe in a jail"). I think the song is about how he is not fully living his life. He is a "nervous watcher" and always has to see others enjoying the world while he is caged. Throughout the song he says "when do i jump out of the cake" and its easy to feel a sense of a birthday party. He wants to yell out and scream "surprise" and feel the adrenaline and emotions of the world. However, there is something in him that holds him back and he is struggling to overcome these feeling and has trouble escaping from his cell.

No Picture James Wanna Be	#2 by James Makowiecki at Apr 23, 1987 at 11:24 AM EST
	I don't know what this song means personally to me but the song is great.

No Picture Meaty Average	#3 by Meaty at Jan 19, 2001 at 9:41 PM EST
	I agree with battleofny, but I'd also like to add that he may be talking to someone he's in a relationship with, that he wants to break or at least change and he won't dare to do so. Just a thought.