Autobiography Of A Nation Guitar Tab

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			AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NATION - Thursday
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By: Nathan Kullbom (BASEBKLYN1@aol.com)

Here it is, a complete thursday song for both guitars.
Most of it should be right, it sounds good anyways.
Some of it is kinda hard to hear and tuff to play,
but what can i say, its thursday. You've got to
listen to one channel at a time for it to make sense
in some parts....have fun. Email me with any
corrections or comments.

INTRO (Clean)
Guitar 1
  F.P. 0:00-0:27 (2X)    0:27-0:56 (2X)
e|----------------------|----------------|-----------|
B|10-8---------8--10-7--|------10--------|End-On-This|
G|------9h10p9----------|10--------------|-----10----|
D|----------------------|8--10-7--8--10--|-----8-----|
A|0--0--0------0--0--0--|8--8--8--8--8---|-----8-----|
E|----------------------|----------------|-----------|

Guitar 2
  0:00-0:27 (2X)             0:27-0:56  (2X)                   0:57-1:03-------| (4X)
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------|
B|15--13--10-10-13--11--8/10|15--13--10-10-11-13--10-11-10-11-|-10--10---------|
G|14--14--7--10-------------|14--14--7--10-10-14--7--10-10-10-|---10-----------|
D|12--12--7--7--10--10--5/7-|12--12--7--7--7--12--7--7--7--7--|7---------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------|

PART 1
Guitar 1
  1:03-1:27 (3X)
e|--------------|-----------|
B|--------------|End-On-This|
G|---12/10/910-|-----------|
D|8-------------|-----8-----|
A|8--10/8-/78--|-----8-----|
E|8~------------|-----8-----|

Guitar 2
  1:03-1:27
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|7--12/14--3--3/5/7/95--7--12/14--3/5/7--|
D|7---------3-------------7----------------|
A|5--10/12--1--1/3/5/73--5--10/12--1/3/5--|
E|-----------------------------------------|

PART 2

Guitar 1
  1:27-1:36
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----10b11----10b11---10b11---10b11---10b11---10b11--|
G|----12b14----12b14---12b14---12b14---12b14---12b14--|
D|8888-----8888-----000-----000-----000-----000-------|
A|8888-----8888-----000-----000-----000-----000-------|
E|8888-----8888-----000-----000-----000-----000-------|

Guitar 2
  1:27-1:36
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----7b8------7b8-----7b8-----7b8-----7b8-----7b8----|
D|8888-----8888-----000-----000-----000-----000-------|
A|8888-----8888-----000-----000-----000-----000-------|
E|8888-----8888-----000-----000-----000-----000-------|

REPEAT PART 1 (1:37-1:59)
REPEAT PART 2 (2:00-2:10)

PART 3 (Clean)

Guitar 1
  2:10-2:21 (2X)  2:22-2:47 (4X)
e|---------------|--------------|
B|---------------|--------------|
G|17--15--14-----|15--17--14----|
D|15--15--15-----|--15--15--15--|
A|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|

Guitar 2
  2:10-2:21 (2X)  2:22-2:33 (2X)  2:35-2:48-----------------| (2X)
e|---------------|---------------|--------------|--23b24----|
B|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------|Then both
G|10------10-----|10------10-----|10------------|-----------|Guitars hit
D|12--10--12-----|12~-10--12-----|12--10--0-----|-----------|this
A|----12---------|----12~--------|----12--8-----|-----------|
E|---------------|---------------|12--12--------|-----------|

PART 4
Guitar 1
  2:48-3:13
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|---------------7--|
D|8--5--0--8--5--7--|
A|8--5--0--8--5--5--|
E|8--5--0--8--5-----|

Guitar 2
  2:48-3:13
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|12/10/910/9/7910/9/79/7--2--2--0--2-14--|
D|-----------------------------0--0--0--0------|
A|10/8-/78-/7/578-/7/57/5--0--0--0--0-12--|
E|-----------------------------0--0--0--0------|
						   (2X)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|12/10/910/9/79h10p9h10p9h1014-15-14-------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|10/8-/78-/7/57-------------12-12-12-------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

ENDING PART 1

Guitar 1
  3:14-3:40 (4X)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|10/12------------|
D|-------10--5--8--|
A|8-/10--10--5--8--|
E|-------10--5--8--|

Guitar 2
  3:14-3:26 (2X)    3:27-3:40 (2X)
e|-----------------|----------------------|------|
B|-----------------|----------------------|------|Second time
G|7--2--3--5-------|7/17--13--12--13--12--|--19--|Slide up and
D|7--2--3--5-------|----------------------|------|and end
A|5--0--1--3-------|5/15--11--10--11--10--|--17--|with this
E|-----------------|----------------------|------|

ENDING PART 2

Guitar 1
  3:40-END (4X)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|0--8--0--0-0-8--|
A|0--8--0--0-0-8--|
E|0--8--0--0-0-8--|

Guitar 2
  3:40-END
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5---------5-----5---------5-----12---------12/14-----17---------17--|
D|0-----0--0-0----0-----0--0-0----0------0--0-0--------0------0--0-0-----|
A|0--3--0--0-0-3--0--3--0--0-0-3--0--10--0--0-0-10/12--0--15--0--0-0-15--|
E|0-----0--0-0----0-----0--0-0----0------0--0-0--------0------0--0-0-----|

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LYRICS:

Write these words back down inside
We have burned their villages and all the people in them died
And we adopt their customs and everything they say we steal
All the dreams they had we kill
Still we all sleep sound tonight
Is this what you wanted to hear?
We erased all their images and dance
And replaced them with borders and flags

At the top of this timeline you'll remember
This is the lipstick on the collar and in my own life
I've seen it in the mirror sometimes at the cost of others hopes

So. Write these words back down inside
That's where yo need it the most and without conviction of heart you will fell it all
Yeah - We all dance to the same beat when we we're marching
Yeah- The TV tells us everythign we need to know
And this scene is painting in all the fashions of the moment and history is all the same

Everything you say you stole
Every dream you dream you bought
But I'm still here and we are all guilty

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture rikiscorner Average	#1 by rikiscorner at Sep 5, 1974 at 10:24 AM EST
	kill the barbarians and turn their homes into subdivisions! they do nothing for society anyway.

No Picture Corey Average	#2 by Corey La Plante at Feb 24, 1982 at 6:39 PM EST
	i respect them for speaking their mind and they are a great band, but u also have to give credit to people and song writers that have been doing this kind of thing since back in the day, but check out anti-flag they say what they think no matter what and they are a great band that is politically active

No Picture St. Jimmy Wanna Be	#3 by St. Jimmy at Mar 3, 1985 at 11:13 PM EST
	...there is america, and thursday is amazing

No Picture bec Average	#4 by bec madden at Jul 29, 1990 at 5:48 AM EST
	thursday speaks what so many cant and refuse...they are unspeakably brilliant and the world, without complaint or discrimination for genre, need to her these words. autobiography of a nation is the most honest thing ive heard in a long time

No Picture hamadi Wanna Be	#5 by hamadi alameddine at Sep 17, 1991 at 10:59 AM EST
	sometimes musicians compliment poems by forming lines into lyrics of their songs.. i'm sure thursday knows where they got those words from and use them in respect of the poet. (the poet being Michael Palmer)

No Picture silent Rhythm Player	#6 by silent support at Mar 7, 1998 at 11:56 AM EST
	This is the first Thursday song that I've ever heard and it's now my favorite song. I like every single second of it, which is rare for me.

No Picture Neal Average	#7 by Neal Breen at Aug 17, 1998 at 7:36 PM EST
	i had and still have incredible respect for Thursday but i must say i thought this was one of their most impacting songs. To discover that Geoff plagerized these from a poem just kind of lessens the boldness of the statement it makes. Thursday is still amazing and the rest of their lyrics (i hope) are original. I hope their new-found fame doesnt change the message and ideals that they always stood for.

No Picture Neal Average	#8 by Neal Breen at Dec 22, 1998 at 5:17 AM EST
	This song is about manifest destiny, america expanding itself at the cost of the True Americans, Native Americans. Thursday is amazing and speaks the truth. I wish more bands would use there popularity to try and open more peoples eyes.

No Picture Sal Average	#9 by Sal With The Lights Out at Nov 25, 2000 at 6:24 AM EST
	This is a fuckin amazing song and all of it's the truth.