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Figured You Out Guitar Tablature
Nickelback
"Figured You Out"
From the album "The Long Road"
Tabbed by Joe Costello ([email protected])

Tuning: Drop-C (Drop all strings one step, then drop D)
low to high: C G C F A D

Symbols used:
x = muted strings
<5> = harmonic on 5th fret
/ = slide down
 = slide up
. = palm mute
h = hammer on
p = pull off

1st Verse: 
Riff 1: (w/distortion)
D|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------|--7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---|
C|-------|--7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---|
G|-------|--5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---|
C|--/15--|--------------------------------------------------------|
    "I like your pants around your feet."

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x----|
G|---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x----|
C|---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x----|
   "...the dirt that's on your knees"

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x----|
G|---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x----|
C|---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x----|
   "...please, while you're looking up at me	You're like..."

D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
F|--7--7--x-x---7--7--7--7---7---------|
C|--7--7--x-x---7--7--7--7---7---------|
G|--5--5--x-x---5--5--5--5---5---------|
C|------------------------------(rest)-|
"...my favorite *** disease"

Riff 1a: (Use harmonics)
D|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------|--7--7----------7-7--7----------7-7--7----------7-7--7----------|
C|-------|--7--7-<4>-<4>--7-7--7-<4>-<4>--7-7--7-<4>-<4>--7-7--7-<4>-<4>--|
G|-------|--5--5-<4>-<4>--5-5--5-<4>-<4>--5-5--5-<4>-<4>--5-5--5-<4>-<4>--|
C|--/15--|--0--0-<4>-<4>--0-0--0-<4>-<4>--0-0--0-<4>-<4>--0-0--0-<4>-<4>--|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>--|
G|---3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>--|
C|---3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>--|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-|
G|---5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-|
C|---5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-|

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|--7--7---------7-----------------------------|
C|--7--7-<4>-<4>-7-<4>-<4>--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
G|--5--5-<4>-<4>-5-<4>-<4>--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|--0--0-<4>-<4>-0-<4>-<4>--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
 Note: The strumming pattern of the harmonic notes is not shown, listen for it.
       The harmonic notes are correct now, thanks to Frikazoyd for the correction here. 

Chorus:
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------------------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0---<4>-0-<4>--0---<4>-0-<4>--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
								    . . . . . . . . 

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-----------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-----------------|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0---<4>-0-<4>--0---<4>-0-<4>--0-(rest)----------|

Repeat Riffs 1 and 1a for the second verse.

2nd Chorus:
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------------------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0---<4>-0-<4>--0---<4>-0-<4>--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
								    . . . . . . . . 
						   (6x)
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|*---------------*|-------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|*-0-------------*|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|--0--------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|--0---<4>-0-<4>--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
							  . . . . . . . . 
Interlude:
		 (4x)		   (4x)		     (4x)		 (2x)
D|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------|
F|------------------*|----------------*|----------------*|------------------*|------------|
C|------------------*|---3--3--5p3p0--*|---5--5--5p3p0--*|------------------*|-0----------|
G|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|---3--3----------|---5--5----------|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|-0----------|
C|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|---3--3----------|---5--5----------|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|-0-(rest)---|

3rd Verse:
Riff 2 (Palm mute the hell out of these notes)
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0--x-x--0--0-------|
C|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0--x-x--0--0-------|
    .  .        . .  .       .  .  

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x--3--3-------|
C|--3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x--3--3-------|
    .  .        . .  .       .  .  

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x--5--5-------|
C|--5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x--5--5-------|
    .  .        . .  .       .  .  

D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-------------------------7---------|
C|-------------------------7---------|
G|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0-----5---------|
C|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0-------(rest)--|
    .  .        . . 

Play Riff 1a for the second part of the 3rd verse.
Then play the second chorus.

Ending:
		 (3x)
D|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------------|
F|------------------*|----------------7--7---|
C|------------------*|--3-3--3-3-3----7--7---|
G|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|--3-3--3-3-3----5--5---|
C|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|--3-3--3-3-3----0--0---|

-And there you have it. If there's any comments, questions or corrections e-mail me.

Joe.
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