Pledge Allegiance Lyrics

As recorded by American Head Charge
(From the 2005 Album THE FEEDING)
Words by Cameron Heacock Music by Bryan Ottoson, Cameron Heacock, Chris Emery
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Bryan'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Karma'
Q=120
D5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|------------------------------------o||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6--o||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|-----------------------------------o||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
H E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
|------||o---------------------------|--------------------------o||
|------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6-o||
2nd Verse
D5N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----|
N.C. D5 N.C. D5
E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-0---------0-0-0----|-0---------0-0-0----o||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|-----------------------------------o||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
D5 N.C.
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E
2nd Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
W E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 3x
|----------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o||
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5F5G5Ab5
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E E E E
||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||o-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-0-4-0-3-3-0-5-0-o||
E E E E E E E E +E Q Q E E E H Q. E +W
|-------------------|------------------||o--------------|--------|
|-10-0-5-0-4-4-0-10-|-(10)-5--4--0-3-0-||o-10----5----4-|-(4)----|
H Q. E +W H Q. E +H +E E E E
|--------------|------------o||--------------|------------------|
|-10----4----3-|-(3)--------o||-10----4----3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-|
H Q. E +W H Q. E +W
||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------o||
||o-10----5----4-|-(4)--------|-10----4----1-|-(1)----o||
H H W +W
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+W +W +W +W
D5 N.C.
Gtr I
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------------------|
||o-0-0-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D5 N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S E S S E
|-----------------------------------o||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-0-0-3-5-6-o||
Out Chorus
D5 N.C. D5 N.C. D5 N.C. G5N.C.Ab5
Gtrs I, II
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E S S E 4x
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||o-0--------3h5-0--------3h6-|-0--------3h5-----5-----6--o||
N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5 N.C.G5N.C.AbN.C.G5N.C.Ab5
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
N.C.G5N.C.AbD5 D5
S S E S S E E Q. H E Q.
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths