Band: The Vandals Song: A Gun For Christmas Tabbed By: Christopher Tagseth Email: [email protected] (my junkmail account) Tuning: Standard Key: ~ let ring ^ palm mute b bend So I originally tabbed this song, the tab that you see everywhere, like 7 years ago. off, that tab is seriously flawed, so I'm re-tabbing it partially to fix those mistakes. I seem to have lost credit for my tabs with punk ass little clowns claiming to have done In this instance, some kid who calls himself PunkAsPhuck is taking credit for what I For shame on all you posers who steal tabs and put your names on them. 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e|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------|-------------12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-----| A|-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9---12~| E|-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2|-10-10-10-10-----------------------------10~| Bell Riff: (0:55) e|------------------------------|------------------------------| B|-----7-----------8-7----------|-----7-----------8-7----------| G|-7-6---9-7-6---------9-7-6~-9~|-7-6---9-7-6---------9-7-6~-9~| D|-------------9-7--------------|-------------9-7--------------| A|------------------------------|------------------------------| E|------------------------------|------------------------------| Guitar Behind Bell Riff: (0:55) 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e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-------------12-12-11-11-------------9-9-9-9-|---------9-9-9-9-----------------| A|-12-12-12-12-10-10-9--9--10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E|-10-10-10-10-------------8--8--8--8----------|-7-7-7-7---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| Riff 1: (1:24) e|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------| B|-----------------8-7-------|-----------------8-7-----------------------| G|-7-6-9-7-6-----------9-7-9~|-7-6-9-7-6-----------9-7-9~-11~~-12~~-14~~-| D|-----------9-7-5-----------|-----------9-7-5---------------------------| A|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------| Bridge 1: (1:36) e|--------------| B|--------------| G|--------------| D|--------------| A|-777777777777-| E|-555555555555-| ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Verse 2: (1:37) e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-------------12-12-11-11-------------9-| A|-12-12-12-12-10-10-9--9--10-10-10-10-7-| E|-10-10-10-10-------------8--8--8--8----| e|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------| D|-------------12-12-11-11-------------9-9-9-9-|play 3x A|-12-12-12-12-10-10-9--9--10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-| E|-10-10-10-10-------------8--8--8--8----------| e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------9-9-9-9-----------------| A|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E|-7-7-7-7---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| Bridge 2: (1:51) e|----------------------------------| B|-10-10-11-10-10-11-10-10-10-11-10-| G|----------------------------------| D|-7--7--8--7--7--8--7--7--7--8--7--| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| Riff 2: (1:54) e|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------| B|-----------------8-7-------|-----------------8-7-----------------------| G|-7-6-9-7-6-----------9-7-9~|-7-6-9-7-6-----------9-7-9~-11~~-12~~-14~~-| D|-----------9-7-5-----------|-----------9-7-5---------------------------| A|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------| Solo: (2:06) *Note* Warren bends to hit most of these. e|-10-9-10-11--10-10-9----10-9-10-11------| B|----------------------------------------| G|---------------------7-------------7----| D|-------------------------------------6b-| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| Bridge 3: (2:10) e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|------------------7-7--9-9-| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5--7-7-| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Verse 3: (2:14) e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|-------------14-14-13-13-------------11-11-11-11|play 2x A|-14-14-14-14-12-12-11-11-12-12-12-12-9--9--9--9-| E|-12-12-12-12-------------10-10-10-10------------| e|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| D|-------------14-14-13-13-------------11-|-------------11-11-11-11-----------------| A|-14-14-14-14-12-12-11-11-12-12-12-12-9--|-11-11-11-11-9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| E|-12-12-12-12-------------10-10-10-10----|-9--9--9--9--------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| Riff 3: (2:25) e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------10-9---------|-------------------10-9-------------------------| G|-9-8-11-9-8-------------11-9-11~|-9-8-11-9-8-------------11-9-11~-13~~-14~~-16~~-| D|------------11-9-7--------------|------------11-9-7------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| Riff 4: (2:36) e|----------19-17----| B|-17----17-------19-| G|----16-------------| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------| Outro: (2:39) e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-----------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|-------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------9~~-| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--7~~-| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7------| And there it is, WAY more correct this time around. Enjoy, and please don't steal credit my, or anyone else's, work. PEACE!!!