x------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can barely breathe - Manchester Orchestra ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:huskerdont Email:[email protected] Tuning:standard ::listen to the song to figure out the strumming patterns:: intro ..citing.. (0:00) (0:17) repeat x 2 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5----------------------------------------------------| A|--7-5--7-5--7-5--7-5--3-5----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| after "come on.." (0:42) repeat x4 octaves at (0:53) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9----7-----------------11-11-12-11-9-9-------------------------------------| D|--9----7------------------x--x--x--x-x-x-------------------------------------| A|--7----5------------------9--9-10--9-7-7-------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| "then i saw.." (0:59) (1:32) repeate from (0:42) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9~-7~---9~-7~---5~--7~-----------------------------------------------------| D|--x--x----x--------x---x-----------------------------------------------------| A|--7~-5~---7~-5~---3~--5~-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (if you knew..) (1:42) (1:57)background notes are all (2:06) picked from the barre chord versions of the power chords e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------5--7--9---------------------5--4--------------------------| D|-5---7---9----------5--7--9---------------------5--4--2-----------------------| A|-3---5---7----------3--5--7---------------------3--2--2-----------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------0----------------------| "so when.." (2:12) (2:43) repeat octaves x 2 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5-7-9-----5-7-9-----5-7----17-16-9-8----------------------------------------| D|-5-7-9-----5-7-9-----5-7-----x--x-x-x----------------------------------------| A|-3-5-7-----3-5-7-----3-5----15-14-7-6----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (3:00) (3:16) (3:48) repeat x 2 repeat x 4 repeat x 2 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5-4-----------5-7-9-----------5-4-------------------------------------------| D|-5-4- 2-5------5-7-9-----------5-4- 2-5--------------------------------------| A|-3-2- 2-5------3-5-7-----------3-2- 2-5--------------------------------------| E|------0-3---------------------------0-3--------------------------------------| (4:05) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---17/16/12/16/12/16/17/12/16--17/19/17/16/17/16~----------------------------| D|----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x-----------------------------| A|---15/14/10/14/10/14/15/10/14--15/17/15/14/15/14~----------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chords through the ending are End on e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--5-4----------------------------5-4------------------------------------------| D|--5-4- 2-5-----------------------5-4-2----------------------------------------| A|--3-2- 2-5-----------------------3-2-2----------------------------------------| E|-------0-3---------------------------0----------------------------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================