THE DISCO BEFORE THE BREAKDOWN
As recorded by Against Me!
(From the 2002 EP THE DISCO BEFORE THE BREAKDOWN)
Words and Music by Against Me!
Arranged by Greg Schilling
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Gtr II (E A D G B E)
Gtr III (E A D G B E) Trumpet part
Intro
Q=180(8=s8)
E5 D# C#5
4/4
Gtr I
H. E E H +E E E E W +H +E E E E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-9-------x-x-|-9----(9)-x-x-x-|-6-------------|-(6)------(6)-x-x-x--|
|-9-------x-x-|-9----(9)-x-x-x-|-6-------------|-(6)------(6)-x-x-x--|
|-7-------x-x-|-6----(6)-x-x-x-|-4-------------|-(4)------(4)-x-x-x--|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E
|-------------|----------------|----x-x--x-x-x-|------x-x-----x-x-x--|
|-------------|----------------|----x-x--x-x-x-|------x-x-----x-x-x--|
|-------------|----------------|----x-x--x-x-x-|------x-x-----x-x-x--|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
F#5 G#m A
H +E E E E H +E E E E W +H +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------||
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-6-------------|-(6)-------(6)-x-x-x--||
|-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-6------(6)-x-x-x-|-7-------------|-(7)-------(7)-x-x-x--||
|-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-6------(6)-x-x-x-|-7-------------|-(7)-------(7)-x-x-x--||
|-2------(2)-x-x-x-|-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-5-------------|-(5)-------(5)-x-x-x--||
|
| Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x--x-x-x-|--x----x-x-----x-x-x--||
|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x--x-x-x-|--x----x-x-----x-x-x--||
|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x--x-x-x-|--x----x-x-----x-x-x--||
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------||
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------||
|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------||
Verse
Q=180
E5 D#
W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|-9---------------|
|-9---------------|-9---------------|
|-7---------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---9-9-9---9-9-9-|-x-9-9-9---9-9-9-|
|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|-x-6-6-6---6-6-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
C#5
W +W
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------|
|-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------|
|-4---------------------|-(4)----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-11-11-11-x-11-11-11-|--x--11-11-11-x-11-11-11--|
|-x--7--9--9-x--9--9--9-|--x---7--9--9-x--7--9--9--|
F#m G#m A
W W W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-(6)----------------|
|-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|
|-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|
|-2---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---7-------------|--------------------|
|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--|
|-x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x--5-5-5-x-5-5-5--|
E5 D#
W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|-9---------------|
|-9---------------|-9---------------|
|-7---------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|
|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
C#5
W +W
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------|
|-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------|
|-4---------------------|-(4)----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-11-11-11-x-11-11-11-|--x--11-11-11-x-11-11-11--|
|-x--7--9--9-x--9--9--9-|--x---7--9--9-x--9--9--9--|
F#m G#m A
W W W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-(6)----------------|
|-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|
|-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|
|-2---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---x-------------|--------------------|
|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--|
|-x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-x-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x--5-5-5-x-5-5-5--|
E5 D#
W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|-9---------------|
|-9---------------|-9---------------|
|-7---------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|
|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
C#5
W +W
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------|
|-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------|
|-4---------------------|-(4)----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-11-11-11-x-11-11-11-|--x--11-11-11-x-11-11-11--|
|-x--7--9--9-x--9--9--9-|--x---7--9--9-x--9--9--9--|
F#m G#m A
W W W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-2---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-(6)----------------||
|-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------||
|-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------||
|-2---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--||
|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--||
|-x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x--5-5-5-x-5-5-5--||
Post-Verse
A5 (A5) N.C.
W +W W W
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-^(7)--------|----------||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-^(7)--------|----------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-^(5)--------|----------||
|
| W +W W Q H.
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-------------|----x\----||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-------------|----x\----||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-------------|----x\----||
Pre-Chorus
$
A B C#m
W W W +W
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-2----------|--4----------|-5---------------|-(5)--------------|
||--2----------|--4----------|-6---------------|-(6)--------------|
||--2----------|--4----------|-6---------------|-(6)--------------|
||o-0----------|--2----------|-4---------------|-(4)--------------|
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| H. Q H. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-2-------x--|--4-------x--|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-|
||--2-------x--|--4-------x--|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|
||--2-------x--|--4-------x--|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|
||o-0-------x--|--2-------x--|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III Trumpet Part
| W +H. Q W E E E E E E E E
||--5----------|-(5)------4--|-0---------------|------------------|
||o------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-0----------|-(0)---------|-----------------|--7p4-4-7p4-4-7p4-|
||-------------|----------4--|-0---------------|--0---------------|
W +H. Q W W
To Coda
E A
W +W W +W
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|----------|--------------------||
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-2--------|-(2)---------------o||
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-2--------|-(2)----------------||
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-2--------|-(2)----------------||
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-0--------|-(0)---------------o||
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|----------|--------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|--------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--------|-------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2--------|--------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--------|--x\----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------|--x\---------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|--x\----------------||
|
| W +H. Q W E E E E E E E E
|-5---------------|-(5)-----------4---|-0--------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|----------|--7p4-4-7p4-4-7p4--o||
|-----------------|---------------4---|-0--------|--0-----------------||
W +H. Q W W
Chorus
A B Esus2/B B
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
C#m B A Dsus2/A
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5--5--x-x-x-x-|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-3-|
|-6--6--x-x-x-x-|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-6--6--x-x-x-x-|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2--x-x-x-x-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
2.
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||----------------|-----------------||
|-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|------------------||----------------|-----------------||
Breakdown
E5 D#
W W
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--9-----------------|-9-----------------|
||--9-----------------|-9-----------------|
||o-7-----------------|-6-----------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o----12-12----12-12-|----12-12----12-12-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
C#5
W +W
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-----------------|-(6)-----------------|
|-6-----------------|-(6)-----------------|
|-4-----------------|-(4)-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|----12-12----12-12-|------12-12----12-12-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
F#5 G#5 A5
W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|--4--------------|--6--------------|--7----------------------|
|--4--------------|--6--------------|--7----------------------|
|--2--------------|--4--------------|--5----------------------|
|
| E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-14-12----17-----|-14-12----17-----|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
1. 2.
+W +W
|---------------------------||-----------|
|--------------------------o||-----------|
|---------------------------||-----------|
|-(7)-----------------------||-(7)-------|
|-(7)----------------------o||-(7)-------|
|-(5)-----------------------||-(5)-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E W
|---------------------------||-----------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||-10b12r====|
|---------------------------||-----------|
|---------------------------||-----------|
|--------------------------o||-----------|
|---------------------------||-----------|
E5 D#
W W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--------------------|---9---------------------|
|--9--------------------|---9---------------------|
|--7--------------------|---6---------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-12--15-12-14-12-15-12-|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
C#5
W +W
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|---6---------------------|--(6)---------------------|
|---6---------------------|--(6)---------------------|
|---4---------------------|--(4)---------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
F#5 G#5
W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---4---------------------|---6---------------------|
|---4---------------------|---6---------------------|
|---2---------------------|---4---------------------|
|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
A5
W +W
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|--7----------------------|-(7)-----------------------||
|--7----------------------|-(7)-----------------------||
|--5----------------------|-(5)-----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17--17-17-17-17-17-17-17--||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Out-Chorus
&
A B Esus2/B
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
C#m B A Dsus2/A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2--3-3-3-2-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
2.
DsAsDsAsDsAs2/A DsusA/A Dsus2/A DsusA/A DsAs2/A
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-(2)-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-o||-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-2-|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Dsus2/A (A)
W W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-3--------|--2---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|
| Gtr II
| W W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-3--------|--2---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
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