Secret Guitar Tabs by No Use For A Name

NO USE FOR A NAME
Song – “Secret”
from the album Making Friends
(Track 6)
Transcribed by Erik (theonemanorgy)
STANDARD TUNING

Intro. Riff 1
palm muted
e|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------| 
D|------------66666666--44444444-----------| 
A|--44444444--44444444--22222222-44444444--| 
E|--22222222---------------------22222222--|
 
Father works the late shift, mother drinks herself to sleep

Palm muted
e|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------| 
D|------------66666666--44444444-----------| 
A|--44444444--44444444--22222222-44444444--| 
E|--22222222---------------------22222222--|

Brother’s outside fiending with a match and gasoline

Riff 2
Strumming (all notes hit 8 times except * are played 4 times)
e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------3--7--------------------------------| 
D|--8--4-----6--8---4-----x--x---8--4-----6--4--3-------------| 
A|--6--2--4--4--6---2--4--1--5---6--2--4--4--2--1--6----------| 
E|--------2------------2---------------2-----------4----------| 
                          *  *                  *  *
They told her lies and gave her no hope for tomorrow
And all the fairy tales just fade away
The brightest day of all, the one that she’s been needing,
Turns to gray
 
Riff 1
strumming
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------| 
D|------------66666666—44444444-------------| 
A|--44444444--44444444--22222222--44444444--| 
E|--22222222----------------------22222222--|
 
The boyfriend calls her crazy., teacher bores us all to sleep

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------| 
D|------------66666666—44444444-------------| 
A|--44444444--44444444--22222222--44444444--| 
E|--22222222----------------------22222222--| 

and friends are in the bathroom speaking just like enemies

riff 2
e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------3--7--------------------------------| 
D|--8--4-----6--8---4-----x--x---8--4-----6--4--3-------------| 
A|--6--2--4--4--6---2--4--1--5---6--2--4--4--2--1--6----------| 
E|--------2------------2---------------2-----------4----------| 
                          *  *                  *  *
nobody understands her heart that’s left there bleeding,
A dirty secret living in her mind.
They’ll always tell you that you lit the fire
You’re feeding left behind

Riff 3
Strumming (all notes hit 8x except * hit 4x, last 4 notes hit 2x each) 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-4--6--3--8--6------4--3--8---------4--6--3--8--6--4--6-----8-6-4-3-| 
A|-2--4--1--6--4------2--1--6--4--3---2--4--1--6--4--2--4--4--8-6-4-3-| 
E|-----------------------------2--1------------------------2----------| 
            *  *               *  *            *  *      
Always there to make you think that you’re no good.
There’s nothing wrong with what you’ve done.
They just want to lift you up and throw you down
Make you stop when all you want to do is run

Riff 2
Strumming but palm mute the last 4 notes
e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------3--7--------------------------------| 
D|--8--4-----6--8---4-----x--x---8--4-----6--4--3-------------| 
A|--6--2--4--4--6---2--4--1--5---6--2--4--4--2--1--6----------| 
E|--------2------------2---------------2-----------4----------| 
                          *  *                  *  *
Nobody understands the shame that you’ve been feeling
The dirty secret living in her heart
It must be hard to put the pieces back together,
Torn apart…

Outro 
Guitar 1 
(palm muted 2x, then strummed 2x)
All notes hit 8x
e|-------------------------| 
B|-------------------------| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|--4--3--4--3--1-----1--3-| 
A|--2--4--6--1--2--4--2--4-| 
E|-----------------2-------| 

guitar 2 (comes in after guitar 1 plays riff 2x)
all notes hit 8x (riff played once)
e|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------| 
G|--11--10---11--10--8--6--8--10--| 
D|--------------------------------| 
A|--9---8----9---8---6--4--6--8---| 
E|--------------------------------| 

Guitar 2
(inside the parenthesis indicates number of times hit)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|11-(8x)-9-(4x)-12-(4x)-11-(8x)-9-(4x)-11-(4x)-7-(8x)-9-(4x)-11-(4x)-| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Guitar 2 (ending)
e|---------------------------------------------| 
B|-12-(8x)-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12—-11—-9—-7~--| 
G|---------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------| 

Guitar 1 (ending)
e|-------------------| 
B|-------------------| 
G|-------------------| 
D|-4-4-4--3--1—-4~---| 
A|-2-2-2--4--2—-2~---| 
E|-------------------|

Very easy song, rhythm and changes are not difficult to hear.
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