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                        PAPER AIRPLANES (MAKESHIFT WINGS)
                               As recorded by AFI
                      (From the 2003 Album SING THE SORROW)

Words by Davey Havok

Music by AFI (Davey Havok, Jade Puget, Hunter, Adam Carson)
Arranged by AFI (Davey Havok, Jade Puget, Hunter, Adam Carson)

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

   Intro
    Q=200
    $
    G5/D5          G5/D  Dm
   4/4
    Gtr I
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--12s14-14-14-14-12-12-10-|
||--------------------------|
||o-10s12-12-12-12-10-10--8-|
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|


                              1.
                  G5/D           D5          G5/D  D
   +E   E  E  +E   E  E  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(10)-10-10-(10)S12-12-12--|-12s14-14-14-14-12-12-11-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8--(8)S10-10-10--|-10s12-12-12-12-10-10--9-|
|--(0)--0--0--(0)--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|


                            2.
             To Coda
                            C5 D5    C5 D5    C5 D5            D5
                                                               PM------|
   +E   E  Q   E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    Q   +E  E E E E E
|------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|--------------------||
|-(11)-11-11--11-11-11---||-------------------------|--------------------||
|------------------------||-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12--(12)-0-0-0-0-0-||
|--(9)--9--9---9--9--9--o||-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12--(12)-0-0-0-0-0-||
|--(0)--0--0---0--0--0---||-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12--(12)-0-0-0-0-0-||


   Verse
    $$
    Bb5                                         C5          D5
    Q  Q  E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q    Q  Q  E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q
||---------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
||o--------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
||--3--3--3-3--3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3--|-3--3--3-3S=5-|-(5)-5-5S7--7-7---|
||--3--3--3-3--3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3--|-3--3--3-3S=5-|-(5)-5-5S7--7-7---|
||o-1--1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1-1-1--1-1--|-1--1--1-1S=3-|-(3)-3-3S5--5-5---|
||---------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|


                                    1.
                                                            C5
  Q  E E E Q  E   +E  E Q  E E Q    Q  E E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7--7-7-7--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7S5-5-5-5---||
|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7--7-7-7--|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7S5-5-5-5---||
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-(5)-5-5S3-3-3-3--o||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||


                                     Pre-Chorus
  2.
                                      Bb5    C5   D5           Bb5  C5
                                         PM|    PM        PM      PM
  Q  E E E Q  E   +E  E E E E E Q     Q  E E Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|---------------|------------------||---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------||---------------|-----------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-1--1-1-3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5--1--1-3-|
|---------------|------------------||---------------|-----------------|


                                      Bb5    C5   D5           Bb5  C5
      PM      PM        PM   PM|         PM|    PM        PM      PM
  +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q    Q  E E Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-(5)-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-(5)-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-(3)-3-3--3--3-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-1--1-1-3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5--1--1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|


                                        Bb5    C5   D5           Bb5  C5
      PM      PM
  +E  E Q  Q  E E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-(5)-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-(5)-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-(3)-3-3--3--3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5--1--1-3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  W                 E  E E E E E E E   W                W
|-----------------|-----------5-5-----|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--6--6---------6-6-|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------7-7---------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|


                                    Bb5    C5   D5           Bb5  C5
  E E Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q    Q  E E Q  E E   +E  E Q  Q  E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-5-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|-3--3-3-5--5-7-|-(7)-7-7--3--3-5-|
|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-1--1-1-3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5--1--1-3-|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|


  E E Q  Q  E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-5-5-5--5--5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|---------------|-------------------||


   Chorus
    D5         F5                    Bb5        G5
    Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q
||---------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
||o--------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
||---------------|-----------------|-3--3--3--3---|------------------|
||--0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-3--3--3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|
||o-0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-1--1--1--1-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|
||--0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|------------5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|


                                                       D.S. al Coda
                                                       D.S. al Coda
  D5         C5                    Bb5
  Q  Q  Q  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||
|------------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-0--0--0--0-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-0--0--0--0-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-0--0--0--0---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Post-Chorus
  &
  G5/D5          G5/D  Dm                   G5/D
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    +E   E  E  +E   E  E  Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-12s14-14-14-14-12-12-10-|-(10)-10-10-(10)S12-12-12--|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10s12-12-12-12-10-10--8-|--(8)--8--8--(8)S10-10-10--|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--(0)--0--0--(0)--0--0--0--|


                             D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  C5 D5    C5 D5    C5 D5      G5/D5
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  Q   E
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|----12s14-14-14-14----||
|-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12--------------------||
|-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12-10s12-12-12-12----||
|-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12--0--0--0--0--0-----||


   Break
    Slower Q=98
    &&
    Gtr I
    Q  E Q  +E  E E   Q  E Q  +E  E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--3--3p2--(2)-2---|-5--5p4--(4)-4---|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   W                 W
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|


                               D5
  Q  E Q  +E  E E   Q  S S H          +E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-3--3p2--(2)-2---|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-3--2h3h5----------(5)--o||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|
|                              PM|
| W                 H        E E S E.
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------0-0-0--------||
|-----------------|------------0-0-0-------o||
|-----------------|------------0-0-0--------||


                                                        D5
  Q  E Q  +E  E E   Q  E Q  +E  E E   Q  E Q  +E  E E   Q   S S H       +E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-7--7p5--(5)-5---|-5--5p4--(4)-4---|-7--7p5--(5)-5---|---------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---2h3h5-------(5)-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|
|                                                       PM--------|
| W                 W                 W                 E E E   E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0---0-0---0-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0---0-0---0-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0---0-0---0-----||


   Bridge
    Bb5          C5   F5                G5/D      DsusD
    H    +E  E S E.   H    +E  E S E.    Q   E  S S S  S  E  E  S  S
||------------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
||--3----(3)-3-3-5--|-----------------|-12--12-12S9-9S11-11-11-11-11-|
||--3----(3)-3-3-5--|-3----(3)-3-3-3--|------------------------------|
||o-1----(1)-1-1-3--|-3----(3)-3-3-3--|-10--10-10S7-7S=9--9--9--9--9-|
||------------------|-3----(3)-3-3-3--|--0---0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-|


  1.                                   2.
  G5/D           D                     G5/D           D5
   E  S  S  E  S  E  S  E  E  S  S      E  S  S  E  S  E  S  E  S  S  S  S
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------o||-------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11--||-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|


    C5 D5             C5      D5 D#5D5 C5 D5     C5 D5    C5 D5
     S  S  S  S  E  S  E  +S   E  S  S  S  S  3x  S  S Q   S  S H
||--------------------------------------------||---------------------||
||o------------------------------------------o||---------------------||
||--------------------------------------------||---------------------||
||--10h12-12-12-12-12-10-(10)h12-13p12-10h12--||-10-12----10-12------||
||o-10h12-12-12-12-12-10-(10)h12-13p12-10h12-o||-10-12----10-12------||
||--10h12-12-12-12-12-10-(10)h12-13p12-10h12--||-10-12----10-12------||


   Out-Chorus
    Faster Q=200
    D5         F5                    Bb5        G5
    Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q
||---------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
||o--------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
||---------------|-----------------|-3--3--3--3---|------------------|
||--0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-3--3--3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|
||o-0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-1--1--1--1-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|
||--0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|------------5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5---|


  D5         C5                    Bb5
  Q  Q  Q  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||
|------------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-0--0--0--0-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-0--0--0--0-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-0--0--0--0---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  D5            F5                      Bb5           G5
  Q   Q   Q   E E   +E  E Q   E E Q     Q   Q   Q   E E   +E  E Q   E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-3---3---3---3---|-------------------|
|-0---0---0---0h3-|-(3)-3-3---3-3-3---|-3---3---3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-5---|
|-0---0---0---0h3-|-(3)-3-3---3-3-3---|-1---1---1---1-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-5---|
|-0---0---0---0h3-|-(3)-3-3---3-3-3---|---------------5-|-(5)-5-5---5-5-5---|
|
| Gtr 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
|---------5-5-----|-----------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|-----------5-5-----|
|-6-6---------6---|--6--6---------6---|-6-6---------6---|--6--6---------6---|
|-----7-7-------7-|-------7-7-------7-|-----7-7-------7-|-------7-7-------7-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  D5            C5                    Bb5
  Q   Q   Q   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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0---0---0---0-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0---0---0---0-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0---0---0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| 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
|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-6-6---------6---|-6-6---------6---|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-|
|-----7-7-------7-|-----7-7-------7-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  D5         F5                    Bb5        G5
  Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   +E  E Q  E E Q
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-3--3--3--3---|-----------------|
|-0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-3--3--3--3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|
|-0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|-1--1--1--1-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|
|-0--0--0--0h3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--|------------5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|


  D5         C5                    Bb5
                                                       PM----|
  Q  Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q  E
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|------------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3------||
|-0--0--0--0-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3------||
|-0--0--0--0-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1------||
|-0--0--0--0---|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||


   Outro
    G5/D5          G5/D  Dm
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--12s14-14-14-14-12-12-10-|
||--------------------------|
||o-10s12-12-12-12-10-10--8-|
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|


                              1.
                  G5/D        G5/D5          G5/D  D
   +E   E  E  +E   E  E  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(10)-10-10-(10)S12-12-12--|-12s14-14-14-14-12-12-11-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8--(8)S10-10-10--|-10s12-12-12-12-10-10--9-|
|--(0)--0--0--(0)--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|


                            2.
                            C5 D5    C5 D5    C5 D5         D5
                                                            PM----|
   +E   E  Q   E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    Q  E E E E E E
|------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|-----------------*|
|-(11)-11-11--11-11-11---||-------------------------|-----------------*|
|------------------------||-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12----0-0-0-0---*|
|--(9)--9--9---9--9--9--o||-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12----0-0-0-0---*|
|--(0)--0--0---0--0--0---||-10h12-12-10h12-12-10h12-|-12----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

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - 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


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