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International Crisis

Nonpoint: International Crisis

Transcribed by: mysticguitar77

YouTube Username: MysticGuitar77

Date last modified: October 19, 2012

Tuning: Drop C# (C#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#)

Riff 1 - Guitar 1 (clean w/ light delay)
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----6~------6~------8~------8~------6~------6~------5~------5~-|
F#|---7~------7~------7~------7~------7~------7~------7~------7~---|
C#|-0~------0~------5~------5~------8~------8~------7~------7~-----|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----6~------6~------8~------8~------6~------6~------5~---------|
F#|---7~------7~------7~------7~------7~------7~------7~------6~6~-|
C#|-0~------0~------5~------5~------8~------8~------7~------7~-----|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1 - Guitar 2 (distortion)
D#|----------------------|
A#|----------------------|
F#|----------------------|   turn volume completely down
C#|-0~---------------(0)-|   and slowly turn it back up
G#|-0~--volume swell-(0)-|
C#|-0~---------------(0)-|
    *

Riff 2   "You got a lot to be scared of..."
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--------------------5h6p5p0-------------------1-|
C#|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-3-0-5-3-0-3-0-3---------0-3-0-5h6p5p0-1h3---|
    * * * *  * * *

Play Riff 2 x4   "...sharp enough to get a whole damn army..."

Riff 3   "Grab a gun, hide the kids..."
D#|---------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------|
F#|-3-------7-----------------------------------|
C#|-3-(x16)-5-(x16)-----------------------------|
G#|-1-------3-------------6---3-5---------------|
C#|-----------------0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-1p0-|
                    * * *   *     * * * * *

(x16) is to play the note that comes before 16 times.

D#|-------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-----------6---3-5-------------------|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-1p0-1h3-1p0-|
    * * * * *   *     * * * 

D#|-----------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------|
F#|-3---------------------------------------|
C#|-3-(x16)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G#|-1-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
C#|---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

Riff 4   "What makes you think that you have any effect on me..."
          ***not exact strumming pattern***
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------------------|
C#|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G#|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8--8--|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8--8--|

Play above x2

D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------|
C#|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G#|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8--8--|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8--8--8--8--8--8--|

D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-|
C#|-5--5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
G#|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|
C#|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-|

Riff 5
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------6---3-5-------------------------8---3-5-------------------|
C#|-0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-1p0-1h3-1p0-|
    * * *   *     * * * * *     * * * * *   *     * * *

Play Riff 2 x4   "You got a fucked up way to see things..."
Play Riff 3      "And forget about the chances I gave you..."
Play Riff 4      "What makes you think that you have any effect on me..."

Riff 6
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-|
    * * * * * * * *  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Play Riff 6 x2

Riff 7    "You gotta give a better reason..."
D#|------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-0-0--0--0--0-------------------5h6p5p0-----5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-|
C#|-0-0--0--0--0-0-3-0-5-3-0-3-0-3---------3-0-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-|
                                               * * * * * * * *

Play Riff 7 x2

Riff 8   "...not working for me anymore so I'm looking elsewhere..."
D#|------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-7-7--7--7--7-----------------------------------------------|
C#|-7-7--7--7--7-----------------------------------------------|
G#|-5-5--5--5--5-------------------5h6p5p0-------------------1-|
C#|-0-0--0--0--0-0-3-0-5-3-0-3-0-3---------0-3-0-5h6p5p0-1h3---|

Play Riff 8 x2

Riff 9   "Now this battle has gone to war!"
D#|-----------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------|
F#|-3-------5-5-5-5-------------------------------|
C#|-3-(x16)-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-------|
G#|-1-------3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-5--\~-|
C#|-----------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-------|

Play Riff 4 x2   "What makes you think that you have any effect on me..."
     ***begins with the 8-8-8 bar chord***

Riff 4 alteration second time through (listen to the song to hear this part)
D#|----------------|
A#|----------------|
F#|----------------|   2nd time through Riff 4 is exactly the same
C#|-8-8-10--8-8-10-|   except for this palm muted part
G#|-8-8-8---8-8-8--|
C#|-8-8-8---8-8-8--|
    * *     * *

Play Riff 5 x2 (ends on the 5th fret/5th string note)

Enjoy!

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