CONTINENTAL by Alkaline Trio  Album: Good Mourning (2003) 1/2
Probably the best song off this album, great lyrics and it has something to it that I can't describe, it's just great!
For most of the song there is only 1 guitar, but there are 3 in the bridge, however I'm not so sure whether I tabbed Guitar B right, sorry!
A=Main guitar   B=2nd Guitar  C=3rd Guitar  A&B&C=All

# introA #AX2
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----6---4--7-4--6-------6-4--11122211-|
|-4-4-----------------0-0------22222222-|
|---------------------------------------|

# introB #BX3
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-66666666-----6666--------------------|
|-66666666-777-6666-------6-4-11122211-|
|-44444444-444-4444---0-0-----22222222-|
|--------------------------------------|

# verse #AX3
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-6666666----------444444444444-|
|-6666666-66677766-444444444444-|
|-4444444-00000000-222222222222-|
|-------------------------------|

# break #A
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------99999999------------------|
|-77777777-99999999-9999999999999999-|
|-77777777-77777777-9999999999999999-|
|-55555555----------7777777777777777-|

Then play # verse #AX2

# pre chorus #A   "=PLAY 4X *=PLAY 8X
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-66666666----------999999999999--*--*--"----------------|
|-66666666-66677766-999999999999-9--9--9--99-99-99-9-9-9-|
|-44444444-00000000-777777777777-9--9--9--99-99-99-9-9-9-|
|--------------------------------7--7--7--77-77-77-7-7-7-|

# chorus #A "=PLAY 4X *=PLAY 8X
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------*---------------*-------------------*------------------------------|
|--*--9----*---*---*--9----*---"-------*--9----*---*---*-------"---*---*--|
|-7---9---9---9---7---9---9---9----"--7---9---9---9---6----"--6---7---9---|
|-7---7---9---9---7---7---9---9---7---7---7---9---9---6---7---6---7---9---|
|-5-------7---7---5-------7---7---4---5-------7---7---4---4---4---5---7---|

Then play # intro #AX2

# verse2 #AX2  !!Palm muted!!
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-6666666-66677766-444444444444-|
|-4444444-00000000-222222222222-|
|-------------------------------|
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# pre chorus2 #A   *=PLAY 22X  !!Palm muted!!
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-66666666-66677766-999999999999--*---------------|
|-44444444-00000000-777777777777-9--9-99-99-9-9-9-|
|--------------------------------7--7-77-77-7-7-7-|

Then play # chorus #A

# Bridge #A !!Palm muting gradually released!!
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------6---4--7-4--6-------6-4--11122211-----6---4--7-4--6-------6-4-|
|-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%4-4-----------------0-0------22222222-4-4-----------------0-0-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

# Bridge #B   !!All notes use vibrato!!
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9b--10b--9b--10b--9b------------------10b---------------9b------------------10b-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

# Bridge #C   !!Using Tape Echo!!
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-%%%%%%%%%6---7----6-------------------7-----------------6-------------------7-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

# Bridge End#A&B&C  !! Palm Muted!!  <<<=Pick scrape
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-11122211-11122211-111-222-444---------------|
|-22222222-22222222-222-222-222-<<<<<<<<<<<<<-|
|-------------------------------<<<<<<<<<<<<<-|

Then play # chorus #A

# End note #
|---|
|---|
|---|
|-2-|
|-2-|
|-0-|

It might get a bit confusing in the bridge, but if you just read this through with the song before playing it, you should be able to do it no problem.
Tabbed by Richard Walker - 08 July 2003  (Revised 29 November 2003)