PRIVATE EYE by Alkaline Trio. Album: From Here To Infirmary (2001) 1/2
Another well known Alkaline Trio song. Great opening for the CD. This is the tab for the album version of the song and not the chopped up single version.

# intro #x3
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-1212121212-11-141414-121212---------------------------|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x-x-x-99999999-1010101010101010-|
|-1010101010--9-121212-101010-99999999-1010101010101010-|
|-----------------------------77777777--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

# intro end #
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-1212121212-11-141414-121212------------------------|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x-x-x-99999999-101010--10109-|
|-1010101010--9-121212-101010-99999999-101010--10109-|
|-----------------------------77777777--8-8-8---8-87-|

# verse #x3 !palm muted!
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-1010101010--9-12121212-10101010-99999999-1010101010101010-|
|--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-77777777--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

# verse end # !palm muted!
|------------------------------------------------/release-\-|
|---------------------------------------------------PM------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------1010101010-|
|-1010101010--9-12121212-10101010-99999999-1010101010101010-|
|--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-77777777--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
  
Then play # intro #x2 and # verse #x2

# verse change #
|-----------------------------/-------palm muted-------\|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---1212---1212---1212---1212---------------------------|
|----x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x---------------------------|
|---1010---1010---1010---1010-99999999-1010101010101010-|
|-----------------------------77777777--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

Then play # verse end #

# Chorus #x2
|-------------------------------------------|
|---*-----*----------------*-----*----*----*|
|-12----12-----*-----*---12----12----9----7-|
|-12----12----9----12----12----12----9----7-|
|-10----10----9----12----10----10----7----5-|
|-------------7----10-----------------------|

Then play # intro #x2

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2/2
# bass verse #
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----------------------------------------------------|
|--x----------------------------------------------------|
|-10----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
   I dragged this lake....                  ...don't lie

Then play # verse # , # verse end # and # chorus #x2

# chorus end #
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-5555555555555555-7777777777777777%%%-|
|-5555555555555555-7777777777777777%%%-|
|-3333333333333333-5555555555555555%%%-|
|--------------------------------------|

# bridge #x4
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-1212121212-11-141414-121212-|
|--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x-x-x-|
|-1010101010--9-121212-101010-|
|-----------------------------|

# Chorus #x2
|-------------------------------------------|
|---*-----*----------------*-----*----*----*|
|-12----12-----*-----*---12----12----9----7-|
|-12----12----9----12----12----12----9----7-|
|-10----10----9----12----10----10----7----5-|
|-------------7----10-----------------------|

End on
G5
That's it! There's a lot of parts but once you play it through a few times, you should have no problems!
Tabbed by Richard Walker 13 July 2003