The Goddess tab by Alesana

Tabs

Song: The Goddess
Artist: Alesana
Album: Confessions (2015, track 4)
Tuning: Drop C majorC (CGCFAD)

Thanks again to XSick DudeX for sending me the tabs. There are a couple of very well done covers on youtube if
a visual is needed. Particularly I'll point out Guitarfab557 's channel.

Intro (0:00)
D MajorD||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A augmentedA||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
FF||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
C majorC||--------------|-(9----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G+G||-(12-0-9-0)x4-|----0-8-0)x4-|-(11-0-9-0)x4-|-(12-0-9-0)x2-|-(11-0-9-0)x2-|
C majorC||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

D MajorD|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
FF|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C majorC|--------------------|-------------------|-9-------9-----9-|-------9-----9---|
G+G|-12-0-9-0-12-9-0-12-|-0-9-0-12-9-0-12-9-|---0-8-0---8-0---|-0-8-0---8-0---8-|
C majorC|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                                          x2
D MajorD|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------||
FF|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------||
C majorC|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------||
G+G|-11-0-9-0-11-9-0-11-|-0-9-0-11-9-0-11-9-|-12-0-9-0-12-9-0-11-|-0-9-0-11-9-0-11-9-||
C majorC|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------||

Verse (0:38)
"My breath is slowly catching up..."
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
FF|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
C majorC|-----7-------9---|-----7-------9---|-----9-------11---|-----9-------11---|
G+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-|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|

D MajorD|-------------------}-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
FF|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C majorC|-----11-------11---|-----11-------11---|-----12-------12---|-----11-------11---|
G+G|-8-8----8-8-8----8-|-8-8----8-8-8----8-|-9-9----9-9-9----9-|-8-8----8-8-8----8-|
C majorC|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
FF|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C majorC|-----7-----9-----|-7-----9-----9---|-----9-----11-----|-9-----11-----11---|-----11-----11-----|
G+G|-5-5---5-5---5-5-|---5-5---5-5---5-|-7-7---7-7----7-7-|---7-7----7-7----7-|-8-8----8-8----8-8-|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

D MajorD|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
FF|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
C majorC|-11-----11-----11---|-----12-----12-----|-11-----11-----11---|
G+G|----8-8----8-8----8-|-9-9----9-9----8-8-|----8-8----8-8----8-|
C majorC|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

Prechorus (1:01)
“Did I lose myself?”          x2| 1st ending           |2nd ending.
D MajorD||------------|------------|------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA||------------|------------|------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
FF||------------|------------|------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
C majorC||------------|------------|------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G||-5-0-----0--|-5-0--------|-5-0-----5--||-5-0-5-0-5-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-8-0-8-0-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|
C majorC||-----5-3----|-----5-3-0--|-----5-3----||---------------------------------|-------------------------|


Chorus (1:10)
"I never wanna leave"
D MajorD|-------------5---|-----------------|-------------5---|-------------|-------------|-------------5--|
A augmentedA|-5h6p5-----6---6-|-5h6p5-----------|-5h6p5-----6---6-|-5-5---------|-5-5---------|-5h6p5-----6--6-|
FF|-------5-7-------|-------5-5---5/7-|-------5-7-------|-----5-5-----|-----5-5-----|-------5-7------|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------7-----|-----------------|---------7-7-|---------7-7-|----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|

                        x2
D MajorD|------------------||-5-----5-----6---6---8---||-5----5-----------------|-5-----5-----6---6---8---|
A augmentedA|-5h6p5------------||---6-6---6-6---6---6---6-||--6-6---6-6-8-6-6-8-6-6-|---6-6---6-6---6---6---6-|
FF|-------5-5----5/7-||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
C majorC|------------7-----||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|------------------||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
C majorC|------------------||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|


Breakdown/interlude (1:30)   x4
D MajorD||----------------------------||
A augmentedA||----------------------------||
FF||----------------------------||
C majorC||----------------------------||
G+G||-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--||
C majorC||-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--||
  . . . . . . . . . .


Verse 2 (1:37)
"Illusion is best..."
D MajorD|--------10----------10------------|----------------13-10-12-|----------------8-12-10-|
A augmentedA|-/10--8----11-10--8----11---------|--------8-10-11----------|--------8-10-11---------|
FF|--------------------------10-9-10-|-7-9-10------------------|-7-9-10-----------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
C majorC|----------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

D MajorD|--------------------10-12-|----------------8-12-10-|
A augmentedA|--------8-10-11--11-------|--------8-10-11---------|
FF|-7-9-10-------------------|-7-9-10-----------------|
C majorC|--------------------------|------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------|------------------------|
C majorC|--------------------------|------------------------|


Prechorus 2 (1:51)
“Did I lose myself?”|"Am I just asleep"
D MajorD|------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|---------------------------------|
FF|------------------|---------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|------------------|-5-0-5-0-5-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-8-0-8-0-|
C majorC|------------------|---------------------------------|

"Get up on your feet"
D MajorD||------------|------------|------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA||------------|------------|------------|-------------------------|
FF||------------|------------|------------|-------------------------|
C majorC||------------|------------|------------|-------------------------|
G+G||-5-0-----0--|-5-0--------|-5-0-----5--|-5-0-5-0-5-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-|
C majorC||-----5-3----|-----5-3-0--|-----5-3----|-------------------------|


Chorus 2 (2:02)
"I never wanna leave"
D MajorD|-------------5---|-----------------|-------------5---|-------------|-------------|-------------5--|
A augmentedA|-5h6p5-----6---6-|-5h6p5-----------|-5h6p5-----6---6-|-5-5---------|-5-5---------|-5h6p5-----6--6-|
FF|-------5-7-------|-------5-5---5/7-|-------5-7-------|-----5-5-----|-----5-5-----|-------5-7------|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------7-----|-----------------|---------7-7-|---------7-7-|----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|

           |             x2                          |x2
D MajorD|------------------||-5-----5-----6---6---8---||-5----5-----------------|-5-----5-----6---6---8---||
A augmentedA|-5h6p5------------||---6-6---6-6---6---6---6-||--6-6---6-6-8-6-6-8-6-6-|---6-6---6-6---6---6---6-||
FF|-------5-5----5/7-||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||
C majorC|------------7-----||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||
G+G|------------------||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||
C majorC|------------------||-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||


Bridge (2:28)
"........We choose the foolish"         x4
D MajorD|-----||------------------------|--------------||
A augmentedA|-----||-----/10-8--6-5--/10-/8-|-3-5-3--3-5-6-||
FF|-----||-7h9--------------------|--------------||
C majorC|-----||------------------------|--------------||
G+G|-----||------------------------|--------------||
C majorC|-----||------------------------|--------------||


Breakdown 2 (3:13)
"...My shadow hides"     x12 (four times through before lyrics)
D MajorD||----------------------------||
A augmentedA||----------------------------||
FF||----------------------------||
C majorC||----------------------------||
G+G||-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--||
C majorC||-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--||
  . . . . . . . . . .

Bridge 2 (3:35)
"I can't stay here"
D MajorD|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A augmentedA|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
FF|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
C majorC|-0-----|-2-----|-3-----|-5-----|-0-----|-2-----|-3-----|-5-----|
G+G|-0-x12-|-2-x12-|-3-x12-|-5-x12-|-0-x12-|-2-x12-|-3-x12-|-5-x12-|
C majorC|-0-----|-2-----|-3-----|-5-----|-0-----|-2-----|-3-----|-5-----|


Interlude (3:50)
"I don't wanna leave"
D MajorD|-------------5---|-----------------|-------------|----|
A augmentedA|-5h6p5-----6---6-|-5h6p5-----------|-5h6p5-----6-|----|
FF|-------5-7-------|-------5-5---5/7-|-------5-7---|----|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------7-----|-------------|----|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----|
C majorC|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----|


Repeat Chorus 2 (3:58)


🏷Legend
.  palm mute
h  hammer on
p  pull off
/  slide up