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Pathetic Ordinary Tab by Alesana

Pathetic Ordinary tab by Alesana

Guitar Tab 

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)


Intro:

Guitar I:
e||------------------------------------||
B||----10---10-10---10-----------------||
G||-------7-------7-----9-7-9-9-7-9----||
D||------------------------------------|| x2
A||------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------||


Intro Continued:

Guitar I:
e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||----8-----8-----8-----7-----7-----7-----10---10-8---7----||
G||------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------7------7------||
D||--------9-----9-----9-----9-----7-----7------------------||
A||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar II:
e||------------------------------||
B||------------------------------||
G||------------------------4~----||
D||----2~------------------4~----||
A||----2~------------------2~----||
D||----2~------------------------||

Intro Continued:

Guitar I:
e||--------------------------------------------------------||
B||----8-----8-----8-----7-----10---10-10---10-8---8-10----||
G||------7-----7-----7-----7------7-------7------7---------||
D||--------9-----9-----9-----9-----------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar II:
e||------------------------------||
B||------------------------------||
G||----5~------------------7~----||
D||----5~------------------7~----||
A||----3~------------------5~----||
D||-----~------------------------||

Intro Continued:

Guitar I:
e||------------------------------------||
B||----10---10-10---10-----------------||
G||-------7-------7-----9-7-9-9-7-9----||
D||------------------------------------|| x2
A||------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------||

Guitar II:
e||--------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------4~----||
D||----2~--------------------------4~----||
A||----2~--------------------------2~----||
D||----2~--------------------------------||

She haunts me!

Guitar I:
e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||----8-----8-----8-----7------7h8p7-----10---10-8---7~----||
G||------7-----7-----7-----7----------7------7------7-------||
D||--------9-----9-----9-----9----------7-------------------||
A||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar II:
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||----5~------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----5~------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
A||----3~------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||-----~---------------------------------------------||

in dreams! I see her / silhouette / dance across /
landscapes of / golden light / and autumn / in my dreams

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----||
D||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----||
A||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2----||
D||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2----------------------------------------||

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7----||
A||----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5----||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Her soft eyes see /                    / Through my tortured soul /
                  / The thing I'd give /                          / To prove myself to her

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----||
D||----2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----||
A||----2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2----||
D||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2/0-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2----------------------------------------||

Vanishing /                 / Any hope for /
          / To make her see /              / Fantasy

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7----||
A||----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5----||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Jaded eyes awake!
As her / selfish / words rain / from such / placid lips
Still I kiss / her silken flesh

e||--------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------8-7--------||
G||----4~-----4~-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------7------||
D||----4~-----4~-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------5----||
A||----2~-----2~-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------||
                    PM - - - - - - |

Frigid air leaves me breathless // Foolish agony fills my lungs
as I try to scream for her // I confess I scare myself

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5--5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4--4-4----||
A||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5--5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4--4-4----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5--5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4--4-4----||

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||
D||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9---9-9---9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
A||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9---9-9---9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
D||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9---9-9---9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||

Through the howling wind // on my knees, I cry / Listen to me...

e||--------------------||
B||----7-------8--7----||
G||---------7----------||
D||------9-------------||
A||--------------------||
D||--------------------||

e||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------||
D||----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2--2--2-2----||
A||----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2--2--2-2----||
D||----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2--2--2-2----||
      PM - - - - - -   -  -  - |

I'm broken by her silence to a love unseen // Blood soaked feathers rained down

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
D||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
A||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
D||----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------||
      PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
A||----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
      PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |

My wingless / angel so / broken falls
gracefully from the sky / to waiting arms / to waiting arms

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------4-4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4---x-x-x----||
D||----2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---x-x-x---4-4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-4---x-x-x----||
A||----2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---x-x-x---2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---x-x-x----||
D||----2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---x-x-x----------------------------------------||
                PM - |                              PM - |

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-5---x-x-x---7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7------------||
D||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-5---x-x-x---7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0----||
A||----3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-x-x---5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0----||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0----||
                PM - |                              PM - -   - - - - - - - |

Solo:

e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----2~---2---2-2---0h2p0---5~---5-5---5-5h7p5-----------------------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------------------------5~---5---5-5---0h2p0---5~---5-5-7-2h5-0----||

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------7h8p7-----7h8p7---10----||
G||---------------------------------------------------7---------7-------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------5---------------||
A||----2~---2---2-2--0h2p0---5~---5-5---5-5h7p5-------------------------||
D||---------------------------------------------5~----------------------||


Frigid air leaves me breathless // Foolish agony fills my lungs
As I try to scream for her // I confess I scare myself

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4----||
A||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4----||

e||----------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------7h8-7------||
G||-------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------7----||
D||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9--9-9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------||
A||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9--9-9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------||
D||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9--9-9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------||

Frigid air leaves me breathless // Foolish agony fills my lungs
As I try to scream for her // I confess I scare myself

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5--5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4--4-4----||
A||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5--5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4--4-4----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5--5-5---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4--4-4----||

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||
D||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9---9-9---9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
A||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9---9-9---9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
D||----9~-----9~-----9~-----9-9---9-9---9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||

Through the howling wind // on my knees, I cry / Listen to me...

e||---------------------||
B||----7h8-----7h8-7----||
G||----------7----------||
D||--------9------------||
A||---------------------||
D||---------------------||

e||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------||
D||----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2--2--2-2----||
A||----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2--2--2-2----||
D||----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2--2--2-2----||
      PM - - - - - -   -  -  - |

Such foolish agony fills my lungs as I try to scream for her
Jaded eyes wake to the sounds of my voice as I scream to her
In dreams I've seen her silhouette dance across golden light
And autumn, in my dreams

e||--------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------||
D||----2~-----5~-----7~-----9~-----10-10-10-9-9-9----||
A||----2~-----5~-----7~-----9~-----10-10-10-9-9-9----||
D||----2~-----5~-----7~-----9~-----10-10-10-9-9-9----||
                                  PM- -  -  - - |

Skies so / burdened / let her / go!
As cold / rain falls / so does / she!

e||--------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------|| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
G||--------------------------------||                  |
D||----2-2-2---2-2-2---------------|| x3               |
A||----2-2-2---2-2-2---------------||                  |
D||----2-2-2---2-2-2-----2/14/2----||                  |
      PM - -   - - |                                   |
go!                                                    | x2
e||----------------------------------------||          |
B||----------------------------------------||          |
G||----------------------------------------|| _ _ _ _ _|
D||----8-7-5-0-3--5------------------------||
A||----8-7-5-0-3--5-----------------2-5----||
D||----8-7-5-0-3--5---0-2-3-6---3-6--------||
                     PM - - -   - - - |

My desires / wither / Broken once more...

her soft hands take /     / one /        / so /    / fair
                    / she /     / haunts /    / me /

e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----5~----7~----9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||
A||----5~----7~----9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||
D||----5~----7~----9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||
                  PM -  - -  - -  - -  - -  - -  - -  - -   - - - - - - - - - - - - |

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| ~   Vibrato
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| PM  Palm mute
| x   Dead note

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