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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) *The Base by Paul Banks* Intro: Guitar 1 (neck pickup, low tone, high gain, high bass, wah/filter) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7p5h7---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7p5h7-5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7p5h7-5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7p5h7--| G|-6----------------------6---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x1 A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (Acoustic) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7---5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7-5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7--| G|-6--------------------6--------------------6p4------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x1 A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3 (Acoustic- This is very quiet and the rhythm is quite odd, so listen to the song carefully.) e|-----| |-----| B|---5-| |---5-| G|-6---| |-4---| D|-----| x6 |-----| x6 A|-----| |-----| E|-----| |-----| Verse 1: Guitar 2 (Acoustic) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7---5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7-5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7--| G|-6--------------------6--------------------6p4------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4 A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 4+5 (Layered acoustic and overdriven guitar.) e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-x----x--x----x--x----x--x-------x---x---x---x---x---x--------| D|-x----x--x----x--x----x--x-------x---x---x---x---x---x---x-x--| x4 A|-2//4-4--2//4-4--2//4-4--2/4-x-x-6/7-7-x-6/7-7-x-6/7-7-x-7-6--| E|-----------------------------4-7-------7-------7-------7------| Keys (Transcribed for guitar, starts at 0:41) e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-5-4-5-7-5-7-5-4-5-9-5--| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| x2 A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Chorus 1: Guitar 6 (Clean Electric, neck pickup.) e|-----9-----------11------12--| B|-------10-----10------10-----| G|-9--9-----9-9-------9--------| D|-----------------------------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| {x2} e|------12-----------11---11---| B|---------10-----10-----------| G|-9--9-------9-9--------------| D|-11---------9---------9------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| Strings (sounds like they are either sampled or synthesized) e|-------------------------------------------------| B|--17-16-14-12--9-7-9/12\9-7-5~~~-9~~~-5~~~-9~~~--| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| x1 A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Keys (Comes in at 1:11) e|-17--16------| B|---------17--| G|-------------| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------| Verse 2: Guitar 4+5 (Layered acoustic and overdriven guitar.) e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-x----x--x----x--x----x--x-------x---x---x---x---x---x--------| D|-x----x--x----x--x----x--x-------x---x---x---x---x---x---x-x--| x4 A|-2//4-4--2//4-4--2//4-4--2/4-x-x-6/7-7-x-6/7-7-x-6/7-7-x-7-6--| E|-----------------------------4-7-------7-------7-------7------| Guitar 2 (Acoustic, starts at 1:32) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7---7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7---5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7-5-7-7p5h7-/9-9-5h7-7--| G|-6--------------------6--------------------6p4------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3 A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Keys (Transcribed for guitar, starts at 1:43) e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-5-4-5-7-5-7-5-4-5-9-5--| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| x2 A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Other Keys/Bell Part (At 1:49 and 1:59) e|--19------19------| B|-----17~-----17~--| G|------------------| D|------------------| x2 A|------------------| E|------------------| Chorus 2: Synth e|-------------------------------------------------| B|--17-16-14-12--9-7-9/12\9-7-5----9----5----9--7--| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| x1 A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Strings (sounds like they are either sampled or synthesized, played after synth plays a similar line once.) e|-------------------------------------------------| B|--17-16-14-12--9-7-9/12\9-7-5~~~-9~~~-5~~~-9~~~--| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| x2 A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Guitar 6 (Comes in at 2:08) e|------12-----------11---11---| B|---------10-----10-----------| G|-9--9-------9-9--------------| D|-11---------9---------9------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|-----9-----------11------12--| B|-------10-----10------10-----| G|-9--9-----9-9-------9--------| D|-----------------------------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|------12-----------11---11---| B|---------10-----10-----------| G|-9--9-------9-9--------------| D|-11---------9---------9------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|-----9-----------11------12--| B|-------10-----10------10-----| G|-9--9-----9-9-------9--------| D|-----------------------------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|------12-----------11---11---| B|---------10-----10-----------| G|-9--9-------9-9--------------| D|-11---------9---------9------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| Guitar 7 (I know, there's a lot of guitars. It comes in at 2:13) e|--17---16------------| B|-------------17--21--| G|-------------21--21--| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| Backing Vocals at 2:23 e|--------------| B|--------------| G|-9--9--11--11-| D|--------------| x2 A|-7--7--7---9--| E|--------------| More Strings (Starts at 2:23) e|--------------------| B|-12~~~~16~~~~17~~~~-| G|-13~~~~13~~~~16~~~~-| D|--------------------| A|-14~~~~14~~~~14~~~~-| E|--------------------| Key(s)-End the chorus on this note. e|----| B|-17-| G|----| D|----| A|----| E|----| Bridge: Guitar 5 (The overdriven one, if you're keeping track.) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--8/9--x-x-13-x-11-x-9-x-11-x--x-x-x-x--8/9--x-x-13-x-11-x-9-x-11-x-9--x-x-x--| D|--x----x-x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x--x----x---x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x--x-x-x--| A|--6/7--x-x-11-x-9--x-7-x-9--x--x-x-x-x--6/7--x-x-11-x-9--x-7-x-9--x-7--x-x-x--| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| {x2} e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9/13--x-13-14-16-x-14-x-x-13-x-14-x-x-13-x-x-9/13--14-14-16-x-14-x-x-13-x-x-14-13-x-x--| D|-x-----x-x--x--x--x-x--x-x-x--x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-----x--x--x--x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x--x-x--| A|-7/11--x-11-12-14-x-12-x-x-11-x-12-x-x-11-x-x-7/11--12-12-14-x-12-x-x-11-x-x-12-11-x-x--| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then... e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-8/9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| D|-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| A|-6/7-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| E|-----------------------| Guitar 8: (Can't tab this out, sorry.) -Use a bottleneck/slide/pick and move all the way up(right on the pickups) and all the way down the guitar. -Make sure *most* of the sounds played are dead notes. There is a point wher you can play a high b note. -Use delay/modulation/pitch-shifting effects, throw everything you've got onto it. -This lasts the whole of the bridge. Pre-Chorus/Outro: Guitar 6 e|-----9-----------11------12--| B|-------10-----10------10-----| G|-9--9-----9-9-------9--------| D|-----------------------------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| e|------12-----------11---11---| B|---------10-----10-----------| G|-9--9-------9-9--------------| D|-11---------9---------9------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| Strings (sounds like they are either sampled or synthesized) e|-----------------------------| B|--17-16-14-12--9-7-9/12\9~~--| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| x1 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| Chorus/Outro: Guitar 6 e|-----9-----------11------12--| B|-------10-----10------10-----| G|-9--9-----9-9-------9--------| D|-----------------------------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| {x2} e|------12-----------11---11---| B|---------10-----10-----------| G|-9--9-------9-9--------------| D|-11---------9---------9------| x2 A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| Strings (sounds like they are either sampled or synthesized) e|-------------------------------------------------| B|--17-16-14-12--9-7-9/12\9-7-5~~~-9~~~-5~~~-9~~~--| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| x2 A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| More Strings (Hold Last Note to end the song.) e|--17~~~--16~~~--19~~~--| B|-----------------------| G|--16~~~--16~~~--16~~~--| D|-----------------------| x2 A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| That should be everything. Fantastic Song- enjoy! ************************************ | x Dead note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down | ~ Vibrato ************************************
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