Tabs
Artist: Coheed and Cambria
Track: "Who Watches the Watchmen"
As Played Live on: Neverender SSTB Tour 2011
Tuning: e Flat
Tabbed by Lawrence Jones
Really neat song by Claudio, originally written for his Prize Fighter
Inferno (PFI) side project. During the 2011 Neverender SSTB Tour, however,
Coheed played it as a band during their acoustic sets. I believe this
to be an extremely accurate tab. See below for links to live videos
to see for yourself. The original PFI song is in standard E, but when
Coheed plays this live the instruments are tuned a half step down.
Note: As played live, Travis uses a 12-string guitar for his parts.
Thus, it will sound slightly different when played on a normal
6 string guitar. I am very confident that the notes and location
of his parts are as shown here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJwCGI8r5c4 (Live Video I)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrCcWu14hwY (Live Video II)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-kG5qAaFA&feature=related (Live Video III)
Key:
/ - slide towards bridge
\ - slide away from bridge
. - palm mute
p - pull off
h - hammer on
~ - let ring
b - bend to sound like the following note
r - release bend
* - natural harmonic
v - vibrato
Intro:
Claudio Intro Riff: x 6
eb----------------------------------------------------|
Bb----8------8------8---------------------------------|
Gb------9------9------9-------------------------------|
Db-10-----10-----10-----10-10-10----------------------|
Ab----------------------------------------------------|
Eb----------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
End the intro as follows:
eb----------------------------------------------------|
Bb----9------9---/13-12-10-12---8v---6v---5v---3v-1~--|
Gb------8------8----------------------------------0~--|
Db-10-----10--------------------------------------2~--|
Ab------------------------------------------------3~--|
Eb----------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . .
Travis Intro Lead: x 4
eb----------------------------------------------------|
Bb----------------------------------------------------|
Gb----------------------------------------------------|
Db----------------------------------------------------|
Ab-/8--7--5--7~-----5--7--5---------------------------|
Eb---------------8-----------8--5~--------------------|
1st Verse:
Claudio Verse Chords: x 2
(
C majorC shape) (
A minorAm shape)
eb-0---------------------------0----------------------|
Bb-1---------------------------1----------------------|
Gb-0---------------------------2----------------------|
Db-2---------------------------2----------------------|
Ab-3---------------------------0----------------------|
Eb----------------------------------------------------|
(strum accordingly)
Travis Verse Lead: x 4
eb-------7--------------------------------------------|
Bb-----8--8-------------------------------------------|
Gb-7h9------9-7~-7-9-7--------------------------------|
Db---------------------10-9-7/------------------------|
Ab----------------------------------------------------|
Eb----------------------------------------------------|
1st Pre-Chorus:
Claudio Pre-Chorus Chords: x 1
(
G+G shape) (
FF shape)
eb-x---------------------------1----------------------|
Bb-3---------------------------1----------------------|
Gb-0---------------------------2----------------------|
Db-0---------------------------3----------------------|
Ab-2--------------------------------------------------|
Eb-3--------------------------------------------------|
(strum accordingly)
Travis Pre-Chorus Lead: x 2
Slide octaves for this part
eb----------------------------------------------------|
Bb----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-5-7-9-9/10/9--7/9/7-5------------------------------|
Db-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x------------------------------|
Ab-3-5-7-7/8-/7--5/7/5-3------------------------------|
Eb----------------------------------------------------|
2nd Verse:
Claudio Verse Chords x 2
Travis Verse Lead: x 4
2nd Pre-Verse:
Claudio Pre-Verse Chords x 2 (on the last FF shape chord, strum once and hold)
Travis Pre-Verse Lead x 4
1st Chorus:
Claudio & Travis Chorus Chords: x 2
eb-0------------0------------x------------1-----------|
Bb-1------------1------------3------------1-----------|
Gb-0------------2------------0------------2-----------|
Db-2------------2------------0------------3-----------|
Ab-3------------0------------2------------------------|
Eb---------------------------3------------------------|
(strum accordingly)
3rd Verse:
Claudio Verse Chords x 2
Travis Verse Lead: x 4
3rd Pre-Chorus:
Claudio Pre-Chorus Chords x 1
Travis Pre-Chorus Lead x 2
4th Verse:
Claudio Verse Chords x 2
Travis Verse Lead x 4
4th Pre-Chorus:
Claudio Pre-Verse Chords x 2 (on the last FF shape chord, strum once and hold)
Travis Pre-Verse Lead x 4
2nd Chorus:
Claudio & Travis Chorus Chords x 2
Outro:
Claudio Chorus Chords: x 2 (on the last FF shape chord, strum once and hold)
Travis Outro Hammer-On Chords:
During the outro, Travis is playing chords and hammering on certain notes...
He has done each of the following in different live videos...
Since it varies live, play it whatever way you want...
eb-0----0-----0----0----0----x-----1------------------|
Bb-1----0h1---1----0h1--1----3-----1------------------|
Gb-0----0-----2----2----0h2--0-----0h2----------------|
Db-0h2--2-----0h2--2----2----0-----3------------------|
Ab-3----3-----0----0----0----0h2----------------------|
Eb---------------------------3------------------------|
