Tabs
SILENCE - BY THE TEA PARTY
From the album The Edges of Twilight on EMI records
Transcribed by Mark Wiebe
Tuned from low to high 
D MajorD 
G+G D MajorD G+G 
BB D MajorD
This song has some other weird instruments in it but
this is how I play the guitar part (he probably uses
a twelve string on the album.) This transcription is
probably not to accurate and you'll have to listen to
the song for the timing but I think it should give you
the basic idea.
Fig.1
|-----------------|
|-8-6--8-6--8-6-8-|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-----------------|
Fig.2
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-1/4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3/6-4-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Fig.3
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-1/4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Fig.4
|-3/5-3--3-3-3-3-3--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-3/5-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3/5-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-------------------3-3/5-|
Fig.5
|-3/5-2--2-2-2-2-2--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-3/5-2--2-2-2-2-2--3-3/6-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-------------------3-3/6-|
Fig.6
|---------------------|
|-5h6-6-6--3-3-3-3--0-|
|-0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|
|-0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|
|-------------------0-|
|---------------------|
Fig.7
|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------|
Fig.8
|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------|
Fig.9
|-0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
|--------------------------------|
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How it goes together
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Fig.1 x 4
Fig.2 Silent spirit ...
Fig.3 With her beauty ...
Fig.2 Heaven help me I ...
Fig.3 I should be rest here ...
Fig.1 x 4
Fig.2 In the dream ...
Fig.3 As my senses ...
Fig.2 Heaven help me ...
Fig.3 I should rest ...
Fig.4 Fig.5 Fig.4 Fig.6
Fig.7 And lie in the bed ...
Fig.8 Dry are the lips that lost ...
Fig.7 Drown in the waters that ...
Fig.8 Cry as this ...
Fig.9 x 8 In silence... ...
Fig.1 x 4
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Here's something I've been working at for a little while now.
Song: SILENCE
Artist: THE TEA PARTY
Tabbed by: KRIST SMITH
-----------------------
This song uses another cool tuning (I think it's something like open Gsus2/D
or something):
e tuned down to d
BB tuned down to 
A augmentedA
G+G left the same
D MajorD left the same
A augmentedA tuned down to G+G
E MajorE tuned down to D MajorD
There are a lot of instruments in on this, so I'm VERY likely wrong. This
is just MY interpretation. The timing is probably wrong (I'm not that good).
It's just four dashes (-) for every quarter note. This is just a guess, but
I think it's in 4/4 timing (please correct me).
INTRO:
(4 times)
Bb majorBb G+G Bb majorBb G+G 
FF G+G
d|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
G+G|o-3-0-0-3-0-0---0-o|
D MajorD|o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-o|
A augmentedA|--3-0-0-3-0-0-5-0--|
E MajorE|--------------3----|
VERSE:
(G+G)
(Strum these)
d|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|---2---3---6---5--|--8---6---5---3--|--2---3---6---5--|--2---3---0-------|
G+G|o--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0------o|
D MajorD|o--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0------o|
A augmentedA|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Si-lent spirit watch me for me with ...
Heaven help me I feel I'm ...
(INTRO riff again)
VERSE riff over
In the springtime I'm awakened as ...
Heaven help me I'm foresaken ...
BRIDGE:
(For the beginning, just improvise by playing assorted notes on the BB (A augmentedA)
string and the two lower ones open [like the verse], but remember to keep
them in scale-just fool around with it).
(4 times)
(G+G)
d|---9---9---9---9-10--|-9----------------------|
A augmentedA|--10--10--10--10-10--|10-12-10--8---12---10---|
G+G|o--0---0---0---0--0--|-0--0--0--0----0----0--o|
A augmentedA|o-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)(0)-|(0)(0)(0)(0)--(0)--(0)-o|
D MajorD|---------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|
(I don't know the lyrics. Anyone?)
(8 times)
d|------------------|
A augmentedA|--5-----7-----8---|
G+G|o-0-----0-----0--o|
A augmentedA|o-0-----0-----0--o|
D MajorD|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|
-
In si ...
INTRO riff
VERSE 1 again
INTRO riff twice over
-
In ...
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Well, that's my interpretation.
Corrections/lyrics are requested. Anyone want to take the time to type
out the lyrics of the rest of the songs from the CD liner? (I don't have it)
