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Emery - The Ponytail Parades
tabbed by: Jonathan Osmark
email: osmark86@hotmail.com
This is my third tab submitted, and it's emery again. They're a great band and deserve
more
recognition than what they are getting.
It's a really long tab, because emery writes complicated music with 3 guitars and piano,
so I'm doing
my best to squeeze it all into one tab. BARE WITH ME! Enter "the ponytail parades"!!
NOTE!: To be quite honest, these guitar parts do not sound very impressive on their own.
I recommend
that you grab someone that plays the guitar (preferably TWO guitarists!) to fully enjoy
the complicated
composition as a whole. What I do when I play this song by myself, is that I pick out the
most
interesting guitar parts from any of the guitars and just play along to the CD! Play around...
Note also that the rhythm patterns in this song are a little off beat at various places.
You will have
to listen very carefully for these variations in the rhythm yourself, cuz it's too hard
to try to show
by simply tabbing. I've laid out the notes for you, the strumming and picking is your
challenge!
tuning: 1/2 drop standard (d# A# F# C# G# D#)
key:
/ = slide up
= slide down
h = hammer on
p = pull off
*^ = bend-release
(*)= optional note (yup!)
Guitar 1 (consisting of guitars in both speakers)
Intro: (palm-muted gradually removing palm)
d#|-------------|
A#|---4--5--7---|
F#|-------------|
C#|-------------|
G#|-------------|
D#|-------------|
Verse: "three sleepless nights..."
d#|-------------|
A#|---4--5--7---|
F#|---4--4--4---|repeat open strings
C#|-------------|
G#|-------------|
D#|-------------|
d#|------------------|
A#|-----------2/14---| let it ring!
F#|-----------1/13---|
C#|---4-4-4----------|
G#|---4-4-4----------|
D#|---2-2-2----------|
Break: "I will wait for you forever"
NO GUITAR
Verse
Break 2: "It scares me to think..."
d#|------------------------------------------|
A#|--14--16--16--42^--16--16--12--10--10----| these chords have an echo
F#|--13--13--13--1-1^--13--13--13---9-----9--| effect!
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------|
Bridge: "you're careless and whispered insulting and bruising"
d#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---6-----------2---6-------2-------6-----------2---|
C#|---6---2---4---2---6---2---2---4---6---2---4---2---|
G#|---4---2---4---0---4---2---0---4---4---2---4---0---|
D#|-------0---2-----------0-------2-------0---2-------|
Pre-breakdown: (soft clean guitar after "still walking away")
d#|----------------------------------------|
A#|------12---------12---------12----------|
F#|----------9----------9----------9-------|
C#|--10---------10---------10---------10---|
G#|----------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------|
Breakdown: "I never thought that you could say these words..."
2x
d#|------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--9-9-10-9--|----9-----------------9---------------12---------------|
F#|--9-9--9-9--|------9---11h9p11-------9---8h9p8--------9-------------|
C#|--7-7--7-7--|--9-----9-----------9-----9---------9------9---9-11-8--|
G#|------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
3x
d#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----9-----------------9---------------12-----9h10p9-----------------|
F#|------9---11h9p11-------9---8h9p8--------9----------9---9-11-8h9p8--|
C#|--9-----9-----------9-----9---------9------9------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Break 3: "Erase my name from this page"
d#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---| (4x)
C#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|
G#|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D#|-----------------|
Breakdown 2: "How can you take all these days..."
2x
d#|---------------------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------------------|-----------------|
F#|---2-------6-------2-------|---6-6-6-6-6-6---| (2x)
C#|---2---4---6---2---2---4---|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|
G#|---0---4---4---2---0---4---|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D#|-------2-------0-------2---|-----------------|
Outro: "...walk away from me"
2x
d#|---------------------|---------------------|
A#|---------------------|---------------------|
F#|---6-6---4-4---------|---6-6---6-6---6-6---|
C#|---6-6---4-4---4-4---|---6-6---6-6---6-6---|
G#|---4-4---2-2---4-4---|---4-4---4-4---4-4---|
D#|---------------2-2---|---------------------|
___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 2 (guitar part in right speaker)
Intro: NO GUITAR
Verse:
d#|-------------|
A#|---4--5--7---|
F#|---4--5--7---|same as Guitar 1
C#|-------------|
G#|-------------|
D#|-------------|
d#|-----------------------4---4--2--0------|
A#|---5-4-------4-5-4-5-7--------------4---|
F#|-------4---4----------------------------|
C#|---------6------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------|
d#|-----------|
A#|-----------|
F#|-----------|
C#|---4-4-4---|
G#|---4-4-4---|
D#|---2-2-2---|
Break:
d#|-----2-------2-0-------0---------4-----5---|
A#|---4---4---4---------5---5-----5---5-5-5---|
F#|-------------------6---------6-------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------|
d#|-----2-------2-0-2-------0-----0-4-0---|
A#|---4---4---4-----------5-----4---------|
F#|---------------------6-----6-----------|
C#|---------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------|
Verse
Break 2:
d#|-----0-2------0-2-----0-7------0-2-------0------------0-----|
A#|---4-----4--4-------4-----4--4---------5---5--54---2---2---|
F#|-------------------------------------6----------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------------|
"but your head is elsewhere..."
d#|-----0-2--2------0--2------0-2---0---0----0-----0---0--------4---4-----|
A#|---4--------4-0-------4--------4-------2----2-0---2---(3)------5---5---|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
d#|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---6---------6-8---------8-9--8------9--11--9--8-------|
C#|------6----6------6--4/6---------9-9-------------9-9---|
G#|---------4---------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------|
d#|-----------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------|
F#|---6----------6-8---------8-9--8---------9--8--------|
C#|------4^--2-2------6--4/6---------9--6--------9--6---|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------|
(played with dist. on second "away")
d#|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------|---12---12------------9---|
F#|---6---9-8---9/14--13--11--9--16---14---|----9------9-----9-11-----|
C#|----------------------------------------|---10--------10-----------|
G#|---4---7-7---7/12--11---9--7--14---12---|--------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
Breakdown:
d#|---------------------------------------0h7p0-------|
A#|---9--12--9--9--9/1075--5/14--9^--9--9---9--9^---|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------|
d#|----0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----------------0-----|
A#|---10-10-10--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5---9h10p9-5-7-4---4---|
F#|------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------|
Break 3:
echo effect
d#|---0---0---999999--777777---|
A#|---4---4--------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|
G#|----------------------------|
D#|----------------------------|
Breakdown 2:
d#|----------------------------------------------------999999--777777---|
A#|-------5-------7-----------------------5-------7---------------------|
F#|---4--4-4--6--6-6--8--86--8--8/9--4--4-4--6--6-6--------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---2--2----4--4----6--64--6--6/7--2--2----4--4----------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
d#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------5------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---4--4-4--6--6--8-8--8-8--9-9--9-9--11-11--11-11--9-9--9-9---|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---2--2----4--4--6-6--6-6--7-7--7-7---9--9---9--9--7-7--7-7---|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
d#|----------------------------------------------|
A#|-------5-------4------------------------------|
F#|---4--4-4--6--6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8---|
C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#|---2--2----4--4----6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6---|
D#|----------------------------------------------|
Outro:
d#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------13--11--9---|
C#|--------6---------6---------6---------------|
G#|---4-4----7--2-2----7-----------11---9--7---|
D#|-----------------------2-2------------------|
d#|----------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------4-4---------4-4---------4-4--13--11--9---|
C#|-------6-6---------6-6---------6-6------------------|
G#|---4-4---------4-4---------4-4----------11---9--7---|
D#|----------------------------------------------------|
________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 3 (guitar part in left speaker)
Intro:
d#|---4---|
A#|---0---|
F#|-------|Fading in very lightly
C#|-------|with echo effect
G#|-------|
D#|-------|
Verse:
d#|-------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------|
F#|--11/13--1311--11/13--1311---16--1611---|
C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|---9/11--11-9---9/11--11-9---14--14-9---|
D#|-------------------------------------------|
d#|---------------------7-9--9/11--117-----11--7---|
A#|---9-7-------7-9-7-9------------------9----------|
F#|-------9-8-9-------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------|
d#|----------0---|
A#|----------4---|
F#|--------------|
C#|---4-4-4------|
G#|---4-4-4------|
D#|---2-2-2------|
Break:
d#|-------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------|
F#|------------------8------------|
C#|---6--4--6-----6--9--6---------|
G#|---4--2--0--4--4-----0--4--2---|
D#|------------2-----------2--0---|
Verse
Break 2:
d#|----------------------------|
A#|----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
C#|---6--6--6-----6--1--6------|
G#|---4--2--0--4--4--2--0--4---|
D#|------------2-----------2---|
Bridge:
d#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|---9--8----------|
C#|---------9-6-9---|
G#|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|
(played over second "away")
d#|-----------------------------------|---0---|
A#|-----------------------------------|---0---|
F#|---6---9-4---14--13--11--9--8--4---|---5---|
C#|-----------------------------------|-------|
G#|---4---7-2---12--11---9--7--6--2---|-------|
D#|-----------------------------------|-------|
Breakdown:
d#|------0---------0------|
A#|--------4----4-----4---|
F#|---4------4------------|
C#|-----------------------|
G#|-----------------------|
D#|-----------------------|
Break 3: 2x
d#|-----------------|--------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------|---------------555555-------------4444444---|
F#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
C#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
G#|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|---4-4-4-4-4-4--------4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
D#|-----------------|--------------------------------------------|
Breakdown 2:
d#|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------|---------------555555-------------4444444---|
F#|---2-------6-------2-------|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
C#|---2---4---6---2---2---4---|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
G#|---0---4---4---2---0---4---|---4-4-4-4-4-4--------4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
D#|-------2-------0-------2---|--------------------------------------------|
Outro:
d#|------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------9--8--6---|
C#|--------6---------6---------6-------------|
G#|---4-4----7--2-2----7-----------7--6--4---|
D#|-----------------------2-2----------------|
d#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------4-4---------4-4---------4-4--9--8--6---|
C#|-------6-6---------6-6---------6-6----------------|
G#|---4-4---------4-4---------4-4----------7--6--4---|
D#|--------------------------------------------------|
Holy hell this tab was long, but I hope it's very helpful. Some things were hard to decide,
such as
whether 2 guitarists played the same riff etc...but I think that I've done a fairly good
job with all
that. PLease send me any suggestions or things that you think should be changed. Thank
you.
~Jonathan
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Nick Wanna Be |
#1 by Nick Maertens at Jul 14, 1970 at 10:39 PM EST |
| i'm on a break with my boyfriend and this song seems to fit it almost perfectly. | |
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floyd Lead Player |
#2 by floyd lloyd at Aug 13, 1971 at 12:39 AM EST |
| Yes, yes.. it's a great song.. but why is it called "The Ponytail Parade" ? | |
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Frost Wanna Be |
#3 by Frost Bite at Apr 26, 1972 at 7:28 PM EST |
| This is creepy. Wow, getting some chills. Been here... I think it is about a girl who left a guy. He thought every was going great and then she just up and left him. Now he is struggling to move on and he can't fight the feelings he has for her. He thought she felt the same way he did about their love when she said it would be forever, and that they would always be together. As it turns out she didn't feel that way (she lied, sorry ladies) and now he is left with nothing. He never planned anything outside of a life with her and now that she is gone all he has is emptiness. This line verse: "It scares me to think that you could find takers other than me and better than me but your head is elsewhere and I'm talking enough for both of us when will you see it's not so easy for me" shows that she doesn't have any problem moving on, even rubbing her new love in his face at times. He is forcing himself to find closure with this "walk away from me this night is done" | |
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Super Average |
#4 by Super Unknown at Sep 6, 1972 at 5:34 AM EST |
| :[ | |
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Andrew Average |
#5 by Andrew Piwtorak at Oct 17, 1972 at 7:41 AM EST |
| THE acoustic versions are both beautiful..one on the EP and the other on the nAIL Dvd.i like the on the DVD better...TOBy hits the high note "dont say that we can still be friennnnnndssss" better here,,,,this song is really self explanitory. | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#6 by Steve at Apr 22, 1973 at 9:44 AM EST |
| i love the phrase: "I thought that I could change you but you changed me" we all know what it feels to be heartbroken. the guy is going through uneasiness while the girl he likes is looking at someone else. i really love this song and relate to it alot. the lyrics explain everything. | |
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Cory Lead Player |
#7 by Cory Campbell at Jul 24, 1974 at 10:40 AM EST |
| I just say Emery last weekend and this is what they had to say about this song: "This song is about getting a tour manager from California... and you don't know how things are going to work out, but you end up falling in love with him" Obviously it's not really about a tour manager. Unless of couse the band members are into group-homosexual relationships with people they are professionally involved with. haha. I mean, who holds hands with their tour manager... I guess this is just an example the demonstrates how you should not always take what people say on stage (or even in there songs on occasion) literally... He probably mean to say "This song is for our tour manager from California." | |
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Ŧøn¥ Average |
#8 by Ŧøn¥ PiNeDa at May 27, 1976 at 11:01 PM EST |
| Such a good song... it goes into so many aspects of the pain of not being with someone. | |
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Mr. Slave Wanna Be |
#9 by Mr. Slave at Dec 21, 1976 at 3:49 AM EST |
| Yes, yes.. it's a great song.. but why is it called "The Ponytail Parade" ? | |
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fasterdisco Average |
#10 by fasterdisco at Nov 18, 1982 at 10:45 PM EST |
| this song is the f-ing story of my life | |
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mongoose Average |
#11 by mongoose jones at Apr 11, 1985 at 9:11 AM EST |
| This is, by far, my most favorite song ever. | |
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black&red Wanna Be |
#12 by black&red at Jul 17, 1988 at 7:41 AM EST |
| This is one of my favorite Emery songs. when he sings: I never thought you could say these words is this really happening (don't say that we can still be friends) isn't that how it is though? you can not believe you are getting broken up with and just don't hurt me and tell me we can be friends.... I think this song is talking about going through the stages of breakin up. The guy is just waiting till she comes to her senses and he just waits for her to realize and is losing sleep and such. she could find someone better then him and that scares him. they say everything is getting better but it doesn't it just gets worst. she is thinking of someone else or something else. she breaks up with him and he is just crushed and broken. and i could go on forever and ever about this song. here are some thoughts take it for what its worth. | |
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sharon Wanna Be |
#13 by sharon howell at Sep 18, 1989 at 5:55 PM EST |
| this is my favorite emery song! such a good song | |
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Mark Average |
#14 by Mark Neishtadt at Jun 1, 1990 at 10:20 PM EST |
| my favorite part of this song is right after the last "don't say that we can still be friends". the wailing guitar and screaming is so angry, its awesome | |
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Matt Average |
#15 by Matt at Nov 14, 1991 at 11:13 AM EST |
| This is defianatly bout a girl. Its alright. Theres a ton of songs on girls though... | |
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Damien Wanna Be |
#16 by Damien Clark at Mar 16, 1993 at 3:33 AM EST |
| ree sleepless nights this isn't how it's supposed to be but you're so good at taking your time to give back to me i LOVE the 1st verse... | |
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jake Average |
#17 by jake battkoo at May 1, 1993 at 1:03 PM EST |
| great song. i can relate to it a lot | |
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Ex Average |
#18 by Ex at Dec 4, 1993 at 12:38 PM EST |
| This is a song about a man fighting a losing battle to win back the girl he never really had and realizing he just has to give up. But that we can't be friends part is the best. You can be friends with an ex-girlfriend. But not one you loved this much. You can't make someone love you. | |
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Mike Average |
#19 by Mike Murphy at Jan 19, 1995 at 4:18 PM EST |
| The song is about a guy going out with a girl, but this guy is thinking about a normal realtionship where two people share a common "love" for each other and he comes to the dramitic realization, after staying up for three nights, that this isn't the way a normal relationship should function. He tries and tries to make things work but she doesnt seem to care: "your so good at taking your time to get back to me". And then he puzzles together the situation and realizes that maybe this girl is interested in someone else (who hasn't seen this scenario played out) but he is still trying to make things work: "your head is elsewhere and im talking enough for both of us". He then identifies that they've talked about this before: "i thought that you said things were improving" but it still seems she's "carless", "insulting", and "brusing". He pours his heart out to her and she doesn't care. Then comes the break up. The last part just grieving, all the "why's" and "how could you's" | |
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graeme Lead Player |
#20 by graeme cook at Apr 30, 1995 at 12:04 PM EST |
| My fav. lines are "it doesn't feel right holding someone else's hand" and "it scares me to think that you could find takers other than me better than me" and demnil your probably right. But I can't think of a better subject than the most amount of of pain most of us will ever feel. That is the loss of a loved one because sometimes even if they are still alive their dead to us and it hurts. | |
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eddy Lead Player |
#21 by eddy blade at Apr 20, 1997 at 1:18 AM EST |
| This song is incredible. Emery is a band of brillance. | |
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Gabba Gabba Hey Average |
#22 by Gabba Gabba Hey at Jul 12, 1997 at 1:18 AM EST |
| This is my favorite song on the album. "If you're still pretending this is what's right, why can't you look at me? Can you only see one side, your side, can take away." | |
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Steve Lead Player |
#23 by Steve Travale at Feb 22, 2000 at 4:59 AM EST |
| by iheartbrandnew on 01-24-2005 @ 10:46:27 PM this song is the f-ing story of my life | |
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dale Average |
#24 by dale at Jan 7, 2006 at 6:05 AM EST |
| Oh my God...there's an acoustic version of this!? I have to get it. I love Emery, and I love acoustic songs...so you put the two together, and you can only guess what happens after that. 1 2 3 Next | |
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darren Wanna Be |
#25 by darren sackaney at Dec 15, 2006 at 8:02 PM EST |
| its seems that the first part of the song it is a guy yearning for his vermin to come back to him, but the last 2 lines are as though he realizes what will never be so he gives up. just like real life | |
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