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A Poor Man's Memory - Explosions In The Sky
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Tabbed by:Chris Vinkler/mogwai777
Email:thecure8989@yahoo.com
Well, there aren't any Explosions In The Sky Tabs on this website, so I put a
song on here for them.
Alright, I have the riffs for guitar one first, and I'll put the riffs for guitar
2 second, ok? This is a pretty simple song, enjoy.
Tuning:Standard
Riff One: 0:14
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12----11--9----11--12----11--9----11--12------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff Two: 2:00
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12--11--9--11--12--11----12-11--9--11--12--11-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Riff One at 2:57 and stop at 3:08, Then restart Riff One at 3:36 only use
a vibrato for every note played. Then stop at 4:37. Now for guitar 2.
Guitar 2: Riff one, play along with guitar 1, starting at 0:42, stop at 1:38. Start
again at 3:00, stop at 3:10.
e|---15----14--12----11--12----11--9----11--12-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff two: 4:26
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---11-11-11-12-9---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9--9--9-------11-12---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff three: 5:08
e|---14-14-14-15-12--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---12-12-12-------14-15--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Do Riff two again at 5:18 until the end of the song.
Well, that's it, sorry I don't have guitar ones riff in the second part of the song,
and if you've heard the song you can tell it's split into two parts. But, those are
the basics of the song. I hope you enjoyed.
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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garrett Rhythm Player |
#1 by garrett at Jul 28, 1987 at 6:40 PM EST |
| fantastic marching drum beat. such a wonderful build up. | |
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Joe Average |
#2 by Joe Farr at May 27, 1990 at 5:03 AM EST |
| csufcf44, I was struck by how my interpretation of this song relates to yours. To me, I always have the same image in my mind when I listen to this song. It is a man, middle-aged, hand-cuffed and seated near the back of an armored bus that is carrying new prisoners to prison, and the man has his head against the window, staring wide-eyed at the world that whizzes by. He sees glee, glory, sadness, past, present, and future outside that window, little children playing soccer, bright, consuming lights, an old blind man on a bench, and every other solitary life, and the life that this man has given up starts running through his mind. The immense fear of all this beauty and tragedy and wonder being closed away in a little black box and discarded builds and builds with the marching drum beat. When the crescendo breaks open, the man explodes into a frenzy, shooting up from his seat, flailing around wildly, screaming, pulling at his chains, until he is subdued by a guard with a baton, forced back into his seat as the song winds down to a contemplative murmur, to silence... 1 | |
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