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Song: The Noose
Band: A Perfect Circle
Album: Thirteenth Step
Guitarist: Billy Howerdel
Tabbed by: Zach Kraemer
Tuning: Db Gb B E Ab Db
Bam! I rip out another much-needed A Perfect Circle
tab! Enjoy this one people, it took a lot to figure
out. The notes are VERY quiet.
Played throughout song by
electric piano w/muting effect
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|-11-11-11-11-|
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[0:00] [0:06] [0:10] [0:21]
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
[0:25]
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|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-9--------------|-7--------------|-5--------------|-(5)------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-9--------------|-5--------------|-7--------------|-(7)------------|
Chorus [1:01]
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|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-18--18--18-------|-(18)-16-16-16-16---19-19-18-19-18-16-|
|---16--16---------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-(16)-169-9-9-9-9-9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9/|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-11---11--11-11-12-11-12-11-12-11-12--|-11-12/18-/18--/(18)-/(18)-/(18)-|
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This is the main riff played at [1:22],[3:04],[3:33] and [4:32](played by strings
3rd time)
w/delay
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|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-18--18--18-------|-(18)-16-16-16-16--19-19-18-19-18-16---|
|---16--16---------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--16-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-18-18-18--18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--19-19-18-19-18-16-|-16-16--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
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|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-9-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
2nd Verse [1:52] |1.2.3. |4.
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|-7-7-11-----------9-|-9-9-9----------|-7-7-7-9----------|-7-7-9--------|-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
2nd Chorus [2:50] (bass enters)
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|-7-7-11-----------9-|-9-9-9----------|-7-7-7-9----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|-*-------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
*While picking, depress
bar 4.5 steps.
(Play Main Riff)
Bridge [3:33]
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-11--------|-9---------|-14--------|-14--------|
|-11---16x--|-9----16x--|-14---16x--|-14---16x--|
|--9--------|-7---------|-12--------|-12--------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-11--------|-9---------|-14--------|-14--------|
|-11---16x--|-9----16x--|-14---16x--|-14---16x--|
|--9--------|-7---------|-12--------|-12--------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|Rhy.Fig.1 End Rhy.Fig.1|
w/Rhy.Fig.1
(all bends are 1/2 bends)
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--/13----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--/13----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
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|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-11----------------|-9-----------------|-14----------------|--------------|
|-11-----------16x--|-9----16x----------|-14---16x----------|-7--8x--9--8x-|
|--9----------------|-7-----------------|-12----------------|-7------9-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5------7-----|
Outro
(Play Main Riff)
End.
Questions and comments to Tiberian710@aol.com
Key
/ = slide
b = bend
br = bend and release
(#:##) = timestamp
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