Seether › The Gift Guitar Tab

Karma & Effect Tabs:

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Send "The Gift" Ringtone to your Cell Phone


Tuning: drop d

Intro/verses—clean on this part

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4----------------3---------------1---1---------------------------|
D|-------6--------6--------4-------4---------2---------4---2--------4---2-------|
A|----6----(6)-------6---4---(4)------4----2-------------------(2)--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------4------------|
G|------------4------------------3--------------1----1-------------4------------|
D|------6-------6--------4----------4---------2---------4---2-------------------|
A|---6-----(6)-----6---4-----(4)-------4---2------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play that twice; while that is playing the second time, pat plays 
this (twice)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----/11--------/9------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------11--------8-----/11---let ring--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------USE DISTORTION ON THIS PART-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-chorus thing(clean): "I'm out of reason to believe in me..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---6------8----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4------6-----------2----------------------------------------------------|
A|---4------6-----------2----------------------------------------------------|
D|---4------6----(9)----2----------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----/12-----------------------/12------------------------------------------|
G|---------9----11-----9----8--------9-----11h13p11--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------DISTORTION---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Twice through on the prechorus and then this chorus with distortion:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2------66666----44444---22222-------------|
A|---2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2------66666----44444---22222-------------|
D|--------------4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2------66666----44444---22222-------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--44444--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--44444--44444---22222----------44444---66666---22222----------------------|
A|--22222—-44444---22222----------44444---66666---22222----------------------|
D|---------44444---22222----------44444---66666---22222----------------------|

Last little solo thing...this is played for the last minute 
or so of the song
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/12-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9---11--9--8--9--8------------------11b---8\6-------------------------|
D|------------------------11---9--8----/11b-------------9--------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------AGAIN, DISTORTION!!---------------------------------------|


hope it works for you.
-the chris

Send "The Gift" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/s/seether/338938.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture mike Average	#1 by mike duncan at May 13, 2006 at 4:50 PM EST
	i think this song is about how guy wants the girl in her life but yet doesnt seem to believe that he is good enough for her. he knows that he keeps pushin her away and yet by the end of the song he needs her more than ever but knows that he isnt needed by her. this song is very emotional. the lyrics are just amazin. the music is jus 2 cool n hard.though tis song is one of the slow ones it is great. SEETHER rules hard rock

No Picture Doolittle Lead Player	#2 by Doolittle at Jul 10, 2006 at 1:02 PM EST
	I thnk the I think everyne is right in there meaning, When I heard it it it home, Being afraid of something thats good for you, Not having any reasons, Just saying fine I'l let it go, At least thats what i thought, Sometimes things just wont go away, N matter the relief we get from the person we love, because we might fear them, Being ashamed of fearing the o you love and not letting go of certain things was my uptake people ^_^

No Picture nate Average	#3 by nate eastman at Aug 8, 2006 at 6:22 AM EST
	Such a beautiful song. MaggieMichelle is right on, I think.

No Picture sY Average	#4 by sYsTem oWnS rOx at Aug 14, 2006 at 5:44 PM EST
	I think it has a lot of meanings, depending on the listener, But I'd have to agree with MaggieMichelle as well. It's a Beautiful song.

No Picture btotherizzad Average	#5 by btotherizzad moriznad at Nov 19, 2006 at 3:41 PM EST
	i think the gift hes talkin about is love and hes afraid of it because anytime someones loved him in the past or hes loved them they've hurt him or hes hurt them or both

No Picture Jer Average	#6 by Jer at Jan 11, 2007 at 2:30 PM EST
	Seether is Fucking amazing............ This song hit me right in the gut... it wraps fear, shame, insecurity, but at the same time hope all into one little package...titled the gift....

No Picture Ashley Rhythm Player	#7 by Ashley 666 at Feb 7, 2007 at 7:24 PM EST
	Koralie, now I know I'm not crazy. It completes me as well. At first, I thought maybe he was talking to God, (The Gift is his life or his talent, and he is unsure how or embarrased to use it.) However, the Amy Lee thing fits perfectly, since I can relate, because I just broke off my 7-year friendship with a girl I loved for the same time. She never felt the same way, but we still remained friends until a couple of weeks ago. The last few years she tried to get me to stop saying things like that "I can't bear to look at myself in the mirror" or always feeling shame for something I said or did or not wanting to wake up in the morning. Now I need her friendship more than ever, and she's gone, and I feel ashamed of the way I told her how I felt because it just pushed her away completely. Anyway, very powerful song that just sucks you in to the moment.

No Picture SLUT Badass	#8 by SLUT at Apr 29, 2007 at 5:07 PM EST
	"I'm out of reason to believe in me" Gosh finally someone has put it into words for me. "I'm out of tryin to get by" This song def hit a cord with me. I love it and no matter what it's about I think it's beautiful.

No Picture alex Average	#9 by alex at Jun 8, 2007 at 2:46 PM EST
	I'm not sure that anyone relates this way, but sometimes a song amazes me to the point where for a moment, I feel utterly complete... Sounds silly I bet, but I hear this song and I just feel like it "fits" somehow. Fits my personality, fits my mood, and most of all, fits my emotions and how I feel, hence the feeling of completeness. Seether just has that impact on me, and this song just vocalizes how I've often felt but could never seem to express... This band is full of emotion and I personally just can't get enough...

No Picture Brian Average	#10 by Brian Dempsey at Jul 13, 2007 at 11:17 PM EST
	omg when i first heard this song i loved it, when ever i just sit down and really listen to it, it makes me sad. i always figured the song was about how he felt that life was getting too hard and that he was a failure and that 'the gift' was his life and he was ashamed of how it had become.

No Picture Frank Wanna Be	#11 by Frank at Jul 20, 2007 at 3:25 AM EST
	I think he's afraid of being loved, becuase he doesn't think he deserves her. Thinks she so much better than him, and he's ashamed that he'll never feel good enough for her.