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Tuning Drop C#- strings are C#, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb 



GUITAR ONE'S PARTS 
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Intro: (4x) (twice clean and muted, twice with distortion) 
e|-------------------5-6-5---5-------------------5-6-5---5-----| 
B|-------6-6-6-8-8-8-------8---------6-6-6-8-8-8-------8---8-6-| 
G|-7-7-7-----------------------7-7-7---------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 


Verse: (2x) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-5h6p5-----5-----------| 
G|-7---------------7---------------7---------------7----------5----7-7-7-6---| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x-x---| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-4---| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
................................................... 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-6-6-9--9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9-9-14--14-14-14-12-12-10-10-| 
D|-x-x-x--x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x--x-x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|-4-4-7--7-7-7--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-7--7-7-12--12-12-12-10-10--8--8-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Prechorus: 
e|-------1-----0-----0-----0h1p0---0-------1-----0-----0-----0h1p0---0-------| 
B|-----1---1-----1-----1---------1-------1---1-----1-----1---------1---------| 
G|-----------3-----3-----3-----------2---------2-----2-----2-----------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-1-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-------1-----0-----0-----0h1p0---3-------1-----0-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 
B|-----1---1-----1-----1---------1-------1---1-----1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| 
G|-----------3-----3-----3-----------2---------2-----2-----------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-1-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Chorus: (not sure about this part) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-10x--10x--10x--10x--9x--9x--9-9-9-9-10x--10x--10x--10x--9x--9x--9-9-9-9---| 
D|--x----x----x----x---x---x---x-x-x-x--x----x----x----x---x---x---x-x-x-x---| 
A|--8x---8x---8x---8x--8x--8x--8-8-8-8--8x---8x---8x---8x--8x--8x--8-8-8-8---| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Bridge: (2x) 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-7-7-7-10--10-10-12--12-12-12-14--15--7-7-7-10--10-10-12--12-12-12-14--12-| 
D|-x-x-x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x--x---x--x-x-x--x---x--x--x---x--x--x--x---x-| 
A|-5-5-5--8---8--8-10--10-10-10-12--13--5-5-5--8---8--8-10--10-10-10-12--10-| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


2nd Verse: 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-6h8p6--5h6p5-----| 
G|-7---------------7---------------7---------------7------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
....................................................... 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-8-5-6-5---5-6-5-5h6p5--------| 
G|-7---------------7---------------7---------------7--------------5h7p5-| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
....................................................... 



2nd Verse Cont'd: (4x) 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-7-7-7-5--5-5-9--9-9-9-10-10-10-10-| 
D|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|-5-5-5-3--3-3-7--7-7-7--8--8--8--8-| 
D|-----------------------------------| 


2nd Chorus: (3x) 2nd Chorus Cont'd: 
e|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
D|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| 


2nd Chorus Cont'd: (3x) 
e|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| 
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 
D|-----------------------------------------| 


2nd Chorus Cont'd: 
e|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-14-14-14-12-12-12-10-10-| 
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-10-10-10--8--8-| 
D|-----------------------------------------| 


Interlude: (4x) 
e|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------| 
D|---3--3--3---3--3--3---3--3--3-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
A|-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 
D|-------------------------------------------| 
......................................... 


Interlude Cont'd: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------7--7--7---7--7--7---------------------7--7--7---6--6--| 
D|---------------------x--x--x---x--x--x---------------------x--x--x---x--x--| 
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-5--5--5-0-5--5--5-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-5--5--5-0-4--4--| 
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------0---------0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------0-------| 
................... . ................... . 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-6---------------------14--14--14---14--14--14---------------------14--14--| 
D|-x----------------------x---x---x----x---x---x----------------------x---x--| 
A|-4-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-12--12--12-0-12--12--12-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-12--12--| 
D|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------0------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------| 
................... . ................... 
e|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|-14-14/15-15-15-15-15-| 
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| 
A|-12-12/13-13-13-13-13-| 
D|----------------------| 


Ending: (4x) End On: 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------| 
G|-7-7-7-14-14-14-7-7-7-12-12-12-6-6-6-12-12-12-7-7-7-12-10-10-|---7~---| 
D|-x-x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x-|---x----| 
A|-5-5-5-12-12-12-5-5-5-10-10-10-4-4-4-10-10-10-5-5-5-10--8--8-|---5~---| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------| 



GUITAR TWO'S PARTS 
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Intro: (listen very closely to the right channel) 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
........................................................... 


Intro Cont'd: (2x) 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8--8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 
A|--8--8--8--0--0--0-5--5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--0--0--0-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
D|--8--8--8--0--0--0-5--5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--0--0--0-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 


Verse: (2x) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---------| 
A|-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7--8--8-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-5-5-5-5-| 
D|-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--0-5-5-5-5-| 
... ..... ....... ... ..... ....... 
e|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 


Prechorus: 
e|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
D|-8~--------5~--------8~----5~----0~----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
............... 

Chorus: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-8x--8x--8x--8x--8x--8x--8-8-8-8-5x--5x--5x--5x--5x--5x--5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-| 
D|-8x--8x--8x--8x--8x--8x--8-8-8-8-5x--5x--5x--5x--5x--5x--5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
D|-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
............................... 

Bridge: (4x) 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-8-8-8-0--0-0-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
D|-8-8-8-0--0-0-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 


2nd Verse: (4x) 2nd Verse Cont'd: (4x) 
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-0--0-0-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-7-| 
D|---------------------------------|-8-8-8-0--0-0-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-7-| 
............................... 


2nd Chorus: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-| 
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-| 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 
D|-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 

e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
D|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 


Interlude: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------5-5-5----------5-5-5----------5-5-5----------5-5-5---------------| 
A|-0~-------3-3-3-0~-------3-3-3-0~-------3-3-3-0~-------3-3-3-0--0--0--0--0-| 
D|-0~-------------0~-------------0~-------------0~-------------0--0--0--0--0-| 
. ....... ....... ....... ................... 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------10--10--10---10--10--10---------------------10--10--10---9--9--9-----| 
D|-------x---x---x----x---x---x----------------------x---x---x---x--x--x-----| 
A|-0--0--8---8---8-0--8---8---8-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--8---8---8-0-7--7--7-0--0| 
D|-0--0------------0------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------0---------0--0| 
.... . ................... . .... 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------10--10--10---10--10--10---------------------10--10--10-10/12| 
D|----------------x---x---x----x---x---x----------------------x---x---x--x--x| 
A|-0--0--0--0--0--8---8---8-0--8---8---8-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--8---8---8--8/10| 
D|-0--0--0--0--0------------0------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------------| 
............. . ................... 
e|-------------| 
B|-------------| 
G|-12-12-12-12-| 
D|--x--x--x--x-| 
A|-10-10-10-10-| 
D|-------------| 


Ending: (4x) End On: 
e|-------------------------------------------------------|--------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------|--------| 
G|-------10-10-10-------10-10-10-------9-9-9-------9-7-7-|---3~---| 
D|--------x--x--x--------x--x--x-------x-x-x-------x-x-x-|---3~---| 
A|-8-8-8--8--8--8-5-5-5--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-7-5-5-|---1~---| 
D|-8-8-8----------5-5-5----------7-7-7-------0-0-0-------|--------| 


Outro: 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----7-8-7-------7-8-7-------7-8-7-------0-5/7-5-3-----7-8-7-------7-8-7---| 
A|---8-------8---5-------5---7-------7---0-------------8-------8---5-------5-| 
D|-8-----------5-----------7-----------0-------------8-----------5-----------| 

e|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----7-8-7-----*12~----| 
A|---7-------7--*12~-----| 
D|-7-----------*12~------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Travis Wanna Be	#1 by Travis Alford at Aug 16, 1977 at 4:09 AM EST
	Hey, i love this song too, and i'm doing a research project on it, but does anyone know the real title of the peom, the O.G. by E.E. Cummings?

No Picture Nick Rhythm Player	#2 by Nick Carrasco at Oct 9, 1979 at 5:35 AM EST
	C.S. Lewis...also As The Ruin Falls was an original poem by C.S. Lewis

No Picture randy Professional	#3 by randy taylor at Jan 27, 1990 at 2:51 AM EST
	the poem is bye EE Cummings.... i dunno if some1 said it earlier or not i didn't take the time to read all the posts

No Picture Austin Average	#4 by Austin Schrauben at Oct 21, 1991 at 5:47 PM EST
	Dance usually is associated with celebration. So the title could imply the living celebrating or even flaunting their life. But dead minds? I don't know too much by way of the lyrics, there aren't many unique lines. I'd have to take a look at the poem... I like C.S. Lewis... but ee Cummings is very often way over my head... Also -- liebherk, for future reference 'Puntual' means something more along the lines of 'timely' and not so much 'thinking quickly'. '...distains the trivial labeling of puntual brains' literally seems to signify that something discredits the already pointly classification of timely minds

No Picture Mike Wanna Be	#5 by Mike Jeffries at Dec 24, 1993 at 8:28 AM EST
	this is a great poem/song relating to how powerful love is. XXX

No Picture Cory Wanna Be	#6 by Cory at Oct 13, 1994 at 2:39 AM EST
	this song is about how we try to quantify life and make it seem ordered and predictable but there is something beautifull about it that we can't even begin to understand but which we all know deep inside of ourselves

No Picture gabby Professional	#7 by gabby at Dec 7, 1994 at 10:51 AM EST
	Ja damn, I have almost every song on my computer. Now if I can get my mummy to use her credit card I'll have all thrices cds!

No Picture Niko Average	#8 by Niko Booth at Mar 15, 1999 at 2:10 PM EST
	hmm, naaa id agree with u, and also holkseye, i feel he pretty much summed it up in three words, love transcends all, thats all there is to it really. Great song though, taken from a great poem, very meaningful, love lyrics and poems that make u think (im sad i know), but yeah, thrice r an awesome band, i jus hope they start getting more popular over here in aussie land