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From: froese@skorpio.usask.ca (Kevin Froese)
Phantom Limb
Tourniquet
>From "Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance"
Notation: ^ : hammer on / pull off
/ : slide
/ : pull up
AH : artificial harmonic (written above tab bars)
Tuned down 1/2 step
Riff 1 (After the bassy beginning):
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------| (6x)
|---------------------------------------------2-|
|---7-7-6-6-----5-5-4-4-----3-3-2-2-----------2-|
|-0---------7-7---------5-5---------3-3-2-2-1-0-|
Riff 2: (2x)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------2--------------0---2-----------2----------------------5----|
|-2-----------2----------1^2-----2-----------2------------------5-7---7/-|
|-0-3^0-3^0---0-3^0-3^0----------0-3^0-3^0---0-3^0-3^0--6-7-6-7----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------2----------2^1-------2-----------2----------------------5----|
|-2-----------2--------------1^2---2-----------2------------------5-7---7/-|
|-0-3^0-3^0---0-3^0-3^0------------0-3^0-3^0---0-3^0-3^0--6-7-6-7----------|
(Riff 1, ending on a G note instead of the E power chord the last time) (2x)
(Riff 2)
Riff 3:
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-4----------------------------4---------|
|-4----------4^3-----3^2-------4---------|
|-2-5^2-5^2------5-5-----2-2---2-5^2-5^2-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-4----------------------------4---------|
|-4----------4^3-----3^2-------4---------|
|-2-5^2-5^2------5-5-----2-2---2-5^2-5^2-|
AH
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------4---------------------------|
|-4---------4-0-0-3^2-------4---------------0^2-0-2//-|
|-2-5^2-5^2-----------0^2---2-5^2-5^2---0^2-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------4^3---------------4---------------------------|
|-4-------------0-0-3^2-------4---------------0^2-0-2//-|
|-2-5^2-5^2-------------2-2---2-5^2-5^2---0^2-------------|
Riff 4:
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| (4x)
|-2--------------0-------2---2----------------------5----|
|-2----------1^2---2-1^0-----2------------------5-7---7/-|
|-0-3^0-3^0------------------0-3^0-3^0--6-7-6-7----------|
(Riff 1, the last time ending on a F# note) (2x)
Riff 5:
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| (2x)
|-------------------------------------------4-|
|-9-9-8-8-----7-7-6-6-----5-5-4-4-----------4-|
|---------9-9---------7-7---------5-5-4-4-3-2-|
Riff 6:
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------| (8x)
|-4-2-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-2-2-4-5-5-3-|
|-4-2-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-2-2-4-5-5-3-|
|-2---2-----2-2---2-----2-2---2-----2-3-3-1-|
(Riff 4) (4x)
Riff 7:
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| (4x)
|-4--------------------7-----4---------------------------|
|-4--------------7---7---9---4---------------0^2-0-2//-|
|-2-5^2-5^2--8-9---9---------2-5^2-5^2---0^2-------------|
(Riff 6) (4x)
(Riff 5)
(Riff 6)
(Riff 5)
(Riff 6) (4x)
Riff 8: (4x)
(last ending)
|-------------------------------------------------------|---|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---|-----5-4-3-2-|
|-9-9-8-8-----7-7-6-6-----5---7-7-6-6-----5-5-4-4-----3-|---|-3-2-5-4-3-2-|
|---------9-9---------7-7---0---------7-7---------5-5---|-0-|-----3-2-1-0-|
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Music and Lyrics: Ted Kirkpatrick
(c) 1992 Broken Songs
Brought to you by the GUITARMASTA - http://www.guitarmasta.net
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No Picture
Average |
#1 by KitCat at Aug 14, 1977 at 3:43 PM EST |
| Close, but not quite. The song's about how you can't live your life without God in it. There's that strange, lingering feeling that you're missing something important in your life (ie, the phantom limb feeling) that only God can fulfill. | |
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No Picture
anthony Average |
#2 by anthony clark at Nov 22, 1977 at 4:31 PM EST |
| its about how even if something is taken away from us, we can return to God and he'll bring it back | |