• Song:

    The Noose

  • Artist:

    A Perfect Circle

  • Album:

    2004-01-31: Le ZĂ©nith ...

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
|-14-14-14-14-|
|-------------|
|-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|

 [0:00]                    [0:06]            [0:10]               [0:21]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-|

 [0:25]
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|

Piano
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-9--------------|-7--------------|-5--------------|-(5)------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-9--------------|-5--------------|-7--------------|-(7)------------|

Chorus [1:01]
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-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)-|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

This is the main riff played at [1:22],[3:04],[3:33] and [4:32](played by strings 3rd time)
w/delay
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-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-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-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]
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--4---16x--|------16x--|-7----16x--|-7----16x--|
|--x--------|-7---------|-x---------|-x---------|
|--2--------|-0---------|-5---------|-5---------|
|Rhy.Fig.1

|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--4---16x--|------16x--|-7----16x--|-9----16x--|
|--x--------|-7---------|-x---------|-x---------|
|--2--------|-0---------|-5---------|-7---------|
                 			   End Rhy.Fig.1|

w/Rhy.Fig.1
(all bends are 1/2 bends)
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-12br---12----|
|-11br--11br--------|-11br~~~~~---------|-11br--11br--------|-11br---14b---|
|-------------11----|-------------------|-------------11----|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|


|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-12br---12----|
|-11br--11br--------|-11br~~~~~---------|-11br--11br--------|-11br---14b---|
|-------------11----|-------------------|-------------11----|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-4------------16x--|------16x----------|-7----16x----------|-7--8x--9--8x-|
|-x-----------------|-7-----------------|-x-----------------|-x------x-----|
|-2-----------------|-0-----------------|-5-----------------|-5------7-----|

Outro
(Play Main Riff)

End.
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Key
  /    = slide
  b    = bend
  br   = bend and release
(#:##) = timestamp
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