“The Cicada’s Song” By Autopilot Off
From the Album “Make a Sound”
Copyright 2004

Tuning: Drop D DADGBE
Tabbed By: c0nf1n3d

Cicada’s Song Tab…no one has posted this, so here you go:

(Bass starts)
“Tonight I have decided…”
“But the blade kept coming down”
Guitar:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18---20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16---18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse: “I feel the light…”
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                  (3x)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---9--9--9—-9--9--9--9--9-------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus: (“Tonight I have decided…”)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------44444444--66666666-------------------------------| 
D|--6666666--44444444--66666666--22222222---------------------| (4x)
A|--6666666--22222222--44444444--22222222---------------------|
D|--6666666----------------------22222222---------------------|

After Chorus:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18---20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16---18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse #2: Played same as Verse 1

Chorus:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------44444444--66666666-------------------------------| 
D|--6666666--44444444--66666666--22222222---------------------| (4x)
A|--6666666--22222222--44444444--22222222---------------------|
D|--6666666----------------------22222222---------------------|



Bridge: (And it led me…)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--444444444444--66666666------------------------------------|
D|--444444444444--66666666--66666666--------------------------| (2x)
A|--222222222222--44444444--66666666--------------------------|
D|--------------------------66666666--------------------------|

(Bass plays a bit)

Chorus:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------44444444--66666666-------------------------------| 
D|--6666666--44444444--66666666--22222222---------------------| (4x)
A|--6666666--22222222--44444444--22222222---------------------|
D|--6666666----------------------22222222---------------------|

End Breakdown
(Out in the night…)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--6666666—-44444444--22222222--44444444---------------------| (2x)
A|--6666666--44444444--22222222--44444444---------------------|
D|--6666666--44444444--22222222--44444444---------------------|

End Chord:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--6666666—--------------------------------------------------| 
A|--6666666---------------------------------------------------|
D|--6666666---------------------------------------------------|

(Bass slows down-the cicada sound arises)


Pretty solid tab for the first Cidada’s song tab on the ‘net.

I’m putting up bass parts for Blessed By A Nightmare and Cicada’s song up soon. Thank you for viewing.