Artist: The Dismemberment Plan
Song: Time Bomb
Album: Change

tab by Jackie Joyner

The song is very straight forward from a rhythm guitar stand point.
There's mainly 2 repeating sections until about 2:35 when it changes
slightly. There really is no defined chorus or verse in the song, only
times when Travis sings and when he doesn't so that's why I have sections
that are Verse/Chorus.

Also there are multiple guitars in this song, but I'm only
going to tab it for solo guitar.

Structure:
Verse/Chorus
Instr. Breakdown
Verse/Chorus x2
Instr. Breakdown
Verse/Chorus x2
Alt Verse/Chorus
Verse/Chorus x2
Instr. Breakdown x2

Chords:

    Em  G  C  Gsus2 Bm  Am/D  A7/F
E|-------------------------------------|
B|------------------------7-----8------|
G|------------------------7-----9------|
D|---5--5--5----5----4----5-----7------|
A|---7--5--3----0----2----7-----8------|
E|--(0)--------------------------------|

Verse/Chorus:

{Begin by playing the Em and accenting it with an open bottom E string
for 4 measures}

    Em           G           Em           G                       C
well i, i am a time bomb and i, i lay forgotten at the bottom of your heart...

   Gsus2   Bm             C(hold)
i'm fine,      ticking away the hours to blow your world apart

Instr. Breakdown:

Am/D  A7/F

Am/D  A7/F

Verse/Chorus
Em         G         Em             G                                 C
i, i am a poison and i, i am still coursing through your bloodstream like
             Gsus2  Bm              C(hold)
a ghost, like wine,       gathering vintage for the day i hurt the most
Em         G            Em         G
i, i am a land mine and i, i lay on the soil burned out by battles you
C                          Gsus2   Bm                  C(hold)
thought you'd won, i've got time...    to wait for the footsteps.. of a memory that's on 
run

Instr. Breakdown:
{lyrics: yeah! yeah! yeah!}

Am/D  A7/F

Am/D  A7/F

Chorus/Verse:
     Em        G           Em                    G
well i, i am a tar pit and i, i swell like a living thing all at the
C                         Gsus2    Bm               C(hold)
slightest touch.. a black grime,        swallowing everything.. a cold and timeless clutch
Em             G              Em                    G
i, well i am a trip wire, and i, i'm stretching across the road you're
          C                        Gsus2   Bm               C(hold)
barreling down tonight...a thinish twine,        waiting to be released right beyond 
sight

Alt Verse/Chorus:
{this is pretty much the same, but since it sounds different here's
what can be played}

E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

   i,                      well am fault and
                               I  a    line

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

   i,                       i'm apart ground lay
                             pulling the  that   be..

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   neath  newest   so fine,               moving in
       your    seed.

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

   inches now, I'm crawling, cutting cleaving    a
                          I'm      I'm       like

E|-14---------14-14-14s~0--------------------------|
B|-14---------14-14-14s~0--------------------------|
G|-x----------x--x--x------------------------------|
D|-11---------11-11-11s~0--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   knife.

Verse/Chorus:
{palm mute}
{like the beginning, play the Em for 4 measures)
     Em        G            Em          G                          C
well i, i am a time bomb and i, i only live in that one moment in which you
              Gsus2   Bm                  C(hold)
die... its not right,      its not what i wanted then but you know and i know there's no 
back
Em        G             Em               G                    C
i, i am a lost soul and i, i send out a sickened light for anyone to see... a
        Gsus2       Bm                 C(hold)
cry for help, yeah,       a warning to stay away... the burning... the blinding...
the reaching in darkness...

Instr Breakdown:
(lyrics: why! yeah!)

Am/D  A7/F

Am/D  A7/F

Am/D  A7/F

Am/D  A7/F