The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea Tabbed by: poipoi (Pieter Candry) This is the tab I made to the new single Sea Within A Sea by The Horrors from their new upcoming cd ‘Primary Colours’. I did the best I could, I figured it out all by myself, so if you have corrections/improvements that could be made, just tell me… Intro Bass (use reverb) 0.00 - G|-------------------------------| D|-----4~-------4~------4~-------| A|-------------------------------| just continue as needed E|-2-2~---2-2-2~--2-2-2~---------| Guitar (tremolo effect + lots of reverb + slight OD) 0.15 – 1.06 e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|--11-11-11------------11-11--------------------------------| D|----------------------------x16----------------------------| A|--9--9--9-------------9--9---------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| Faris starts to sing 1.06 – 1.58 e|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|--11-11--------------------------------------| D|-----------continue to play this-------------| A|--9--9---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------| Every 4th time you play the above riff, use a slide (or any other round metal/glass object ie. tremolo bar, battery,…) Riff 1.58 – 2.13 e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|---0-0-4-6--------------------------------------------------| D|------------4tr~---4-4-5-4-------------2-------2------------| A|---------------------------4tr~--4-4-5---2tr~----2tr~-------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| After the riff, slide down again with whatever round metal object you’ve got 2.14 – 2.53 Guitar 1 (tremolo + reverb+…) e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|--11-11----------------------------------------------------| D|---------same rhythm as before-----------------------------| A|--9--9-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (clean with reverb) e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|--11------12-----------------------------------------------| D|-----x16-----x16-------------------------------------------| A|--9-------10-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 3 As usual, every 4th time guitar 1 plays, or if guitar 2 has played the whole thing (so every 4 measures) slides down Play this 3 times 2.53 – 3.23 Guitar 2 continues to play here (very hard to hear), while Josh plays stuff that’s impossible to tab, I guess he hits notes behind his bridge (Jaguar…) and other random stuff, with an enormous amount of reverb and some OD and also delay One thing I have deciphered is this: e|--14-------------------------------------------------------| B|-----14----------------------------------------------------| G|--------14-16----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| It returns a couple of times, just listen to the song to hear when. 3.23 – 3.39 Bass G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2—x11 or so-------------------------| Synth comes in Note: this is playable on guitar, if you use OD or turn your gain down on your dist, use a tremolo pedal and reverb 3.40 – 4.26 e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-6-----6-----6--------------------------------------------| D|---8-----8-----8—x30 approx.------------------------------| A|-----9-----9----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| Bass G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2—x?---------------------------------------| Then changes to something along these lines G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-2----2/11----11\4----4----2----2/6----6\4----4/11----11\9----9--| Outro 4.26 – 7.59 (end) Synth e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-6-----6-----6----15-------15-------15--------------------| D|---8-----8-----8—----16-------16-------16-----------------| A|-----9-----9------------18-------18-----------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-8-------8-------8-----8-------8-------8------------------| D|---10------10------10----10------10------10---------------| A|------11------11------------11------11--------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-6-----6-----6----10-------10-------10--------------------| D|---8-----8-----8—----11-------11-------11-----------------| A|-----9-----9------------13-------13-----------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-8-------8-------8------15-------15-------15--------------| D|---10------10------10------16-------16-------16-----------| A|------11------11--------------18-------18-----------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-13-------13-------13----13-------13-------13-------------| D|----15-------15-------15----15-------15-------15----------| A|-------16-------16-------------16-------16----------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| Repeat the entire outro part until the end of the song, after a while, the tremolo is turned off, and the OD eventually too, so it's just the reverb. And then a little later again, you strum the chords, with slight delay and volume swells (either a volume pedal, or the volume knob on your guitar, or if it's too much of a hassle, just strum them with the delay) LIVE: When I've seen them live, Josh just plays the power chords: e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|-4-----13----6-----4----8----6----13----11----------------| A|-4-x8--13-x8-6-x16-4-x8-8-x8-6-x8-13-x8-11-x16------------| E|-2-----11----4-----2----6----4----11----9-----------------| This is the tab to the incredible epic song Sea Within A Sea, hopefully I’ve helped you Key: ~: let ring tr~: let ring and use tremolo bar/do a vibrato \: slide down /: slide up Update 16/08/2009: I made 2 additions: one in the 2.53-3.23 bit and one in the outro. I also made a correction in the outro