============================================================ Author : Incubus Song : "Pardon Me" Album : Make Yourself Transcribed By : Matt Hritz Email : Abyss1212@hotmail.com Once again greetings! I'm back with another complete tab. I figured out this song the same way I did "Wish You Were Here". It's almost impossible to figure out all the aspects of this song without hearing a live performance, because certain parts during the chorus are almost impossible to hear on the cd. So many people, in their tabs, say there isn't much guitar during the verse, so they don't put anything but that. 'Tis just an excuse for laziness! But I am here to give you the most complete and accurate tabs that I can. Remember you can always e-mail me with questions, comments, and or anything else. So, let's see, Pardon Me... Well Shall we begin? Mike again uses standard tuning low to high: (E A D G B E) for this song as well. He also uses a number of effects and a very nifty technique called volume swelling. Well anyways, he uses delay, echo, and some phaser. Well let's break down the song. A. Intro In the intro Mike uses the combination of delay, echo, phaser, and volume swells. This I must add gives off an amazing sound that is heaven to the ears! I will use this symbol ( ^ ) to repesent the volume swells. But anyways he plays the intro like this: |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--| |--2^--2^--2^--2^------| |--4^--4^--4^--4^------| |------5^------5^------| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--| |--2^--2^--2^--2^------| |--4^--4^--4^--4^------| |------5^------5^------| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--| |--2^--2^--2^--2^------| |--4^--4^--4^--4^------| |------5^------5^------| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--| |--2^--2^--2^--2^------| |--4^--4^--4^--4^------| |------5^------5^------| Now for the distortion part of the intro. Mike uses nothing special here, just good 'ol distortion. It's played like this: |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2----| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--| |--------------------------0--| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-----------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9--9-9--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-9-9--7-7--| |------------------7-7--5-5--| B. Verse Probably the most controversal part of the song. There's a lot of guitar here, and there's even a pick scrape that every doesn't tab out on their tabs. The pick scrape is at the very end of the verse, and it's on the 6th string. The scrape goes down from the pick-up farthest from the bridge to almost the 12th fret, and lasts just about 4 seconds. I will represent the pick scrape with this symbol (>>>). The verse also has delay, echo, phaser, and volume swells just like the intro. I will represent the sound the delay trails off with by using the numbers in parenthesis. But anyways here is the verse: |-------------0^-(0)(0)(0)--0^--0^-(0)(0)(0)---------------| |-7^--7^------4^-(4)(4)(4)--3^--4^-(4)(4)(4)--4^-----------| |-4^--4^--6^----------------2^----------------x^-----------| |-6^--6^--5^----------------0^----------------x^-----------| |-----7^--6^----------------------------------2^-----------| |------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>-| C. Pre-Chorus The Pre-Chorus is just done with heavy distortion. Played like this: |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| D. Chorus The Chorus also is just done with heavy distortion. Played like this: |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--| --------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--| Then you return to the verse. Following the second verse is the second chorus. E. Bridge Now the bridge is very similar to the intro of the song. There's only one small difference. The bridge is played like so: |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--| |--2^--2^--2^--2^------| |--4^--4^--4^--4^------| |------5^------5^------| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--| |--2^--2^--2^--2^------| |--4^--4^--4^--4^------| |------5^------5^------| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--| |--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--| |--2^--2^--2^--2^------| |--4^--4^--4^--4^------| |------5^------5^------| |--0^--0^--0^--0^-(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)--| |--0^--0^--0^--0^-(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)--| |--4^--4^--4^--6^-(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)--| |--2^--2^--2^-------------------------------| |--4^--4^--4^-------------------------------| |------5^-----------------------------------| F. Final Chorus & Outro Here is the last chorus of the song and the outro. All played with heavy distortion. Anyways, it's played like this: |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-----------------------------------------------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-2-2-4-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--| --------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2----| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--| |--------------------------0--| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-----------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9--9-9--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-9-9--7-7--| |------------------7-7--5-5--| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2----| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2--| |----------------------0--| Well that's it! Now you know "Pardon Me"! My next tab will be "Drive" and then probably "Stellar" or "Mexico". Cheers!