SINK TO THE BEAT BY CURSIVE TABBED BY JOSH BARTLETT Tuning is one full step (two frets) down. High to low: D A F C G D. Guitar 1 clean, maybe light reverb 0:00 (play this til 0:30) INTRO D ----------------------------------------------- A ------12-\15-10------------------------------- F —------x---x--x-------------------------------- C ------12-\15-10------------------------------- G ----------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------- Drums come in at 0:29 and guitar stops at 0:30 And picks back up playing this from 0:39 to 1:34: VERSE D ----------------------------------------------- A ------12-\15-10------------------------------- F —-----x----x-—x-------------------------------- C ------12-\15-10------------------------------- G ----------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------- At 1:11, a second guitar comes and plays the end chord of this riff over the first guitar. Guitar 1 plays the whole riff, guitar 2 just plays the last part (semi-circled chord). Guitar 2 has light reverb. VERSE D --------------(0)----------------------------- A ------12-\15-(10)---------------------------- F —-----x----x—-(x)----------------------------- C ------12-\15-(10)---------------------------- G ---------------------------------------------- D ---------------------------------------------- Play that until 1:35. Then play the chorus: CHORUS 1:36 (Clean) -CHORUS 1 LYRICS- D ----------------------------------------------- “ I Write these words in a A —-----3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------ motherly intuition, I shape F ------x------x------x------x------------------- x2 sounds into harmonic C -----—3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------ apparitions...” G ----------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------- This next part is picking, not strums CHORUS 1:49 D ----------------------------------------------- “But I can’t see through these A —-----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------- haunting themes...” F ----------------------------------------------- G -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------- C ----------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------- CHORUS 1:58 2:00 D ----------------------------------------------- “My moldy dreams, are debased, A —-----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1----0----------------- as the same hands that shaped F ------------------------x----x----------------- them.” G -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--1----0----------------- C ----------------------------------------------- D ----------------------------------------------- At 2:06 guitar 1 goes back to playing the verse riff at 2:06: Guitar 1 clean VERSE 2:06 D -------------------------------------------------- A ------12-\15-10~--------------------------------- F —-----x----x—-x----------------------------------- C ------12-\15-10~--------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- The second guitar comes in at 2:08 with some distortion tremolo effects. D -------------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------- F ------4-\7-2~------------------------------------ C ------x---x-x------------------------------------- G ------5-\8-3~------------------------------------ D -------------------------------------------------- At 2:33 either Guitar 1 plays this riff or it’s a third guitar that comes in, I’m not sure: VERSE RIFF 2:33 Guitar is distorted, with some reverb. D -----7-7-7--10-7-5--x3----5h7p5h7----------------- A -------------------------------------------------- F -------------------------------------------------- C -------------------------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- Play those riffs until the chorus: CHORUS 2:45 -CHORUS 2 LYRICS- D -------------------------------------------------- “Where waves caress their A —---3~-----5~-----1~-----0~----------------------- unstoppable egos, where F ----x------x------x------x------------------------ x2 melody is completely C —---3~-----5~-----1~-----0~----------------------- swallowed...” G -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- CHORUS 2:58 D -------------------------------------------------- “Where songwriters chain A —---3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------------- their songs to their ankles...” F -------------------------------------------------- G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-------------- C -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- CHORUS 3:04 D -------------------------------------------------- “And they sink to the beat, A —---3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5----1-----0-------------------- til it stops, and, bursts F -----------------------x—----x-------------------- under pressure...” G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1-—---0-------------------- C -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- Then there’s a pick scrape part at 3:11, I’m sure of the chord. Then comes the final part at 3:24: FINAL CHORUS 3:24 (Play till end) -LYRICS- D -------------------------------------------------- "HIT!!! SONG!!! A —-----—----—----—--------------------------------- LET IT BURST F —----------—----—-------------7-7-7--------------- BLOOM!!! C —----7—7----7-7—7----7-7—7----x-x-x--------------- G -----x-x----x-x-x----x-x-x----5-5-5--------------- D -----5-5----5-5-5----5-5-5------------------------ (You can play 10x12 chords instead of the x5x7 chords.) Guitar 2 plays this over guitar 1's Chorus For this part there is no picking, just hammering on and off fret 5. FINAL CHORUS RIFF 3:48 D ---h5p0-h5po-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-------- A -------------------------------------------------- F -------------------------------------------------- C -------------------------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- Just keep playing those two riffs until the song ends. END ON: 4:13 D -------------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------- F -------------------------------------------------- C ------7-7----------------------------------------- G ------x-x----------------------------------------- D ------5-5----------------------------------------- Great song by a great band. One reminder: Please do not rate this song unless you have the cd and have actually tried out the tab. I give a low rating, please mention why in the correction part of this site. Thanx, Peace.