Band:  Himsa
Album: Courting Tragedy and Disaster
Song:  Jacob Shock

Copyright (c) Prosthetic Records, 2003
Version 1.0 - June 17th

Transcribed By: M.L.
Email:  mart__420@hotmail.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note         - Trill


For those who didn’t realize this, Himsa has two guitarists who are almost always playing something different. Previous Himsa tabs I have seen have been attempts to mesh the two guitars into one, which is wrong. When you’re reading the tab, make sure you’re following the one guitarist the whole time, don’t mesh the two. It takes to guitarists to play. I am confident that this tab is almost perfect. This is my first tab and it took a while! So enjoy.
P.S. As it is my first tab, the organization of the tab could be much better. The riffs are all there, and I hope it isn’t too confusing

Tuning: Dropped D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

Intro
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(2x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|-0-----0-----0-------------0---------------|
|-0-6p5-0-8p7-0-6p5---------0---------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----000-000-0---------------|
  .     .     .     ... ... .   
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(2x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-0-----0-----0-------------0---------------|
|-0-----0-----0-------------0---------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----000-000-0---------------|
  .     .     .     ... ... . 
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(2x)
|---------------8p7-------------------------|Guitar One
|-0-6p5-0-8p7-0-------------0---------------|
|-0-----0-----0-------------0---------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----000-000-0---------------|
  .     .     .     ... ... .

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(2x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-0-----0-----0-------------0---------------|
|-0-6p5-0-8p7-0-6p5---------0---------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----000-000-0---------------|
  .     .     .     ... ... .


VERSE

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(3x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0h1---4p3---1h3p1-0---|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000-----0-----0-----------|
                        
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(3x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5h6---9p8---6h8p6-5---|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000-----0-----0-----------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One and Two
|----------------------1-1-1----------------|
|----------------------1-1-1----------------|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000--1-1-1----------------|

Repeat Verse Twice, Total of 3 times until Pre-Chorus

PRE-CHORUS - (0:40 - 0:50) 
(I haven’t figured out the effects they use, but this is definitely what each guitarist plays)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|0:40
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|-0000-0000-0000-0000-7777-7777-7777-7777---|
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|0:40
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-------------------------------------------|
|-5555-5555-5555-5555-0000-0000-0000-0000---| 
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|-8888-8888-8888-8888-7777-7777-7777-7777---|Play whole riff twice,
|-------------------------------------------|starting at pre-chorus.
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-8888-8888-8888-8888-7777-7777-7777-7777---|Play whole riff twice,
|-------------------------------------------|starting at pre-chorus.
|-------------------------------------------|


CHORUS - (0:50 - 1:10) Play Twice
|-------------------------------------------|0:50
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|----3-2h3h5-----3-2h3h5--------------------|Guitar One
|-1-1-1-------1-1-1-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|0:50
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|----7-5h7h8------7-5h7h8-------------------|Guitar Two
|-5-5-5--------5-5-5------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|-----8---7---5---7---8---7h8h10------------|Guitar One
|-5-5---5---5---5---5---5-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-----12---10---8---10---12---10h12h13------|
|-8-8----8----8---8----8----8---------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|----3-2h3h5-----3-2h3h5--------------------|
|-1-1-1-------1-1-1-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|----7-5h7h8------7-5h7h8-------------------|Guitar Two
|-5-5-5--------5-5-5------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|-------------------------------------------|
|-00000000-77777777-88888888-7~-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|----------55555555-77777777----------------|
|-33333333-------------------~7ph-----------|
|-------------------------------------------|

Back to Verse - (1:10 - 1:30)

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(3x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0h1---4p3---1h3p1-0---|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000-----0-----0-----------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(3x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5h6---9p8---6h8p6-5---|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000-----0-----0-----------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(1x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One and Two
|----------------------1-1-1----------------|
|----------------------1-1-1----------------|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000--1-1-1----------------|

1:20 
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(4x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0h1---4p3---1h3p1-0---|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000-----0-----0-----------|

1:20
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(4x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5h6---9p8---6h8p6-5---|
|-0000-0000-0000-0000-----0-----0-----------|


Breakdown - (1:30 - 2:01) 
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(4x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar One and Two
|-1-0---1-0---1-0---------------------------|
|-1-0---1-0---1-0---------------------------|
|-1-0---1-0---1-0---000-000-----------------|
  . .   . .   . .   ... ...  

1:40
|--------------(3x)|-------------------(1x)|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|Guitar One (Play entire 
|------------------|-----------------------|riff 4 times)
|---5h6---9-8-6h8--|6h9p6-6h9p6-5h8p5-5h8p5| 
|-0-----0----------|-----------------------|
  .     .           

1:40
|---------------(3x)|-------------------(1x)|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|Guitar Two
|-0-0--0-0--1p0-1p0-|-----------------------|(Improvise the power
|-0-0--0-0--1p0-1p0-|-----------------------|chords, really anything 
|-0-0--0-0--1p0-1p0-|5h8p5-5h8p5-4h7p4-4h7p4|will work)
  . .  . .  . . . . 

1:50
|--------------(3x)|-------------------(1x)|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|Guitar One
|------------------|-----------------------|
|---5h6---9-8-6h8--|6h9p6-6h9p6-5h8p5-5h8p5| 
|-0-----0----------|-----------------------|

1:50
|-------------(3x)|---------------------(1x)|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|Guitar Two
|-0--4-3--1-3--0--|-------------------------|
|-0--4-3--1-3--0--|-------------------------|
|-0--4-3--1-3--0--|-5h8p5-5h8p5-4h7p4-4h7p4-|
    
Back to Pre-Chorus (2:01 - 2:10)

Chorus (2:11 - 2:30)

Outro riff (exact same as intro, just longer) (2:31 - 3:02)

(3:03 - 3:14....)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|(4x)
|-------------------------------------------|Guitar Two
|-1-0---3-0---1-0---------------------------|
|-1-0---3-0---1-0---------------------------|
|-1-0---3-0---1-0---000-000-----------------|
  . .   . .   . .   ... ...
Crazy right-hand tapping played by Guitar One accompanies this last riff, but I haven’t figured it out.

THAT’S IT! EMAIL ME YOUR THOUGHTS/SUGGESTIONS.