#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Artist ¤ Placebo Song ¤ Swallow Album ¤ Placebo (1996) Tabber ¤ Goran Kalamiza (Bjelovar, Croatia) ¤ mail: wes7boiler@hotmail.com ================================================================================ Tuning ¤ Ab-Ab-Ab-Ab-B-Db (sick!) E - 1 and a 1/2 step down (to Db) B - stays where it should be (the B) G - 1/2 step up (to Ab) D - 2 and a 1/2 step down (to Ab) A - 1/2 step down (to Ab) E - 2 and a 1/2 step up (to Ab) Explanation for the Brian's sick tuning: there is no logical explanation. If any of you know who's idea it was, let me know. Although, the tuning is very good to play; and you don't have to worry for the low E string to pop up, as I was. Placebo rulz. While I'm here, I'm just gonna say, in fact, write what Placebo's frontman Brian Molko said about their tuning in one interview: "We also tune our guitars to F, B Flat, E Flat, A Flat, C, C because that suits my voice better," continues Molko. "Tuning the top two strings to C adds a shimmering resonance, and we never play solos where we need a high -E string anyway." -Kyle Swenson (journalist) So, there you go. Now it's official; this is the real Placebo's tuning. But, they don't use it on every song. Definitely not on this one... ================================================================================ I named parts of the song as riffs #x, 'cuz it's hard to tell which is what. The "|" mark bellow the tab shows the time. And one more thing: I'm not 100% sure for the riffs #2 and #3 so correct me if you know the right way to play it. The timings "[x:xx]" is for the cutted version ([4:53]), and not for the real one, which is [22:24]. But I'm sure you'll get it. Symbols: - ghost note (natural harmonic) () - ringing note / not necessery played ~ - let ring until other note stops it ¤Riff #1¤ (play 4 times) [0:15] Db[-----------------------------|()---------------------------] B [-----------------------------|()---------------------------] Ab[-----------------------------|()---------------------------] Ab[-----------------------------|()---------------------------] Ab[-----------------------------|()---------------------------] Ab[-----------------------------|()---------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|()----------------------------] B [------------------------------|()----------------------------] Ab[------------------------------|()----------------------------] Ab[------------------------------|()----------------------------] Ab[------------------------------|()----------------------------] Ab[------------------------------|()----------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #2¤ (play 2 times) [0:48] Db[---------------------------------|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-0-----0-------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #3¤ [1:05] Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] B [-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---4---|-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---0---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #2¤ (play 2 times) [1:20] Db[---------------------------------|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-0-----0-------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #3¤ [1:36] Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] B [-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---4---|-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---0---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------] B [(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---] Ab[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #4¤ [1:52] Db[------------------------------|--------------------------] B [------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|-----------------------------] B [------------------------------|---------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|--------------------------] B [---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|-----------------------------] B [------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #2¤ (play 2 times) [2:08] Db[---------------------------------|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-0-----0-------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #3¤ [2:24] Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] B [-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---4---|-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---0---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #2¤ (play 2 times) [2:39] Db[---------------------------------|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-0-----0-------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #3¤ [2:55] Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] B [-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---4---|-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---0---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------] B [(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---] Ab[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #4¤ [3:10] Db[------------------------------|--------------------------] B [------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|-----------------------------] B [------------------------------|---------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|--------------------------] B [---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|-----------------------------] B [------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #2¤ (play 2 times) [3:26] Db[---------------------------------|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-0-----0-------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] B [-------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[-------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[(0)---(0)------------------------|(0)---(0)------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #3¤ [3:42] Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---|-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] B [-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] B [-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---4---|-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4---0---] Ab[-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------] Ab[(0)------------------------------|(0)------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------] B [(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---] Ab[-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #4¤ [3:57] Db[------------------------------|--------------------------] B [------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|-----------------------------] B [------------------------------|---------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|---------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|--------------------------] B [---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|-----------------------------] B [------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|---------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ¤Riff #5¤ [4:13] Db[------------------------------|------------------------------] B [------------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|---------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|---------------------------------] B [------------------------------|---------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|------------------------------] B [------------------------------|--------------------------] Ab[---------------------------|------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[------------------------------|-----------------------------] B [-----------------------------|-------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|-------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | Db[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] B [-----------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[-----------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] Ab[---------------------------------|---------------------------------] | | | | | | | | | ================================================================================ I hope it's worth it. It took me a whole afternoon to tab this. If I'll had more time and will, I'll do the Evil Dildo too (I'm so into that sick tuning!).