• Song:

    Weak And Powerless

  • Artist:

    A Perfect Circle

  • Album:

    2003-08-05: Irving Plaz...

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Song: Weak and Powerless
Band: A Perfect Circle
Album: Thirteenth Step
Guitar: Billy Howerdel, James Iha
Bass: Jeordie Osborne White
Tabbed by: Zach Kraemer

Tuning: Db Gb B E Ab Db

I seem to be on a roll now  with Perfect Circle tabs, so
I figured I'd add this VERY detailed version of Weak and
Powerless. Enjoy! And check out my tab of 'Blue'!
Questions and crap to Tiberian710@aol.com

Bass
|----16--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14----14-14-14-14--14-14h15p14-|-14-14-14-1412-12/14-14-14-14h15p14--|
|-12-------12-12-12--12-12-------|-12-12-12-1210-10/12-12-12-12--------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|----16----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-14----14-14-14-14-12/14-14-|-12/14-14-14-14-14----(14)----(14)-------|
|-15-------15----15----------|-------------------12------12------12/14-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

Gtr.1 (Acous.)
|------------------10-------|-------------------10-------10----------|
|------------------------12-|-------------12-12----------------12----|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
|-----16--------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-14------14-14-14-12/14-14-|-12/14-14-14-14-14-14h15p14-14-14-12/14-|
|-12-(12)-12----12-10/12----|-10/12----------------------------10/12-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|-------------10----------|----------------------10-7-|
|-------12-12-------12-12-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|----16-------------------|---------------------------|
|-14----14-14-14-12/14-14-|-12/14-14-14-14-/17-17-17--|
|-15----15----------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|

  Verse
Gtr.1
  NH.....................
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-continue throughout verse-|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|Gtr.2 (dist.)
|       ¼             ½
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------5b----------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0-2-----2--2-2--2-2b--|-2--2-2-2-0/2-2-2-2h3p2----|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|

 Gtr.2
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----4--------------------|-------------------------|
|--2-----2--2-2-0h-2-0/2---|--0h2-2-2-2-2-0h2--------|
|--------------------------|------------------0h2----|
|--------------------------|----------------------3--|


 Gtr.3 (slight dist.)
 growing louder......
 NH........................
|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|----continue-------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2--5--2--2-2-0h2-2-----|-0-2-2-2-2-2h3p2-2-2-0h2-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|------5----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|---2-----2--2-2-0h2-2--|---0h2-2-2-2-2-0h2---------|
|-----------------------|-------------------0h2-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------3---|


  Chorus
 Gtr.4 (dist.)
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----9------------------|----------------------------|-----9---------------------|
|-7h9---7-7-5-7-7--5-----|-/7--5----------------------|-7h9---7-7-5-7-7-(7)-5-----|
|--------------------7p5-|-------7-5-7h9-(9)-10-10-10-|-----------------------7p5-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|Gtr.1
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|-----9---------------------|
|-7----------------------|----------------------------|-7h9---------7---------5---|
|------------------------|----------------------10-10-|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-8---------7----------------|---------------------------|
|
|Gtr.2
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5----------------------|-8--------------------------|-0-------------------------|


|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----9---------------------|----------------------------|
|-/7--5-----/9-x-7-5-|-7h9---7-7-5-7-7-(7)-5-----|-/7--5----------------------|
|-------7-5----------|-----------------------7p5-|-------7-5-7h9-(9)-10-10----|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(5)----------------|---------7-----------------|--7--------7-----------5-5--|
|-------7------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--5-----------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|-5-------------------------|--8-------------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|-----9--------------------|-------------------|
|-7h9---7--7--5-7-7--5-----|-/7--5-------------|
|----------------------7p5-|-------7-5-/9-7-/9-|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|-------9-(9)--------------|-------------------|
|-7h9----------------------|--7----------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|--5----------------|
|-0------------------------|-------------------|

Play Verse again for Bridge and 2nd Verse

2nd Chorus
The Acoustic changes a bit to this:					*
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----9------------|------------------|-----9------------|-----------------|
|-7h9------7----5--|--9----7----------|-7h9--------------|-7------5--------|
|------------------|--7----5--2-----x-|--------------7---|-------------/x--|
|------------------|----------0-----x-|------------------|-------------/x--|

|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----9--------7---|-(7)-------------9-|-----9-----------|-----------------|
|-7h9----------5---|-(5)---9-------9---|-7h9----------5--|--7--------------|
|------------------|-------7-----7-----|-----------------|---------9--7--9-|
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

*slide hand without picking


  Bridge
 Gtr.4						 |         2x           |
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|-7-------|-(7)------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|Gtr.3
|---------|----------|---------^0-------|-(0)----|-(0)------------------|
|---------|----------|---------|0-------|-(0)----|-(0)------------------|
|---------|----------|---------|0-------|-(0)----|-(0)------------------|
|-9-------|-(9)------|---------|4-------|-(4)----|-(4)------------------|
|---------|----------|----2-------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|-0----------------|--------|----------------------|
|Gtr.2
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)--------------|--------|----------------------|
|Bass
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-|
|---------|----------|------------------|--------|----------------------|
|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)--------------|--------|----------------------|


|-------------0-(0)-----|---(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|--^3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3/--|
|--|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/--|
|--|3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3/--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-0---0-----0-(0)-------|-0-0-------0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|
|-7-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12--12-12-15--|-15-15-15-15-12-12-12--12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12--12-12-12--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|


  Interlude
|---------------12--------|
|------------------10---0-|
|-<5>---0-(0)---------0---|
|-------------------------|
|-----7-------7-----------|
|-------------------------|

|--------------12--------|-------------12-----------|
|---0-------10----10---0-|-----0-(0)------10---0----|
|-----0-(0)----------0---|---0-------0-------0------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-9----------------------|-7------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|

|--------------12------|--------------12----------|
|---0-------10----10---|------0-(0)------10-----0-|
|-----0-(0)----------0-|----0-------0-------0-----|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-9--------------------|-7------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr.2			 PM------------------------
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|-0----0-----0--0--0-0-0---|


|---------------12----------|---------------12----------|
|----0-------10----10-----0-|------------------10-----0-|
|------0-(0)----------0-----|-<5>---0-(0)---------0-----|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9-------------------------|-----7-------7-------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|-----------------------|      PM-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------7-|---------------------------|
|---------------------7h9---|---------------------------|
|-5----5------5--5--5-------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|--0----0-----0--0--0-0-0---|

|----------------12---------------||
|----0------0-------10-(10)-------||
|--------0-----0------------------||
|---------------------------/7--5-||
|-9----9--------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|-5------5-(5)-5--5------5---5----||
|---------------------------------||

Chorus
Once again, the Acoustic changes
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----9---(9)-------(9)-------|--------------------------|
|-7h9---------------------5---|--7--------5--------5--5--|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

|-----------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----9---(9)-------(9)-------|------------------|-----9---(9)-----------------|
|-7h9---------------------5---|--7---------------|-7h9-----------7---(7)-------|
|-----------------------------|-------7----5-----|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------3-0-|-----------------------------|

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--9--------9-9-(9)--------7-|
|--7--7-5---7-7-(7)--5--5----|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------9-------(9)-------|-----------------------|
|-----7h9---------------5---|--7----(7)-----------5-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------7p5-3p0---|

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------7-|
|-------------7-7-(7)-------|--7--------7-----------5----|
|---------7-----------------|-----------5----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----9---(9)-----------------|
|-7h9-----------7-7-(7)-------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-----9---(9)-----------------|-(9)---------------------|
|--7----(7)-5--7-(7)---|-7h9-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------7-----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----9---(9)-----------------|-(9)------------------|
|-7h9-------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------7----9-7-----9-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|

  Outro
|------------0-------|
|--------------3---3-|
|-^0----0--------0---|
|-|2--2----2---------|
|-|0-----------------|
|--------------------|

|-------------0-------0-|-------------0-------|
|---------------3---3---|-----------3---3---3-|
|---0----0--0-----0-----|--0----0---------0---|
|---2--2----------------|--2--2---------------|
|---0-------------------|--3------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|

|----------------0-----|----------0-------|
|--------------3---3---|------------3---3-|
|---0----0-(0)-------0-|-0---0--------0---|
|---2--2---------------|-2-2----2---------|
|---3------------------|-0----------------|
|----------------------|------------------|

|------------0-------0-|
|--------------3---3---|
|--0----0--0-----0-----|
|--2--2----------------|
|--0-------------------|
|----------------------|

|-------------0----------|---------------|--------*|
|----------3------3----3-|-------^3-(3)--|-(3)----*|
|-0-----0------------0---|-0-0-0-|0-(0)--|-(0)----*|
|-2---2------------------|-2-2-2-|2-(2)--|-(2)----*|
|-3----------------------|-3-3---|3-(3)--|-(3)----*|
|------------------------|---------------|--------*|

End.

Legend
 h  = hammer-on
 p  = pull-off
 b  = bend(amount written above)
 / = slide
 <> = natural harmonic
 ^
 |  = arpeggiate
 |
(#) = tied note
 x  = dead note
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