• Song:

    Transitions From Persona To Object

  • Artist:

    Botch

  • Album:

    We Are the Romans

Tuning - drop D

Timing in the tab might be/is a bit/lot off, listen to the recording. I've put the time

where each riff first plays to assist

Intro riff

e|-----------------------------|
b|-----------------------------|
g|----14-----------15----------|
d|-12----0-12-0-13----0---13-0-|
a|-----------------------------|
d|-----------------------------|

play 4 times, then

(0:07)
e|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------|
d|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-|
a|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-|
d|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-|

intro riff 4 times

(0:18)
e|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------|
d|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-|
d|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-|

intro riff 4 times

(0:29)
e|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------|
d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Intro riff 4 times

Verse riff (if Botch had verses)

(0:40)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0|
a|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0|
d|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0|

The next chord completes the riff for a count of 8 for the 1st 2 times:-

e|----|
b|----|
g|-19-| tremolo picked
d|-18-|
a|-17-|
d|----|

then for the 2nd 2 times it's this:-

(1:05)
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|-7--7----7--7-----7--7----7--7--|
d|-6--6--0-6--6--0--6--6--0-6--6--|
a|-5--5--0-5--5--0--5--5--0-5--5--|
d|-------0-------0--------0-------|

(1:15)
e|----|
b|(20)|
g|-19-|
d|-18-| for a count of 16, the extra note (20) playing only on the 2nd 8
a|-17-|
d|----|

Intro riff * 4

Awesome middle riff #1
No idea about time sig for this one, listen to the record.
(1:29)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|-6s--0h6p0-8--6s--0h6p0-8--6s--0h6p0-8--6s--0h6p0-8--3--| 's' slide down
a|-6s--------8--6s--------8--6s--------8--6s--------8--3--|
d|-6s--------8--6s--------8--6s--------8--6s--------8--3--|

The intro riff is thrown in at a few points. Again, listed to the record, the notes are all

here and this tab is already getting pretty long.

Awesome middle riff #2
(2:27)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------11----------6-----------11------------16--|
g|----------14----------9-----------14------------19--|
d|----------------------------------------------------| * 2
a|-0--6-6-0----0--8-8-0----0--6-6-0----0--------0-----|
d|-0--6-6-0----0--8-8-0----0--6-6-0----0--13-13-0-----|

(2:38)
e|---------|
b|-----16--|
g|-----19--|
d|-0-------| times lots
a|-0-------|
d|-0-------|

(2:58) & (3:04) w. delay
e|-----| e|---------19-|---------15-|
b|-16--| e|-16--16-----|-16--16-----|
g|-19b-| e|-19b-19b----|-19b-19b----| 'b' - Bend and release the 19
d|-----| e|------------|------------|
a|-----| e|------------|------------|
d|-----| e|------------|------------|
Play 4 times for each high note, then again once each

(3:20) w. delay
e|------------|     |------------|
b|------------|     |------------|
g|----14------|     |----15------|
d|-12----0-12-| * 8 |-13----0-13-| *8
a|------------|     |------------|
d|------------|     |------------|

e|------------|    |------------|
b|------------|    |------------|
g|----18------|    |----21------|
d|-16----0-16-| *8 |-19----0-19-| *8
a|------------|    |------------|
d|------------|    |------------|

For the noise outro, play the last part (above) and stack them using a sample/hold 
Once they're all stacked up, I'm pretty sure a Kaoss Pad was used to manipulate the sound. 
free to experiment.

Tab by Gareth Hughes
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