Sinch
"The Silent Acquiescence Of Millions"
from the album Sinch
Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)
Drop-D tuning (low to high D A D G B e)
Symbols used:
=============
h - hammer-on
p - pull off
/ - slide up
- slide down
7b(9) - bend 7th fret to the pitch of the 9th
<5> - harmonic
P.M. - palm-mute
Bass intro:
G|--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------*|
A|-------5-------3-------3h5/8---*|
D|---0-------0-------0------------|
Guitar in 1st verse: (at 0:22, clean tone)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----5---5-5--5h7---7-------7p5--5--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------7--5--5h7--7------------------------------------5--5--5h7---|
A|------------------------------------------------------5---3---5--8-------5--8------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Always feeling so uncomfortable... and the situation...
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----5---5-5--5h7---7---7/10--10--109----9--9--97---7---7---75---5---5--5------12--12--12--12--12----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Hope slips through trained fingers.... that's how its always been"
Verse 1- Riff 1: (strumming pattern not exactly shown)
(3x)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9---9---9---9--9--5--5---------------------------------------*|
D|---7---7---7---7--7--3--3-(let ring)----------------------------*|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"I can't seem to tear myself away...
(1x)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9---9---9---9--9---12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
D|---7---7---7---7--7---10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Bury thoughts alone under the skin...
-end of Riff 1
Pre-Chorus- Riff 2:
(16x - very fast)
e|----------------|
B|---------15-----|
G|------12----12-*|
D|---10----------*|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
Chorus- Riff 3: (with distortion, strumming not exactly shown)
(2x)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
D|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--5--5--5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-3-3-0-*|
A|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--5--5--5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-3-3-0--|
D|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--5--5--5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-5-5-3-3-0--|
"May - be... I'm unsure... to frustrate and dismantle...
Solo 1: (at 1:38, timing isn't exactly shown)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----5---5-5--5h7---7---7--5--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------7--7---7b(9)---7---5--------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------7---8--7--5--7--5--3---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(at 1:49)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------5-5---5h7--7---7/10--10--10--10p9--9--9/12--12--12/14---14--14--14--14----|
D|--------------5-5--5h7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3/5--5-5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2- Play Riff 1
Pre-Chorus 2- Play Riff 2 (16x)
Chorus 2- Play Riff 3 (2x)
End of Chorus 2:
e|-------|
B|--<5>--|
G|--<5>--|
D|--<5>--| <-Let the harmonics ring while bass plays Riff 4.
A|-------|
D|-------|
Bridge- Riff 4: (at 3:03, with lots of distortion)
(2x)
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0----|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-0-10---|
A|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0----|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-0-10---|
D|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0----|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-0-10---|
P.M. . . .
"Designed... lungs...
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
D|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0----|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-6-5-0-6-0-10---*|
A|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0----|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-6-5-0-6-0-10----|
D|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0----|---6-5-0-0----0-6-5-0-6-5-0-6-0-10----|
. . . . . . . . .
...no one ever gets the point"
-end of Riff 4
Bridge 2- Riff 5: (The "I'm numb" part)
(16x)
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-------7-----------*|
D|---0---7--6-6-6-6--*|
A|---0---5--6-6-6-6---|
D|---0------6-6-6-6---|
Solo 2: (at 3:47, each note is trem picked)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9---9---9---9--9--5--5----------------------------------------|
D|---7---7---7---7--7--3--3-(let ring)-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"But I won't ever live that way again"
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9---9---9---9--9---12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
D|---7---7---7---7--7---10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Somewhere along the line I lost feeling"
After this there's a really long break.
During the break, I play these harmonics and improvise, it sounds good with the bass:
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---------------<12>----------|
D|---------<12>--------<12>----|
A|---<12>----------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
Build-up at 4:51: (Very quietly, gets progressively louder)
(3x)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5/7--7--7--7--7--7--7/9--9--9--9--9--9--9/10-10-10-10-10-10-10/12--12--12--12--12--12--12--*|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
A|--3/5--5--5--5--5--5--5/7--7--7--7--7--7--7//8--8--8--8--8--8--8/10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
At 5:24:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12/14-14-14-14-14-14-14/15-15-15-15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17-17-17-17/19-19-19-19-19-19--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--10/12-12-12-12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13-13-13-13/15-15-15-15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17-17-17--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"How strange... all we can do is complain"
Bridge 2- play Riff 4
Play Riff 5 (16x)
After the whole bridge thing, there's about 20 seconds of keyboards and weird noises.
Guitar re-enters at 6:56 with Riff 5, 16x
Build-up 2 at 7:18:
(3x)
e|----------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------|*----------------------------------------------*|
D|---0------------|*--10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12--10--12-*|
A|---0------------|----------------------------------------10--12--|
D|---0-(let ring)-|----------------------------------------10--12--|
Chorus 3- play Riff 3 2x
Then play Riff 5 16x.
Let the last open D chord ring, and that's the end of the song. This tab should be complete but
if there's any comments, questions, or corrections e-mail me.
-Joe
