The Halcyon Days - The Tea Party Tuning: D A D G A D (from the official FAQ) with Capo behind 4th fret. Tab is done assuming capoed fret is zero. i.e. capoed fret = 0 fret after that = 1 etc Intro (capo behind 4th fret) Oud (arranged for guitar) and steel string acoustic: D|----||--------------------------------------------------| A|----||--------------------------------------------------| G|--2-||---2----2-3-2p0-----0-2-0-----------0---0h2p0---0-| D|----||----------------3---------3-1---1-3---3-------3---| A|----||--------------------------------------------------| D|----||--------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|--1h3-1p0-----0-0-0h1p0---0-----0-0--0h1p0---0--| A|------------------------3------------------3----| D|----------0~----------------0~------------------| D|---------------------------------------------|| A|---------------------------------------------|| G|---------------------------------------------|| D|------0-0--0h1p0---0--1h3-1p0--0h1p0---0-----|| A|-----------------3-------------------3-------|| D|--0~-------------------------------------0~~-|| When the singing starts 2 acoustic guitars start playing the same thing as the oud. One 6 string and one 12 string. The 6 string is panned left and the 12 string is on the right. The 12 string only plays the second half of the pattern. Verse repeat intro then add this: (both guitars and oud) D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|------5---3--2--0---------0---0h2p0---0-2-3-2p0---0--------| D|-------------------4----4---4-------4-----------4---1p0----| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|--0~----------------------------------------------------0~-| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|--0-0-0h1p0---0-----0-0-0h1p0---0--| A|------------3-----------------3----| D|----------------0~-----------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|------0-0-0h1p0---0-1h3-1p0--0h1p0---0-----| A|----------------3------------------3-------| D|--0~-----------------------------------0~~-| Pre Chorus The acoustics just stum this: An electric with distortion plays this: D|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------| A|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------| G|--5---5--5--5---5--5--| D|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------| A|--x---x--x--x---x--x--| |--12p119-12p119-12/14-----| D|--5---5--5--5---5--5--| |----------------------------| Synth arranged for guitar plays this: D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| G|--5---4---2---0------------| x2 D|------------------3--------| A|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| 2nd Verse Electric guitar with distortion: D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|------0--0--3p1p0--0--0--0--0--3p1p0--0--0-----0--| A|--------------------------------------------3-----| D|--0~----------------------------------------------| repeat this over with main verse |-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------| |-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------| |-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------| x2 |--5------1----------0--0--3p1p0--0--0--0--0--3p1p0--0--0-----0--| |--5------1------------------------------------------------3-----| |--5------1------0~----------------------------------------------| 'til sleep comes down... 3nd Verse Pre-Chorus (same as before) Chorus - Synth and guitar arranged for guitar: |-----------|----------0---0---0-------------| |-----------|----------x---x---x-------------| |-----------|----------7---5---3-------------| x2 |------32--|----------x---x---x--------32--| |--4h5------|-(0)------5---3---1----4h5------| |-----------|--0--0-0------------------------| now I see a light... 4rd Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Solo (~ = vibrato) |----------------------------------------------| |--9-----7-------------5--7--9-----------------| |-----------7-r5----------------7--r5----------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--9--10--9--10--9--10b12~~~~-9--10--9--10--9--10b12~~~~~--| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |--6--7--6--7--6--7b9~~~~-6--7--6--7--6-----| |----------------------------------------7--| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------14r12---14r12---14p12-10h12p10-9----| |--9~~~~9b10r9--7--6--------------------------------------9--| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus Outro - play the heavy verse bit first and then play the intro.