The Halcyon Days Tab by Tea Party


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--|