WRITING'S ON THE WALL
by The Tea Party
Album: Seven Circles (2004)
Guitarist: Jeff Martin
This is the first slammin' single off of Seven Circles, Jeff Martin uses dropped-D tuning in this song.

Tuning: DADGBe

Intro: (w/ light dist. and wah wah)

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|  x2
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------3/5---------------------3/5---3/5------------|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5--------------5---3---0-|

Then in chords: (dist.)
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------5/7---------------------5/7---5/7------------|  x2
D--0--3--5--5/7--5--3---0-0--3--5---5/7---5/7--5---3---0-|
A--0--3--5--3/5--5--3---0-0--3--5---3/5---3/5--5---3---0-|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5--------------5---3---0-|

Verse: Martin uses roughly the same riff but makes a small change to it
e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|x4
D----------------------------------------------------|
A------------3---------------------3---3-------------|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5----------5---3---0-|

Chorus:
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------5/7---------------------5/7---5/7------------|  x2
D--0--3--5--5/7--5--3---0-0--3--5---5/7---5/7--5---3---0-|
A--0--3--5--3/5--5--3---0-0--3--5---3/5---3/5--5---3---0-|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5--------------5---3---0-|

Verse 2: 

e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|x4
A------------3---------------------3---3-------------|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5----------5---3---0-|



Pre-Chorus: Comes after second verse 
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5b-5b-5b---|
A--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5b-5b-5b---|
D--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5b-5b-5b---|

Chorus:
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------5/7---------------------5/7---5/7------------|  x2
D--0--3--5--5/7--5--3---0-0--3--5---5/7---5/7--5---3---0-|
A--0--3--5--3/5--5--3---0-0--3--5---3/5---3/5--5---3---0-|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5--------------5---3---0-|

Verse 3:

e----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|x4
A------------3---------------------3---3-------------|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5----------5---3---0-|

Pre-Chorus 2:

e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5b-5b-5b---|
A--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5b-5b-5b---|
D--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5b-5b-5b---|



Chorus:

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------5/7---------------------5/7---5/7------------|  x4
D--0--3--5--5/7--5--3---0-0--3--5---5/7---5/7--5---3---0-|
A--0--3--5--3/5--5--3---0-0--3--5---3/5---3/5--5---3---0-|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5--------------5---3---0-|

Bridge: Weird sounds.... that about it

Riff: this leads back into the chorus (sweeping wah wah)
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|  x2
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------3/5---------------------3/5---3/5------------|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5--------------5---3---0-|

Chorus:

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------5/7---------------------5/7---5/7------------|  x4
D--0--3--5--5/7--5--3---0-0--3--5---5/7---5/7--5---3---0-|
A--0--3--5--3/5--5--3---0-0--3--5---3/5---3/5--5---3---0-|
D--0--3--5-------5--3---0-0--3--5--------------5---3---0-|

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