Silverchair, Paint Pastel Princess
Ross A, scattered77@hotmail.com
Song-Paint Pastel Princess
Band-silverchair
Album-Neon Ballroom

Transcribed by Ross Arundale
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Tablature explanation

b   : bend
s   : slide
h   : hammer-on
p   : pull-off
x   : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute

Dropped D tuning one half step down (from low to high:Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb), written chords are relative to a
"normal" Dropped-D

[0:00]
eb|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
Bb|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
Gb|-----------------2---2-------|
Db|-0-----0---0-----------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---------3---------------3---------------3-------------3-------|
|---3---------------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-------3-----3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---2---2-----2---|
|-0-----0---0---0---------------0---------------0-------------0---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[0:19]
   D (xx0232@1)     F (133211@1)E|--2----|--------| (022100@1)|--3----|--6--5--|
|--2----|--5--4--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
It's only self rejection
With a mean left

   D (xx0232@1)D-    F (133211@1)E (022100@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1)E|--2--2--|--------------2--| (022100@1)|--3--3--|--6--5--6--8--3--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--5--7--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
Cold carbon copied coping
And it's mean theft
That's been left behind 

[0:41] Acoustic guitar (doubled by an electric playing the first notes)
  B (x2444x@1)C#D A (x02220@1)F# (244322@1)  B (x2444x@1)C#D  C#D  C#|---------------|--------------------| (x43121@1)|---------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7-------|--4--6--7--6--7--6--|
|---------7--4--|--------------------|
|-2--4--5-------|--2--4--5--4--5--4--|
|---------7--4--|--------------------|
Paint pastel princess
Bo and arapax

  B (x2444x@1)C#D A (x02220@1)F#A    B (x2444x@1)C#D  B (x2444x@1)C#D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
The shelves when they're broken
I'll beg you, beg you

[1:04]
|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

[1:10]
   D (xx0232@1)D-    F (133211@1)E|--2--2--|--------| (022100@1)|--3--3--|--6--5--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
Waste life when youth is sweeter, neater
Content with contents

   D (xx0232@1)D-    F (133211@1)E (022100@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1)E|--2--2--|--------------2--| (022100@1)|--3--3--|--6--5--6--8--3--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--5--7--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
Cultures cringing at accents
And it's too tense, camp out

[1:33]
  B (x2444x@1)C#D A (x02220@1)F#A    B (x2444x@1)C#D  B (x2444x@1)C#D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
She tastes the candy
Sugarless, cancerous

  B (x2444x@1)C#D A (x02220@1)F#A    B (x2444x@1)C#D  B (x2444x@1)C#D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
Crave cocaine cop shows
I'll beg you, beg you

[1:55]
||----2--2-3--3-5--5-5-5--|--5--5-3--3--0----|| x4
||----3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|--3--3-3--3--2----||
||-o--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|--2--2-2--2--2--o-||
||-o--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0--2--o-||
||------------------------|------------------||
||------------------------|------------------||
But it's all the same to me (x4)

[2:18]
|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-5-|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-2-|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|

|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-5-|-4--4-2-4------------|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3------------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0-|
|-------------------|-----------3-5-7-7-0-|
|-------------------|-----------3-5-7-7-0-|

[2:29]
      FG A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)   x4 FG AF D||------------------||-----------| (xx0232@1)||------------------||-----------|
||-o--------------o-||-----------|
||-o--3-5-7-7-0---o-||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----||-3-5-7-3-0-|

      D (xx0232@1)             FG A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)  x3 D (xx0232@1)             FG A||---------------------------------||-------------------------| (x02220@1)||---------------------------------||-------------------------|
||-o-----------------------------o-||-------------------------|
||-o--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0--o-||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
||----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0----||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
||----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0----||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
        *****  ***                      *****    ***           *:palm mute

[3:05]
|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

[3:16]
|-2--2-3--3-5-----|-2--2-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3--3-3-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-7-7-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0--0-0-7-7-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-------------5-5-|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

|-2--2-3--3-5-----|-2--2-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3--3-3-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-7-7-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0--0-0-7-7-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-------------5-5-|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

[3:28]
||----2--2-3--3-5--5-5-5--|--5--5-3--3--0----|| x4
||----3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|--3--3-3--3--2----||
||-o--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|--2--2-2--2--2--o-||
||-o--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0--2--o-||
||------------------------|------------------||
||------------------------|------------------||
But it's all the same to me (x4)

[3:57]
  B (x2444x@1)C#D A (x02220@1)F#A    B (x2444x@1)C#D  B (x2444x@1)C#D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
Paint pastel princess
Bo and arapax

  B (x2444x@1)C#D A (x02220@1)F#A    B (x2444x@1)C#D  B (x2444x@1)C#D
|-----------------|--------------------|---|
|-----------------|--------------------|---|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|-4-|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|---|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|-2-|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|---|
The shelves when they're broken
I'll beg you, beg you