INCUBUS - THE ORIGINAL From the album 'If not now, when?' Fantastic alternative-pop song from an incredibly innovative rock band, really wanted to pick this piece apart, so I'm sharing the tab with you. Opening electric guitar theme (repeated) This is way I think Mike will have played it, he seems to love these hand-spanning chords. A1 E|-------------------------------------------| B|--------5---------5--------------------5---| G|-----2---------2-------2-----2------2----X5| D|--5--------5--------5-----5-----5----------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| (After playing that 5 times, play this part below, for the final, sixth time of the introduction) A2 E|-------------------------------------------| B|--------5---------5--------------------0---| G|-----2---------2-------2-----2------2------| D|--5--------5--------5-----5-----5----------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| Continue to play the above before Brandon's vocals kick in, that is: A1 X3 A2 X1 This theme reoccurs over the chord progression many times throughout the verse, there are variations on the theme in terms of entry, I won't patronise you by noting that here. Piano Chord progression - I did the whole thing with lyrics, because people are kind of romantic like that.. [C]I only go [G] where I'm wanted [F] you go only [Dm] where you want [C]I aim to be [G] more like you [F] [DM] [C]there is a [G] ghost in my house [F]rattling handles [DM] on every door [C]show us an [G] open window or two [F] [DM] [DM]would you, [C]ho-[F]oh-old? Doors are [C] starting to close [G] and you drew a rose my, my [F] [DM]your mind it is [C] original,[G] ah-ah-ah-[F]ah-ah-ahh[DM] you're a [C] skeleton key, [G] opening me, [F]my, my; [DM]your mind it is [C] original, [G]girl you're the [F] original [AM]always [F] were [G]and always will [C] be [Guitar solo using natural harmonics, as usual, Einzeiger is still incredibly hard to tab, due to heavy use of delay and sh7tcool technique - It sounds like he's improvising but I may be wrong] *If you wish to improvise, then the changes are the same as the verse progression. [C]The flowers [G] of adaptation [F]unfold and [DM] lovingly alarm [C]you effortlessly [G] ring that bell [F] [DM] [C]your stripes are [G] yours and yours only [F]the bow ideal [DM] of rare birds [C]and now I am [G] under your [F]spell [DM] [DM]oh, [C] [F] under your spell Doors are [C] starting to close [G] and you drew a rose my, my [F] [DM]your mind it is [C] original,[G] ah-ah-ah-[F]ah-ah-ahh[DM] you're a [C] skeleton key, [G] opening me, [F]my, my; [DM]your mind it is [C] original, [G]girl you're the [F] original [AM]always [F] were [G] always weer-[DM]eerr [AM]always [F] were [G] always weer-[DM]eerr [AM]always [F] were [G] always weer-[DM]and will beeee BRIDGE electric guitar: This lovely little guitar part is filled with distortion and fuzz (that migrates to the right pan on the recording], and sound beautiful, play it after the previous section and into the final choruses. B1 E|-----------8--7--------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|--5--------5--4--------------------| D|--5--------------3-----------------| A|--3[v]-----------3-----------------| E|-----------------1[v]--------0--3--| B2 E|-----------8--7--------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|--5--------5--4--------------------| D|--5--------------3-----------------| A|--3[v]-----------3-----------------| E|-----------------1-----------0-----| B3 E|-----------8--7--------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|--5--------5--4-------*77777777[b]-| D|--5--------------------------------| A|--3[v]-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| *slowly and gradually bending a full bend, into the chorus Play these chronologically at first, and then play B1 and B2 in that order through the chorus. Doors are [C] starting to close [G] and you drew a rose my, my [F] [DM]your mind it is [C] original,[G] ah-ah-ah-[F]ah-ah-ahh[DM] you're a [C] skeleton key, [G] opening me, [F]my, my; [DM]your mind it is [C] original, [G]girl you're the [F] original [AM]always [F] were [G]and always will [C] be Any feedback are appreciated, this isn't the most thorough tab, but I've laid down the main themes of the song, and I hope you enjoy this tab and chord chart. xo