TRAGIC COIMIC - Extreme 
Lyrics and Music - Nuno Bettencourt & Gary Cherone 
 
TAB copied from book by Authentic Transcriptions 
 
Timing - each crotchet (Quarter note) represented by a | 
       - semiquavers represented like | e & a (representing 4 semi-quavers 
- 16th notes) 
g - grace note 
/ - slide up 
\ - slide down 
(b) - bend up (eg (1/2b) - bend up a half tone) 
r - release bend 
: - bar line (lyrics only) 
| + a OR & + a- semiquaver (16ths) triplet 
p - pull off 
p.m. - mute strings 
^^^ - vibrato 
 
Intro:- 
Bass Guitar 
 
  |   & a  / | & | & | & | &   | e &   | & | e &   | & \   
G---------|------------------|--------------------------| 
D---------|o-----------2/5---|-------------------------o| (Won't continue 
with &'s unless 
A-7\--0-0-|o---2/5-3---------|---------2-0---0-3---2---o|  they're really 
needed!!) 
E---------|--3-------------0-|-0-0-4-----------------3--| 
           \                                           / 
 
Guitar 
 
(Rhythm Figure 1)... 
  / |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   \  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   | 
E|--1-1-x-0---0-x-0-|---0-x-0---0-0-0--|-1-1-x-0---0-x-0-|---0-x-0---0-0-0-| 
B|--0-0-x-1---1-x-3-|---3-x-1---1-1-0--|-0-0-x-1---1-x-3-|---3-x-1---1-1-1-| 
G|o-0-0-x-0---0-x-1-|---1-x-2---2-2-0-o|-0-0-x-0---0-x-1-|---1-x-2---2-2-2-| 
D|o-0-0-x-2---2-x-0-|---0-x-2---2-2-0-o|-0-0-x-2---2-x-0-|---0-x-2---2-2-2-| 
A|--2-2-x-3---3-x-2-|---2-x-0---0-0-0--|-2-2-x-3---3-x-2-|---2-x-0---0-0-0-| 
E|--3-3-x---------0-|---0-x------------|-3-3-x---------0-|---0-x-----------| 
  \                                   / 
 
  | | |   |     |   |   |   | 
|-1-1-1-1-x-1-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-| 
|-1-1-1-1-x-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
|-2-2-2-2-x-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
|-3-3-3-3-x-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-| (end Rhythm Figure 1) 
|-3-3-3-3-x-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
|-1-1-1-1-x-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-| 
 
  |   |   |   |     |   | |   | 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2-|---2-2-2-2-x---| 
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-3-|---3-3-3-3-x---| 
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|---2-2-2-2-x-2-| 
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-x-2-| 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---|-------------0-| 
|-------------3---|---------------| 
  p.m......| 
 
(Rhythm Figure 2)... 
  | e & a g |   |   | e & a   | e & a g |   g |   | e & a   | e & a g |   | 
  | e & a 
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------- 
----------| 
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------- 
----------| 
|-----x-x-----------x-x-2---|-----x-x-------4/6\--x-x-2---|-----x-x--------- 
--x-x-2---| 
|-----x-x-----5-----x-x-2---|-----x-x-----5-----7-x-x-2---|-----x-x-----5--- 
--x-x-2---| 
|-----x-x-5/7---7-x-x-0---|-----x-x-5/7---------x-x-0---|-----x-x-5/7---7\ 
0-x-x-0---| 
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------- 
----------| 
 
 
  | e & a      |   g |   | e & a  
        (1/2b) r 
|--------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------| 
|----------------------2-x-x-2---| 
|----------------------2-x-x-2---| (end Rhythm Figure 2) 
|-----2--------2-0-5/7-0-x-x-0---| 
|--------------------------------| 
                     1 Flow  ers, 
 
w/Rhythm Figure 2 (x2) 
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