tab by Jackie Joyner The song is very straight forward from a rhythm guitar stand point. There's mainly 2 repeating sections until about 2:35 when it changes slightly. There really is no defined chorus or verse in the song, only times when Travis sings and when he doesn't so that's why I have sections that are Verse/Chorus. Also there are multiple guitars in this song, but I'm only going to tab it for solo guitar. Structure: Verse/Chorus Instr. Breakdown Verse/Chorus x2 Instr. Breakdown Verse/Chorus x2 Alt Verse/Chorus Verse/Chorus x2 Instr. Breakdown x2 Chords: E5 G5 C5 G5 B5 A5 A5 E | ------------------------------------- | B | ------------------------7-----8------ | G | ------------------------7-----(b9)----- | D | ---5--5--5----5----4----5-----7------ | A | ---7--5--3----0----2----7-----8------ | E | --(0)-------------------------------- | Verse/Chorus: {Begin by playing the Em and accenting it with an open bottom E string for 4 measures} E5 G5 E5 G5 C5 well i, i am a time bomb and i, i lay forgotten at the bottom of your heart... G5 B5 C(hold) i'm fine, ticking away the hours to blow your world apart Instr. Breakdown: A5 A5 A5 A5 Verse/Chorus E5 G5 E5 G5 C5 i, i am a poison and i, i am still coursing through your bloodstream like G5 B5 C(hold) a ghost, like wine, gathering vintage for the day i hurt the most E5 G5 E5 G5 i, i am a land mine and i, i lay on the soil burned out by battles you C5 G5 B5 C(hold) thought you'd won, i've got time... to wait for the footsteps.. of a memory that's on run Instr. Breakdown: {lyrics: yeah! yeah! yeah!} A5 A5 A5 A5 Chorus/Verse: E5 G5 E5 G5 well i, i am a tar pit and i, i swell like a living thing all at the C5 G5 B5 C(hold) slightest touch.. a black grime, swallowing everything.. a cold and timeless clutch E5 G5 E5 G5 i, well i am a trip wire, and i, i'm stretching across the road you're C5 G5 B5 C(hold) barreling down tonight...a thinish twine, waiting to be released right beyond sight Alt Verse/Chorus: {this is pretty much the same, but since it sounds different here's what can be played} E | ----------------------------------------- | B | -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | G | -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | D | -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5- | A | -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------- | E | ----------------------------------------- | i, well am fault and I a line E | ------------------------------------------------- | B | -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | G | -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | D | -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | A | -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------- | E | ------------------------------------------------- | i, i'm apart ground lay pulling the that be.. E | ------------------------------------------------- | B | -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | G | -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | D | -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6- | A | -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- | E | ------------------------------------------------- | neath newest so fine, moving in your seed. E | ------------------------------------------------- | B | -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- | G | -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | D | -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- | A | -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- | E | ------------------------------------------------- | inches now, I'm crawling, cutting cleaving a I'm I'm like E | -14---------14-14-14s~0-------------------------- | B | -14---------14-14-14s~0-------------------------- | G | -x----------x--x--x------------------------------ | D | -11---------11-11-11s~0-------------------------- | A | ------------------------------------------------- | E | ------------------------------------------------- | knife. Verse/Chorus: {palm mute} {like the beginning, play the Em for 4 measures) E5 G5 E5 G5 C5 well i, i am a time bomb and i, i only live in that one moment in which you G5 B5 C(hold) die... its not right, its not what i wanted then but you know and i know there's no back E5 G5 E5 G5 C5 i, i am a lost soul and i, i send out a sickened light for anyone to see... a G5 B5 C(hold) cry for help, yeah, a warning to stay away... the burning... the blinding... the reaching in darkness... Instr Breakdown: (lyrics: why! yeah!) A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5