• Song:

    Imagine

  • Artist:

    A Perfect Circle

  • Album:

    Imagine

imagine
eMOTIVE
a perfect circle

tuning: C# F# B E G# C#

(#) indicates ghost note
 h  hammer-on
 p  pull-off
 /  slide into
 ~  vibrato
 <  volume swell
 b  bend note to sound like the fretted note
 =  hold bend
 r  release bend to fretted note

Intro
Gtr 1, riff 1a (piano arranged for guitar)
 Eb5/Bb          B      
|--------------|-------------|
|o-------------|------------o| 2x
|--------------|-------------|
|--8--8--8--8--|-9--9--9--9--|
|o-6--6--6--6--|-6--6--6--6-o|
|--6--6--6--6--|-7--7--7--7--|
  [-let ring---------------]

Verse (riff 1a, 5x)
on the 6th time:
(0:43)
Gtr 1                Gtr 2, fill 1 (slightly dist. elec.)
|--------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|----[(9)-/11---11h12p11]*| 
|--------------|-------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--|-9-----------------------|
|--6--6--6--6--|-6-----------------------|
|--6--6--6--6--|-7-----------------------|
                     *[doubled with voice]

Verse
 Gtr 1 w/ riff 1a, 4x
 Gtr 2, riff 1b
   Eb5/Bb			B
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|o-11-11--11-11--------11-11-|--12-12--12-12--------12-12--o| 4x
|--8--8---8--8---------8--8--|--8--8---8--8---------8--8----|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|o---------------------------|-----------------------------o|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
   1  +   2  +   3  +  4  +     1  +   2  +   3  +  4  +

Pre-Chorus (1:19)
Gtr 1 w/ riff 1, 2x and Gtr 2 w/ fill 1 on last repeat

Chorus (1:32)
Gtr 1, riff 2a
   Ab5      B         Eb5/Bb    1-3         4  
|----------|---------|---------||----------|-------|-------|
|o---------|---------|---------||---------o|-------|-------|
|----------|---------|-8---8---||-8---8----|--8----|-------|
|--6---6---|-9---9---|---8---8-||---8---8--|--8----|-------|
|o---6---6-|---6---6-|---6---6-||---6---6-o|--6----|-------|
|--4---4---|-7---7---|-6---6---||-6---6----|--6----|-------|
|  [-let ring----------------------------------]
|
|Gtr 2, riff 2b                  1,3        2,4
|----------|---------|----------|---<<11~~-|-------|-------|
|o---------|---------|---------o|----------|-------|-------|
|----------|---------|----------|----------|random feedback|
|----------|---------|----------|----------|-------|-------|
|o---------|---------|---------o|----------|-------|-------|
|--4-------|/7-------|-6--------|/11~------|-------|-------|

Interlude (1:58)
Gtr 3, riff 3 (bass arranged for guitar)
|-----------------------------|
|o---------------------------o| 4x
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| (just play around with that)
|o------8---6----------------o|
|--/6----------6-7-6-7----7h9-|

Gtr 1 w/ riff 1a; and Gtr 3 w/ riff 3, 4x
under Gtr 2:              (  only on the 1st time   )    
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|o-11-11--11-11--------11-(11-|--12-12--12-12--12-12)-------o| 2x
|--8--8---8--8---------8--(8--|--8--8---8--8---8--8-)--------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|o----------------------------|-----------------------------o|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
   1  +   2  +   3  +  4  +      1  +   2  +   3  +  4  +

Pre-Chorus (2:25)
Gtr 1 w/ riff 1, 2x and Gtr 2 w/ fill 1 on last repeat

Chorus (2:38)
Gtr 1 w/ riff 2a
Gtr 2 w/ riff 2b

Verse (3:04)
Gtr 3, riff 4
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-------8--6----|--------------|-------8--6----|--------------------|
|--6----------6-|-7------------|--6----------6-|-77--77--77--77(p6)-|

(3:17)
Gtr 1 w/ riff 1a, 2x 
Gtr 2 w/ riff 1b, 2x   (the 3 play a total of 4 measures at the same time)
Gtr 3 w/ riff 4,  1x

Pre-Chorus (3:30)
Gtr 1 w/ riff 1a, 2x and Gtr 2 w/ the following fill on last measure
*this fill is played at (3:42) and is doubled by voice*
|----------------------|
|-9b11-9b11=====r9p7---|
|--------------------8-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

Chorus (3:44)
Gtr 1 w/ riff 2a, 2x
Gtr 2 w/ riff 2b, 2x

Outro (4:10)
Gtr 1 w/ riff 2a  2x
Gtr 2 w/ riff 2b  2x

Gtr 1 (the piano) also plays the melody of the outro
 Ab5       B          Eb5/Bb    1.            2.   
|---------|13--11----|---------|-------------|------------|
|o(11)*---|-------12-|-11-----o|---11--11h12p|----11------|
|---------|----------|---------|13-----------|-13---------|
|---------|----------|---------|-------------|-------13---|
|o--------|----------|--------o|-------------|------------|
|---------|----------|---------|-------------|------------|
*not played the 1st time

 Ab5       B          Eb5/Bb                  Ab5     B        Eb5/Bb
|---------|13--11----|---------|-------------|-------|--------|------|||
|---11----|-------12-|-11------|---11--11h12p|11-----|--------|-16---|||
|---------|----------|---------|13-----------|-------|-11--13-|-15---|||
|---------|----------|---------|-------------|---13--|--------|-13---|||
|---------|----------|---------|-------------|-------|--------|------|||
|---------|----------|---------|-------------|-------|--------|------|||
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