• Song:

    Weak And Powerless

  • Artist:

    A Perfect Circle

  • Album:

    2003-08-05: Irving Plaz...

h   hammer-on
p   pull-off
b#  bend until the # note sounds
r#  release bend to original fret #
/   slide
|   bar line
)   division for clarity of repeat
*   palm mute on that note
^   rake (strum downward slower than a normal strum)

tuning (low to high) C# F# B E G# C#
[these are the main lead guitar parts (a little bass included)]


INTRO

gtr 1 (elec. w/ dist.)
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|----9------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-7--------7-7--7-7b8r7-|-7--7-7-7/5-5/7-7-7-7b8r7-|
|-------0---------------|--------------------------|
pm         * *  *            * *         * *


|riff 1                      end riff 1)
                                     3x)f1(1st,3rd)|) f2 (2nd)
|-----------------------|--------------)-----------|)------------|
|o----------------------|-------------o)-----------|)------------|
|-----9-----------------|--------------)-----------|)------------|
|-----------------------|--------------)-----------|)------------|
|o-7------7-7-7-5h7-7---|-5h7-7-7-7-7-o)-5h7-------|)-7b8r7--5h7-|
|-----------------------|--------------)-----5h7-3-|)------------|
          * *                 * * * *



chorus (0:36)

gtr 2
|riff 3a                      end riff 3a)          
                                      3x )fill 1  |)f2       |)f3        |
|--------0------------------|------------)--------|----------|-----------|
|o--------------------------|-----------o)--------|)---------|)--------0-|
|---2/4-----2/3/2p0-2-p0----|-2-p0-------)------0-|)/4--2--0-|)-----0----|
|------------------------2p0|-------2p0--)--------|)---------|)-2h4------|
|o--------------------------|-----------o)--------|)---------|)----------|
|---------------------------|------------)-2------|)---------|)----------|

|riff 3b                               end riff 3b|
|--------0------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--2/4------2p0----2-p0-----|-2-p0----------------|
|-----------------------2p0-|------2p0---/4--2--4-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|


gtr 1 (elec.)    |  A5  | C5    | E5   | D5    | = riff 2a
gtr 2 (acoustic) |  2a  |   ) f1| 2a)  |   )f2 | 

gtr 1 (elec.)    |  A5  | C5    | G5   | D5    | = riff 2b
gtr 2 (acoustic) |  2a  |   ) f3| 2b   |       | 



pre-verse (0:54)
gtr 1 w/ riff 1, 2x (simile) w/ f2, f1



verse 2 (1:03)
gtr 1 w/ riff 1, 2x (simile) w/ f2, f1



chorus 2 (1:12)
gtr 1 w/ riff 2a and 2b
gtr 2 w/ riff 3a-f1,-f2,-f3 and 3b



gtr 2                    bass arranged for gtr 1
|---------0^----|-------|-------------------------|
|---------0^----|-------|o-----------------------o|
|---------0^----|-------|-------------------------|
|---------4^----|-------|-------------------------|
|----2----------|-------|o-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-o|
|-0-------------|-------|-------------------------|
  let ring~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]

gtr 2                2x                    2x
|--0^-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|
|o-3^-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-o|o-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8-o|
|--0^-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|
|--2^-2-2-2--2-2--2-2--|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--|
|o-3^-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-o|o-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-o|
|----------------------|---------------------|


gtr 2
|-0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0--10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-0---0--0--|
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12--12-0--|-0---0--0--0--0--0--12--12-12-|
|-9---9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--|-9---9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--|
|-9---9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--|-9---9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

gtr 2                4x
|------------12-----------|------------12------|
|o------0--------10-----0-|----0----10-----10-o|
|-----0----0---------0----|------0-------------|
|------------0---0--------|-0-------0--0---0---|
|o------------------------|-------------------o|
|-12----------------------|--------------------|

outro (2:51)
gtr 2                 2x (1st)             2x    (2nd)   
|  |------------0-------|------------0-------|  |--------0---|--------0^-||
|o |o---------3---3----o|o---------3---3----o| o|------3---3-|--------3^-||
|  |-------0---------0--|-------0---------0--|  |----0-------|------0-0^-||
|  |-----2--------------|-----2--------------|  |------------|---2----2^-||
|o |o-0----------------o|o-3----------------o| o|-3----------|3-------3^-||
|  |--------------------|--------------------|  |------------|-----------||



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