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                             The Gift - Angels & Airwaves
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Tabbed by: Timmy3125
Email: w8n2ski@wi.rr.com
Song: The Gift
Band: Angels & Airwaves
Album: We Don't Need To Whisper

Tuning: Standard (EADBGe)

Rockin' song, Rockin' Band, but I couldn't find a tab that sounded
close enough for me, so I gave it a shot myself. Hope you Enjoy, and if
you do, Rate it! If you've got any questions, just drop an email anytime


INTRO AND VERSE

Palm Muted Harmonics before both guitars come in(*=Harmonics)
e|--*7*-*7*7*-*7*-*7*--| or  e|--*19*-*19*-*19**19*-*19*--|
B|---------------------|     B|---------------------------|
Then..

Guitar Uno: Delay and Distortion, Palm Mute first notes
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|---------4~------|
D|---------x~------|
A|-2-22--2-2~------|
E|-----------------|
   * **             *=PM
Guitar Dos:(Lead) Delay is the key, soft and pretty short
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-11-11-11-13---9-9--8-------------------------------------|
D|---9--9--9--9--9---9-9----9-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(Go to the bottom of the page for a different way to play this riff)

PRECHORUS:" Suddenly, ..." 

Guitar 1: Clean and some kind of effect fading in an out just a bit
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-4444444444444444--------|
D|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--------|
A|-2222222222222222--------|
E|-------------------------|

Guitar 2: Notes in () are created by delay
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--8-(8)----9-(9)----4-(4)---6-(6)---------|
D|--x-(x)----x-(x)----x-(x)---x-(x)---------|
A|--6-(6)----7-(7)----2-(2)---4-(4)---------|
E|------------------------------------------|



CHORUS:
Guitar 1: Keep the clean effect, and nice, easy strumming
e|-000000000000000-00000000-000000000-00000000---|
B|-000000000000000-00000000-000000000-00000000---|
G|-111111111111111-99999999-888888888h99999999---|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-99999999-999999999-99999999---|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-77777777-666666666/77777777---|
E|-----------------------------------------------|x4

Guitar 2: Clean, with less delay, (11's are not 1's)
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77777777-77777777-77777777----|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77777777-77777777-77777777----|
G|-111111111111111-99999999-88888888h99999999----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|x4

Back to VERSE, same as 1st VERSE
Then CHORUS


TRANSITITON:After 2nd CHORUS "Oh, oh oh, ..." (Same as Prechorus)
Guitar 1: Clean and some kind of effect fading in an out just a bit
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-4444444444444444--------|
D|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--------|
A|-2222222222222222--------|
E|-------------------------|x4

Guitar 2: Notes in () are created by delay
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--8-(8)----9-(9)----4-(4)---6-(6)---------|
D|--x-(x)----x-(x)----x-(x)---x-(x)---------|
A|--6-(6)----7-(7)----2-(2)---4-(4)---------|
E|------------------------------------------|x4

Back To CHORUS
Then to OUTRO

OUTRO
Guitar 1: Clean and pretty quiet, but its there
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-12-14--11-12-14--11-12-14--11-12-14--11-12-14-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2: Delay is important again, strum rhythmically
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11--9-9-9-9-9----|
D|-9---9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9----|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|x8

End on:
e|------|
B|------|
G|--4---|
D|--x---|
A|--2---|
E|------|


INTRO
VERSE 1
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
VERSE 2
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
TRANSITION (Same as PreChorus)
CHORUS
OUTRO

This is another way to play the Lead Riff. It sounds excellent 
on acoustic guitar or just clean. AVA plays it the way I have 
it in the tab because its easy to palm mute and work with the 
delay. This is just another way to play it if you're going for 
no delay, acoustic type sound.

e|-22222-222444-0000-0--------|
B|-00000-000000-0000-4-0------|
G|-44444-444444-4444-4-4------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

There we go, Rock On.