SINK TO THE BEAT
BY CURSIVE
TABBED BY JOSH BARTLETT
Tuning is one full step (two frets) down.
High to low: D A F C G D.
Guitar 1 clean, maybe light reverb
0:00 (play this til 0:30) INTRO
D -----------------------------------------------
A ------12-\15-10-------------------------------
F —------x---x--x--------------------------------
C ------12-\15-10-------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
Drums come in at 0:29 and guitar stops at 0:30
And picks back up playing this from 0:39 to 1:34:
VERSE
D -----------------------------------------------
A ------12-\15-10-------------------------------
F —-----x----x-—x--------------------------------
C ------12-\15-10-------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
At 1:11, a second guitar comes and plays the
end chord of this riff over the first guitar. Guitar
1 plays the whole riff, guitar 2 just plays the last
part (semi-circled chord). Guitar 2 has light reverb.
VERSE
D --------------(0)-----------------------------
A ------12-\15-(10)----------------------------
F —-----x----x—-(x)-----------------------------
C ------12-\15-(10)----------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------
Play that until 1:35. Then play the chorus:
CHORUS 1:36 (Clean) -CHORUS 1 LYRICS-
D ----------------------------------------------- “ I Write these words in a
A —-----3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------ motherly intuition, I shape
F ------x------x------x------x------------------- x2 sounds into harmonic
C -----—3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------ apparitions...”
G -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
This next part is picking, not strums
CHORUS 1:49
D ----------------------------------------------- “But I can’t see through these
A —-----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------- haunting themes...”
F -----------------------------------------------
G -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------
C -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
CHORUS 1:58 2:00
D ----------------------------------------------- “My moldy dreams, are debased,
A —-----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1----0----------------- as the same hands that shaped
F ------------------------x----x----------------- them.”
G -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--1----0-----------------
C -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
At 2:06 guitar 1 goes back to playing
the verse riff at 2:06: Guitar 1 clean
VERSE 2:06
D --------------------------------------------------
A ------12-\15-10~---------------------------------
F —-----x----x—-x-----------------------------------
C ------12-\15-10~---------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------
The second guitar comes in at 2:08 with
some distortion tremolo effects.
D --------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------
F ------4-\7-2~------------------------------------
C ------x---x-x-------------------------------------
G ------5-\8-3~------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------
At 2:33 either Guitar 1 plays this riff
or it’s a third guitar that comes in, I’m
not sure:
VERSE RIFF 2:33
Guitar is distorted, with some reverb.
D -----7-7-7--10-7-5--x3----5h7p5h7-----------------
A --------------------------------------------------
F --------------------------------------------------
C --------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------
Play those riffs until the chorus:
CHORUS 2:45 -CHORUS 2 LYRICS-
D -------------------------------------------------- “Where waves caress their
A —---3~-----5~-----1~-----0~----------------------- unstoppable egos, where
F ----x------x------x------x------------------------ x2 melody is completely
C —---3~-----5~-----1~-----0~----------------------- swallowed...”
G --------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------
CHORUS 2:58
D -------------------------------------------------- “Where songwriters chain
A —---3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------------- their songs to their ankles...”
F --------------------------------------------------
G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------------
C --------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------
CHORUS 3:04
D -------------------------------------------------- “And they sink to the beat,
A —---3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5----1-----0-------------------- til it stops, and, bursts
F -----------------------x—----x-------------------- under pressure...”
G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1-—---0--------------------
C --------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------
Then there’s a pick scrape part at 3:11, I’m
sure of the chord.
Then comes the final part at 3:24:
FINAL CHORUS 3:24 (Play till end) -LYRICS-
D -------------------------------------------------- "HIT!!! SONG!!!
A —-----—----—----—--------------------------------- LET IT BURST
F —----------—----—-------------7-7-7--------------- BLOOM!!!
C —----7—7----7-7—7----7-7—7----x-x-x---------------
G -----x-x----x-x-x----x-x-x----5-5-5---------------
D -----5-5----5-5-5----5-5-5------------------------
(You can play 10x12 chords instead of the x5x7 chords.)
Guitar 2 plays this over guitar 1's Chorus
For this part there is no picking, just
hammering on and off fret 5.
FINAL CHORUS RIFF 3:48
D ---h5p0-h5po-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0--------
A --------------------------------------------------
F --------------------------------------------------
C --------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------
Just keep playing those two riffs until
the song ends.
END ON: 4:13
D --------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------
F --------------------------------------------------
C ------7-7-----------------------------------------
G ------x-x-----------------------------------------
D ------5-5-----------------------------------------
Great song by a great band. One reminder:
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the cd and have actually tried out the tab. I
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