• Song:

    I Do My Crosswords In Pen

  • Artist:

    On Broken Wings

  • Album:

    Number One Beautiful

ON BROKEN WINGS - I Do my crosswords in PEn
album - #1 Beautiful, Some of us may never see the world, its all a long goodbye
(yes, its on 3 different seedees)
Tabbed by - Jonny Raincloud



symbols used

H= hammer on
P= pull off
PM = palm mute





ok first off, tune to drop D...
they prolly go lower than that, but too bad


Intro = clicking sounds....stop....



        riff one




"the ink bleeds deeper.......stains of the table...."
E/---------------------------------]         (the 2-1-0 chords are quick, almost pulloffs)
B/---------------------------------]            play this a few times
G/-- ------------------------------]
D/--0-0-0-2-1-0-----0-0-0-2-1-0----]   
A/--0-0-0-2-1-0-----0-0-0-2-1-0----]
D/--0-0-0-2-1-0-----0-0-0-2-1-0----]  



        riff two (the cool one)



"...you dont look how i pictured...you dont look...quite how I...."
E/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------]        
B/--------------------------------------------------------------6----6--------------]
G/-- -----------------------------------------------------------9----9--------------]    repeat this a few times too
D/----0-1-2---------0-1-2------------0-1-2---------0-1-2----------------------------]  
A/----0-1-2-0h1p0---0-1-2-0h1p0------0-1-2-0h1p0---0-1-2-----0----0-----------------]
D/----0-1-2---------0-1-2------------0-1-2---------0-1-2-----0----0-----------------]
      PM all but the pulloffs and this part---------------->



        Riff Three (2-step part)


"...i tell myself...i cannot surround me..."
E/------------------------------------------------]        
B/------------------------------------------------]       play this like 3 times i think
G/-- -777776666/777/999/12-12---------------------]          stum it all 2-step-ish....
D/----xxxxxxxxx/xxx/xxx/x--x----------------------]              listen to the seedee
A/----555554444/555/777/10-10---------------------]
D/----000000000-000-000-0--0----------------------]





PAUSE!!!


*what?*


       riff 4


"some smiles, both.....and drain the life from..."

E/---------------------------------]         
B/---------------------------------]            
G/-- ------------------------------]
D/--00000-5-000-3--00--------------]   
A/--00000-5-000-3--00--------------]
D/--00000-5-000-3--00-0-1-3-0------]  
    <-PM>      PM





      Riff 5 (breakdown)


"....drain life from Me...."

E/---------------------------------------]         
B/-----------------------------6-6-6-----]            
G/-- --------------------------9-9-9-----]
D/--0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0-0------------]   
A/--0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0-0------------]
D/--0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0-0------------]  
   <--PM--------------------->



they change the timing a bit on that riff...
but its essentially the same...

then the other guitar plays this...
or something similar, 
your friends wont know the difference

    FILL


play this a few times and end with fill 2
E/----------------------------------]         
B/----------------------------------]            
G/-- -------------------------------]
D/----------------------------------]   
A/-3-2--------------3-2-------------]
D/-----6-5-4-5-4-3------6-5-4-5-4-3-]  



    FIll 2
E/----------------------------------]         
B/----------------------------------]            
G/-- -------------------------------]
D/-------------------5-4-3-2--------]   
A/-3-2-3-4-3-4-5-4-5----------------]
D/----------------------------------]







     Riff 6 (breakdown #2)
brutal ass double picking in time with the snare
E/------------------------------------------------]         
B/------------------------------------------------]            
G/------------------------------------------------]
D/-000000-000000-000000--0000---000000---0--0-----]   
A/-000000-000000-000000--0000---000000---0--0-----]
D/-000000-000000-000000--0000---000000---0--0-----]
                                        

youre going to have to listen to the song for the exact timing here
they do riff 6 and then play the same riff except shorter...
in the intervals the vocalist shouts "Heartless~"
uber tough eh?


      heartless breakdown


E/----------------------------------]         
B/----------------------------------]            
G/-- -------------------------------]
D/--0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0-0-------]   
A/--0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0-0-------]
D/--0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-0-0-------]  
   one, two, and a one two, one two


its basically over from here,
theres some melodic chords layered over the breakdown,
and im still working on that i guess...
but you get the idea, its not tooo hard...
you can do it!


send me corrections at JonnyRaincloud@cheerful.com
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