• Song:

    Steps Ascending

  • Artist:

    Thursday

  • Album:

    Live in Detroit

Song: Steps Ascending
Band: Thursday
Album: War All the Time
Transcribed by: Joe Cupo

Drop D tuning
/: slide
p: pull off

Riff A: Guitar 1
e-7p0-8p0--------------------------------------------------------------
B---------5-6-5--------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff A: Guitar 2
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-3333333333333333-7777777777777777------------------------------------
A-3333333333333333-7777777777777777------------------------------------
D-3333333333333333-7777777777777777------------------------------------

Verse 1 (play around with this)
e---0-----0----------------5-7p0-0-8p0-0------------0-1-3p1-0----------
B-1---1-0---1--1--3--5-6-8---------------5-6-3--1-3-----------3p1-0----
G-2-----2------2--2----------------------------------------------------
D-2-----2--------------------------------------------------------------
A-0-----0--------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse continued...
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B---0-1-3-0-1p0----------1p0-0-1-----3-0-1-----------------------------
G-2-------------2----2-4---------2-4-------2---------------------------
D------------------2---------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus: Guitar 1
e-7p0-8p0--------------------------------------------------------------
B---------5-6-5--------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus: Guitar 2
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-3333333333333333-7777777777777777------------------------------------
A-3333333333333333-7777777777777777------------------------------------
D-3333333333333333-7777777777777777------------------------------------
“Out of reach...”

Chorus 2: Guitar 1
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-9/1010101010101010-12121212-999999999999999-77777777-1414141414141414
D-x/-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
A-7/-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10101010-777777777777777-55555555-1212121212121212
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus 2: Guitar 1 continued...
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1010101010101010-9999-12121212---------------------------------------
D--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-xxxx--x-x-x-x---------------------------------------
A--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7777-10101010---------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus 2: Guitar 2
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------2222222222222222------------------33333333-2222-5555
D-0000000000000000-2222222222222222-0000000000000000-33333333-2222-5555
A-0000000000000000-0000000000000000-0000000000000000-11111111-0000-3333
D-0000000000000000------------------0000000000000000-------------------
“The wolves are closing in...”

Chorus 3: Guitar 1 & 2
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------7/99999999-10101010--------------------------
D-000---000---000---000---x/xxxxxxxx--x-x-x-x--------------------------
A-000---000---000---000---5/77777777--8-8-8-8--------------------------
D-000---000---000---000------------------------------------------------

Verse 2, Part 2: Guitar 2(part 1 is the same as verse 1)
e-8-8-8/7-8-8-88/5--7-7-7/5-7-7-77/3--5-5-5p0-5-5-55--2-2-2/3-3-3-33---
B-x-x-x-x-x-x-xx----x-x-x-x-x-x-xx----x-x-x---x-x-xx--x-x-x-x-x-x-xx---
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-55----4-4-4-4-4-4-44----2-2-2---2-2-22--4-4-4-4-5-5-55---
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse 2, Part 2: Guitar 1
e-8888888888888888/7777777777777777/12121212121212121212121212121212/--
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

e-88888888/777777777---------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge 1: Guitar 1 (fingerpick this part)
e-10----7----8----12----10----14----15---------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--7----4----5-----9-----7----11----12---------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge 2: Guitar 1
e-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-12--12--12--12---15--
B--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--13--13--13--13---13
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge 2 continued...
e-15--8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-12--12--12--12--15--15---------------------------
B---13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--13--13--13--13--13--13-------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge 2: Guitar 2
e-8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3-----------------------
B-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----------------------
G-5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0-----------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro: Guitar 2
e-8--8--7--10--8--8--7--12--8--8--7--10--8--8--7--12-------------------
B-x--x--x---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x---x-------------------
G-5--5--4---7--5--5--4---9--5--5--4---7--5--5--4---9-------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro continued...
e-8p7—8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7---7-8-8-10-10-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------
B-x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x----------------------------------------
G-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
“Red roses...”

Outro: Guitar 1
e-8-8-8-7-7-8/10-10-8-8-8-7-7-8/12-12-8-8-8-7-7-8-8-7-8-8-8-8----------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro Riff: Guitar 1
e-12-12-12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7-----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------

I tabbed this song pretty close to how it should sound (the verse was slightly difficult) and all the parts are here...just listen to the song to get the order. 

Corrections/comments email me: thursdayboxcar18@yahoo.com
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