Ed, the lead singer + guitarist in Crossfade plays in Drop B (Drop D, 1.5 steps down)
NOTE!: This Tab is far from perfect, but its a great starting point
NOTE!: For the sake of easier reading of my tab, I will include measures in the tab (for
of you who don't know what that does, each box in the tab[ie |----| ] is worth 4 beats)
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DROP B TUNING VERSION
INTRO (0:00 - 0:12) (The intro is played as a clean, treble-y guitar, somewhere in these
chords,C9 + E9)
vvvv vvvvv Personally, I play this vvvvvv
C#|------| |-------------------|------------------------|-----|
G#|------| |*------------------|------------------------|----*|
E |------| |-------------------|------------------------|-----|
B |-3--7-| |------3-----5------|-------8------7-8---8--7|-----|
F#|-1--5-| |*----1----1----1---|----5-----5---------5--5|----*|
B |-1--5-| |--1----------------|-/5-----------------5--5|-----|
I've been changing, but you'll never see me now
Yeah, just kind of play around with it
PRE-VERSE (0:13-0:22)(heavy distortion and LOTS of treble)
C#|----------------|------------------|
G#|*---------------|-----------------*|
E |----------------|------------------|
B |------3~-----1~-|-----7~-----8~----|
F#|*-1-1-1~-1-1-1~-|-5-5-5~-5-5-5~---*|
B |--1-1-1~-1-1-1~-|-5-5-5~-5-5-5~-8\-|
VERSE (0:23-0:39 (the rhythm is very hard to tab, so bear with me)
C#|------------------|--------------------------|
G#|------------------|--------------------------|
E |------------------|--------------------------|
B |------3--3--3--33-|-----------7--7--7--7--77-| x4
F#|------1--1--1--11-|-----------5--5--5--5--55-|
B |------1--1--1--11-|-----------5--5--5--5--55-|
No more holding it in, how many years can i pretend?
PRE-CHORUS (0:40-0:46)
C#|-----------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|
B |--------------------3--3--3--33--3-|
F#|--------------------1--1--1--11--1-|
B |--------------------1--1--1--11--1-|
That what I'm looking for are the answers,
C#|-----------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|
B |---7---7---7---77---7---7-------3~-|
F#|---5---5---5---55---5---5-------3~-|
B |---5---5---5---55---5---5-------3~-|
To why these questions never go away
CHORUS (0:47-1:05) (i'm not going to bother writing the rhythm; its very easy....just
slide between chords here...)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/alan-parsons/127949.html ]
C#|---------|------|--------|------------------|----------------|-------|
G#|---------|------|--------|------------------|----------------|-------|
E |---------|------|--------|------------------|----------------|-------|
B |(3)--(3)-|3-3-3/|/-7-7-7\|\-3----3-----3---/|/-7-----7---7--\|\----3-|
F#|(3)--(3)-|1-1-1/|/-5-5-5\|\-1----1-----1---/|/-5-----5---5--\|\----1-|
B |(3)--(3)-|1-1-1/|/-5-5-5\|\-1----1-----1---/|/-5-----5---5--\|\----1-|
I'm so far away! I've been changing, but you'll..see me now
PRE-VERSE (1:06-1:14)
VERSE (1:15-1:32)
PRE-CHORUS (1:33-1:37)
CHORUS (1:38-1:56)
BRIDGE PT 1 (1:57-2:05) (just play the intro again for this)
BRIDGE PT 2 (2:06-2:24) (again, i'm not showing the rhythm..just kinda do a ton of
ons and pull offs for the chords...)
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
C#|----------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
G#|----------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
E |----------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
B |-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|-12-12--12-12-1212|-12-12--12-12-1212|
F#|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|-12-12--13-13-1313|-12-12--13-13-1313|
B |-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|-12-12--12-12-1212|-12-12--12-12-1212|
C#|----------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
G#|----------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
E |----------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|
B |-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|8-8-3-3-8-8-3-3|-12-12--12-12-1212|-12-12--12-12-1212|
F#|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|8-8-3-3-8-8-3-3|-12-12--13-13-1313|-12-12--13-13-1313|
B |-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|8-8-3-3-8-8-3-3|-12-12--12-12-1212|-12-12--12-12-1212|
C#|------------------|-----------| |---------|-------|
G#|------------------|-----------| |---------|-------|
E |------------------|-----------| |---------|-------|
B |-7----7----7------|-3---3---3-| x6 then hold the |-3--3--3-|-------|
F#|-5----5----5------|-1---1---1-| |-1--1--1-|-------|
B |-5----5----5------|-1---1---1-| |-1--1--1-|-------|
Hey, hey watch me wave I'm so far..
CHORUS (2:54-3:13)
OUTRO (3:14-3:25) (again, just kind of hammer on and pull off...)
C#|----------------|-----------|---------------|------------|
G#|----------------|-----------|---------------|------------|
E |----------------|-----------|---------------|------------|
B |-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5----|3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5-----|
F#|-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5----|3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5-----|
B |-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5----|3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5|3-3-5-5-----|
So that's basically an outline of the song...you can come up with your own strum
and stuff...
