Birth of the Economic Hitman - Circa Survive
Off of the album "Violent Waves"
Most of this album is in D standard, this song does drop the low E string to a C.
So: C G C F A D (Drop C)
This is a long song, but in general pretty unchallenging. Definitely fun to play
though, some cool chords. Any questions, feel free to message me or comment on the tab.
Main riff Ending #1
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------5-----5------------2------2-----------5----5-----|-------9---------7---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------7-7-----7----7---3-3------3-----3--7-7-----7----7----|--10------10/8-----8-------|
Ending #2
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--------9----------10-------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|---10----10/12-----12-------|
Gtr 2 (swells over main riff)
|----17-----15--------------------|
|-------------------17-----18-----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
"Uprising, within us..." (w/ delay, mute all d string notes) | Ending #1
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------5------6/-----|
|---------5--------5----------7-------7--------5------5------------|------------------------|
|--5h7-7----5-7-------5h-7-7----5-7-----5h7-7----5-7---------------|---5h7-7----7-7---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
Ending #2
|-------------------------|
|---5-------6-------8/----|
|-------------------------|
|------7-7----7-7---------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
(GTR 1 comes back in with main riff under this^)
"Our life, is more than a side-effect..." (both gtrs)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7~--5~--9~---7~----7~--5~--9~---3~---------------------|
|-----8~--7~--10~--8~----8~--7~--10~--5~---------------------|
|-----8~--7~--10~--8~----8~--7~--10~--5~---------------------|
CHORUS
Gtr 1: "We've become, everything we criticized..."
|-----------------------------|
|---3-----6-------5-------3---|
|---2-----5-------5-------3---|
|---0-----3-------5-------3---|
|---0-----3-------3-------1---|
|---0-----3-------------------| x2
Gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------14---12--14--12p10---10--12---10---------------10------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------12----12-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------12b13r12--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
"Nothing is sacred..."
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/circa-survive/332973.html ]
Gtr 1 plays chorus until Bb, then goes back to "Our life is more than a side-effect" (pre-chorus)
Gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15----15--|
|----15-----15-------15------17-----17--------17-----18-----18------18--------------------15-----|
|--------14--------14---14-------14--------14----14------14-------14----14-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cont'd
e|------15------17----17-----17-------13-------|
B|---15---15------15----15------15-------16b18-|
(hold this til verse2, releasing to 17 sometimes... listen to see what I mean)
Verse 2
Gtr 1 (Gtr 2 is same as Verse 1)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5h6------------------------------5h6p5-------------------------------10--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------5--7------7h9--------------|
|---5h7-------------5h7---10---8-----5h7-----------5h7---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7h9---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------10--8---5h7--7-7--5h7--7-7-5h7--7-7--5h7-7-7-7-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--|
Gtr 2 Comes in (fades)
|-----------------------------------17---------17---------17----|
|--17--------17---------17--------------15-15-----15-15---------|
|-----14-14-----14-14-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Goes through this rotation with essentially no new parts:
Prechorus
Extended Chorus
Bridge
Lick:
|---------12----12----12-...-|
|-----15----15---15------...-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Messed about with whammy pedal and such
Rhythm:
|--------------------|
|---3------5------3--|
|---2------5------3--|
|---0------5------3--|
|---0------3------1--|
|---0----------------|
Goes under "lick":
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------b9r7--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7b8---5--5/7-8--7p5/7b8------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm under "Nothing is sacred... not that it ever was"
|-----------------------------------------3h5--2--|
|--------------------8/-------------------3-------|
|--------------------7/-----3~------x-------------|
|--0------------x-----------x-------x-------------|
|--0------------x-----------1~------x-------------|
|--0----/5~-----x---------------------------------|
And that's it, minus a very incomprehensible chord at the very end.
