Artist: Cursive
Song: Sink To The Beat
Album: Burst and Bloom EP
Tabbed by: Josh Bartlett
Tuning is a full step 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)
D -----------------------------------------------|
A ------3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------|
F ------x------x------x------x-------------------|
C ------3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------|
G -----------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------|
This next part is picking, not strums
CHORUS 1:49
D -------------------------------------------------|
A -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----------|
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 -----------------------------------------------|
A -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5--5--1---0-----------------|
F -------------------------x---x-----------------|
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 -----------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/cursive/206890.html ]
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 its a third guitar that comes in, Im
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
D -----------------------------------------------------|
A -----3~-----5~-----1~-----0~-------------------------|
F ----x------x------x------x---------------------------| x2
C ---3~-----5~-----1~-----0~---------------------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS 2:58
D --------------------------------------------------|
A -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------------|
F --------------------------------------------------|
G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------------|
C --------------------------------------------------|
D --------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS 3:04
D ---------------------------------------------------|
A -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1----0----------------------|
F -----------------------x----x----------------------|
G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1----0----------------------|
C ---------------------------------------------------|
D ---------------------------------------------------|
Then theres a pick scrape part at 3:11, Im
sure of the chord.
Then comes the final part at 3:24:
FINAL CHORUS 3:24 (Play till end)
D ---------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
F ------------------------------7-7-7----------------|
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-----------------------------------------|
