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IT'S A CRYING SHAME
As recorded by Muse
Words by Matt Bellamy - Though Not Written Out Co's You Cant Hear Him Sometimes
Music by Muse
Arranged by VernonKay (Egrodyne) And Fidge
Transcribed by VernonKay (Egrodyne)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Matts Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Chris Bass'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Vocal Melody - Matt - U Knowz It!!!'
Intro
Q=138
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------4-4---|---------5-------|---------------4-|---------7-7-5-4--|
|-----7-----------|---7-------------|---------5-5-7---|-----7------------|
|-0-0---0-0-----0-|-0---0-0---0-6-7-|-----7-----------|-5-5---5----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0---0---------|------------------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------------4-|---------7-7-5-4-|
|-----7-----------|-----7-----------|---------5-5-7---|-0-0-7-0---------|
|-0-0---0---0-6-7-|-0-0---0---0-6-7-|-----7-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0---0---------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------------4-|---------7-7-5-4-|
|-----7-----------|-----7-----------|---------5-5-7---|-0-0-7-0---------|
|-0-0---0---5-6-7-|-0-0---0---5-6-7-|-----7-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0---0---------|-----------------|
A5 G5G#A5D5A5G5 A5 G5G#A#D5A5G5 A5 G5G#A5D5A5G5 A5 G5G#A5D5A5G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------7-----|-----------7-----|-----------7-----|-----------7-----|
|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|
|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|
Verse
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A5 G5G#A5D5A5G5 A5 G5G#A5D5A5G5 D5 C5C#D5E5D5C5 D5 C5C#D5E5D5C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------7-----|-----------7-----|-7-7-5-6-7-9-7-5-|-7-7-5-6-7-9-7-5--|
|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|-5-5-3-4-5-7-5-3-|-5-5-3-4-5-7-5-3--|
|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5S4-4-4-4S|=5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5S4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3S2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3S2-2-2-2S=|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A5 G5G#A5D5A5G5 A5 G5G#A5D5A5G5 D5 C5C#D5E5D5C5 D5 C5C#D5E5D5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4b5r5-|
|-----------7-----|-----------7-----|-7-7-5-6-7-9-7-5-|-7-7-5-6-7-9-------|
|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-7-5-6-7-5-7-5-|-5-5-3-4-5-7-5-3-|-5-5-3-4-5-7-------|
|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|-5-5-3-4-5---5-3-|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9-9S7-7S5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5S4-4-4-4S|=5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5S4-4-4---4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-7S5-5S3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3S2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3S2-2-2---2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-----4b5r5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-----4b5r5-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-----|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-----|
|-----------------|---------3-3-------|-----------------|---------3-3-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-----4b5r5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-----|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|---------3-3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9S=7--7--7--7S|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--7--7--7--7S=5--5--5--5S|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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Am
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9S7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7S5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7S9-9-9-9S|=5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7S|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7S|=3-3-3-3S5-5-5-5S|
|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
F/C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9S10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7S=8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bridge
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-------|---------5-------|
|-----7-----------|-----7-----------|
|-0-0---0---0-6-7-|-0-0---0---0-6-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9S|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7S|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------4-|--------------7--7--5--4--|
|--------------5--5--7----|--0--0--7--0--------------|
|--------7----------------|--------------------------|
|--0--0-----0-------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12S|=11-11-11-11-11-11S12-12--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S|==9--9--9--9--9--9S10-10S=|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------5-------|---------5-------|
|--------7------------|-----7-----------|
|--0--0-----0---5-6-7-|-0-0---0---0-6-7-|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E W
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-11-11-11-11S9-9-9-9-|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|--9--9--9--9S7-7-7-7-|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------4-|--------------7--7-5-4-|
|--------------5--5--7----|--0--0--7--0-----------|
|--------7----------------|-----------------------|
|--0--0-----0-------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12S14-14S|=11-11-11-11-11-11-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10S12-12S|==9--9--9--9--9--9-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D.S. al Coda
~
W W W W
|----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|-7b9r=========|
|-9--------|-9b9.5r=======|=9b11r=======|=9------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
Outro
&
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||----------5-------|---------5-------|---------------4-|---------7-7-5-4---||
||------7-----------|-----7-----------|---------5-5-7---|-0-0-7-0-----------||
||o-0-0---0---0-6-7-|-0-0---0---0-6-7-|-----7-----------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-0-0---0---------|-------------------||
A5
E E E H E W
|--------------|------*|
|--------------|------*|
|--------------|------*|
|-7-7----------|------*|
|-7-7----------|------*|
|-5-5S0--------|------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
