Pain Of Salvation - Idiocracy
Transcribed by Travis Lausch
It was actually a more difficult song to transcribe than I thought, as the intro riffs
two guitars playing what one guitar usually could, as well as the intense layering of
in the verses and choruses. I basically tabbed out what I could, so apologies if
vital is missing. I know I kinda skipped the ending with the acoustic guitar solo and
but it's pretty buried in the piano, so I couldn't quite pick it all out.
Played on seven string guitar tuned (low to high) A E A D G B E
Intro
Gtr. 1 (right)
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-----[7]------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|Gtr. 2 (left) Play twice
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------[5]--|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
Palm mute all open strings for rest of intro.
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------[7]------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--0----0----0----0---------|--0----0----0----0--------------|
| Play four times, except
last bar on final repeat.
| Replace harmonics with
muted rakes.
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------[5]--|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----0----0----0----0-------|----0----0----0----0------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------9---10----|
|----------------------x---x-----|
|----------------------7---8-----|
|--0----0----0----0--------------|
|--0----0----0----0--------------|
| Play eight times with muting and staccato on octave chords
| Play another eight times louder and without staccato
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------------------------9----10-|
|------------------------x----x--|
|------------------------7----8--|
|----0----0----0----0------------|
|----0----0----0----0------------|
w/wah-like effect
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--5----5----5----5--------|
|--------------------------|
| Play four times.
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|----5----5----5----5------|
|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------9-9-10-10------------------------------------|
|----------------------------x-x-x--x-----------------------------x\\\\\--|
|--0-------------------------7-7-8--8-----------------------------x\\\\\--|
|--0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------|
Verse
clean w/wah effect
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-----10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|clean w/wah effect
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--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--|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-----12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--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--|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
After repeating, Gtr. 1 hits a low A and then plays a fill kind of like this:
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--7-7-8p7-7-8p7-7-8p7-7-8p7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
This fill reappears many times in the song, sometimes with an altered rhythm.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/pain-of-salvation/177909.html ]
Lead before chorus
w/dist. *
|--12----------------12--13------------------|--11---------------11--10---13b14.5--------|
|---------10---------------------12----------|---------9---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
*Bend up to an arbitrary pitch somewhere around 1/2 step or 1 step from F.
Chorus
Both guitars clean, probably with piezo pickup.
(this part I'm still not 100% sure on, but this sounds correct to me)
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--17tr--------------------------15tr--20tr---|--17tr---------------------13tr-----15tr--13tr---|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--10tr-------5-5tr--------------------10tr---|--10tr----5-5tr-----8tr----8tr--7tr-5tr--3tr-----|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
There's probably a million more layers of guitar, but they're buried under vocals,
bass and percussion.
After repeating chorus:
w/dist
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--18tr--------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|--0----0----0----0------|
|--------------------|--0----0----0----0------|
|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--10tr--------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|----0----0----0----0----|
|--------------------|----0----0----0----0----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------9---10----|
|----------------------x---x-----|
|----------------------7---8-----|
|--0----0----0----0--------------|
|--0----0----0----0--------------|
| Play four times with muting and staccato on octave chords
| Play another four times louder and without staccato
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------------------------9----10-|
|------------------------x----x--|
|------------------------7----8--|
|----0----0----0----0------------|
|----0----0----0----0------------|
w/wah-like effect
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--5----5----5----5--------|
|--------------------------|
| Play twice
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|----5----5----5----5------|
|--------------------------|
Then play from verse parts, through to end of chorus.
Outchorus:
(both guitars)
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--2-----------|--2-----------|--5-----------|--7-----------|
|--2-----------|--2-----------|--5-----------|--7-----------|
|--0-----------|--0-----------|--3-----------|--5-----------|
|--0-----------|--0-----------|--3-----------|--5-----------|
|--0-----------|--0-----------|--3-----------|--5-----------|
Guitar solo
(w/outchorus played under)
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--20b22--r20-17-17------|--20b22--20---17-17--20--|--19b20---19---17-------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------19--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--19b21--r19-17-17------|--19b21--19---17-17--19b21--19b21---19---17---16--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------22b24---|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--20b22--r20-17-17---b22r20-17-20---------|--20b22--20---17-17--20--|--19b20---19---17-------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------19--|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------20b22---|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--19b21--r19-17-17---b21r19-17-19---------|--19b21--19---17-17--19b21--19b21---19---17---16--|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
After solo
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------2------|------------------2------|------------------5------|------------------7|
|------------------2------|------------------2------|------------------5------|------------------7|
|--0---0---0---0----------|--0---0---0---0----------|--3---3---3---3----------|--5---5---5---5---|
|--0---0---0---0----------|--0---0---0---0----------|--3---3---3---3----------|--5---5---5---5----|
|--0---0---0---0----------|--0---0---0---0----------|--3---3---3---3----------|--5---5---5---5----|
with variations on the rhythm I'm too lazy to tab out.
Outro is all piano and a bit of acoustic guitar soloing. It's all based in the A minor
boxes at the fifth and tenth frets, and is quite buried beneath the piano, making it
to transcribe at this time.
