Artist: SikTh
Title: Hold My Finger
Album: The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild
Tabber: a_guy_called_richard@hotmail.com
Tuning: Drop D, down half a step (C# G# C# F# A# D#) Low to High
Sorry that the tab is so confusing, there is no easy way to
write this down.
PM me if you want to work on more SikTh stuff.
Intro:
Guitar 1:
|-----------------|
|---------0h7-----|
|-------------0h8-|
|-0h7-0h8---------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Guitar 2:
|---------------------|
|-----------0h14------|
|----------------0h15-|
|-0h14-0h15-----------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
play those a few times
Both:
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-0-0---0----|
|-0-0---0----|
|-0-0---0----|
PM.
Verse:
Both Guitars:
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3----3-3-3------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2----0-|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2--0-0-|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2--0-0-|
PM .
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3----3--/--16-16-16-16-16---------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
PM .
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------0---|
|---------------------------------------------------------0---|
|-222222222222222255555555000077772222222222222027555555550---|
v v v v v v v v v
|----------------------2-2------------------------|
|-------2---2---2------6-6----2---2---2---2-------|
|-------5---5---5-------------5---5---5---5-------|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
Parts with v's played by guitar 2.
v v v v v
|----------------------2-2-|
|-------2---2---2------6-6-|
|-------5---5---5----------|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
Very slight pause for the bass.
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3----3-3-3------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2----0-|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2--0-0-|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2--0-0-|
PM .
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3----3--/--16-16-16-16-16---------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3----3-3-3------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2----0-|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2--0-0-|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2--0-0-|
PM .
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3----3--/--16-16-16-16-16---------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2--/--14-14-14-14-14-0-------|
Guitar playes this over the top of the second
time through that riff
Guitar 2:
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
|-5---6---5---6---5---6---5--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
for a bit.
then both guitars go back to:
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|---------------------------------------------------------0---|
|---------------------------------------------------------0---|
|-222222222222222255555555000077772222222222222027555555550---|
on second time guitar 2 plays:
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----0--0-|
|-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-----6--6-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
something along those lines
then both guitars back to:
v v v v v v v v v
|----------------------2-2------------------------|
|-------2---2---2------6-6----2---2---2---2-------|
|-------5---5---5-------------5---5---5---5-------|
|---3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
|---3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
|---3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
Parts with v's played by guitar 2.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/sikth/54086.html ]
v v v v v
|----------------------2-2-|
|-------2---2---2------6-6-|
|-------5---5---5----------|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
Then...
Guitar 1:
|-----------------|
|---------0h7-----|
|-------------0h8-|
|-0h7-0h8---------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Guitar 2:
|---------------------|
|-----------0h14------|
|----------------0h15-|
|-0h14-0h15-----------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
Then after that...
Guitar 1:
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-4----4----4----4--2-3-4-|
|-4----4----4----4--2-3-4-|
|-4----4----4----4--2-3-4-|
Guitar 2:
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|----4----4----4----2-3-4-|
|----4----4----4----2-3-4-|
|----4----4----4----2-3-4-|
listen out for the pattern
Interlude:
Guitar 1:
|-----------------|
|---------0h7-----|
|-------------0h8-| Repeat alot of times
|-0h7-0h8---------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
after a while guitar 2 comes in with:
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5----7--br---5----8----10----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5--8-7--8-10-5----8----10----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Then:
Guitar 1:
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------| Repeat alot of times
|-5--------------------1------------------|
|-5--------------------1------------------|
|-5--------------------1------------------|
Guitar 2:
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5----7----7br-5-3---5-2-3-0-----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-5----8-7-8-8h10-8-7-3---5-2-3-0----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-12---7---10---5---8---7-5-3---5-2-3-0----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 holds the 1st fret until next part.
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------15-----br-------------------|
|-12--14--14b----15--15h17----------17-15----15h17----|
|-------------15-----------------------------------17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1: does some kind of pick scraping close to the
pickup until next part.
Guitar2:
|---------------15----------|
|-18-----16------------15---|
|---------------------------| x4
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
Guitar 1:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| x2
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-5-----7---8---7----1-------------|
Guitar 2: keeps playing previous part
at the end of that slide off all the notes and
take a well deserved pause.
Then this:
v v v v v v v v v
|----------------------2-2------------------------|
|-------2---2---2------6-6----2---2---2---2-------|
|-------5---5---5-------------5---5---5---5-------|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4---4---4---4---4---2-3-4-|
Parts with v's played by guitar 2.
v v v v v
|----------------------2-2-|
|-------2---2---2------6-6-|
|-------5---5---5----------|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
|-2-3-4---4---4---4---4-4--|
Then this:
Guitar 1:
|-5-3-0---0-----------------|
|-------5---0-3-0-----------|
|-----------------0---------|
|-------------------0-3-4-5-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
Guitar 2:
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0h12h14-0h9h12-0h5h7---------|
|----------------------0h3-4-5-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Both:
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-8p5p2-7p5p2-12p5p2-10p5p2-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
T T T T
Outro:
Both Guitars:
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|-2----2-2-2---2-2----2-----2-2-2---2-2----2---|
|-2----2-2-2---2-2----2-----2-2-2---2-2----2---|
|-2----2-2-2---2-2----2-----2-2-2---2-2----2---|
PM. . . . . . . . . . . . .
the timing is quite weird here,
just listen carefully.
Its been a long night.
The Legend
