Artist: Sleeping With Sirens
Song: If I’m James Dean, Then You’re Audrey Hepburn
Album: With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear
Tuning: Drop C#
C# G# C# F# A# D#
Repeat this twice
|---------/3h5p3--------------|
|----------------5-3----------|
|--------------------4h5p4----|
|-5/7777-------------------5--|
|-5/7777----------------------|
|-5/7777----------------------|
End in
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------------------17----19/21----|
|-10----14----17-------17----------|
|-12-x6-15-x6-19-x6----------------|
|----------------------------------|
Rhythm plays this
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------5---5---5---5---------|
|-7777--9---9---9---9---9-7-----|
|-7777--------------------------|
|-7777--------------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-3-----7----5-------|
|-3-x16-7-x8-5-x8----|
|-3-----7----5-------|
Before the verse
|-----------------------|-Rhythm/background-|
|----17-15-12-13--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--tremolo-picking------|-------17----------|
|-----------------------|-------19-x32------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
Listen carefully, this is how it’s actually played (no, i’m not trolling). Use Audacity
or listen to it without vocals (or plug your headphones only halfway into your ipod to
remove vocals)
|------0---------------------|
|-1----1-x8-1----1----1------|
|-2-x8-2----2----4-x4-2-x4---|
|-3---------3-x8-------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Pre-chorus
|------5---7h8p7-------|--------|
|--------5-------8p5---|-Rhythm-|
|----5---------------7-|--------|
|--7-------------------|---7----|
|----------------------|---7----|
|------let-ring--------|---7----|
Chorus (Rhythm chords), play whichever you like
The first one is rhythm + lead combined and in my opinion
sounds better
|-fuller-sound-|-simpler---|
|--------------|-----------|
|--5-9--12-----|-------4---|
|--7-10-14-12--|-3-7-5-5---|
|--3-7--10-10--|-3-7-3-2---|
|--3-7--10-9---|-3-7-------|
Background (Actual lead guitar)
|-------------------------|
|--8----------------------|
|--9-x48--9----7----------|
|--------10-x8-9-x8-------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
Towards the end of the chorus
|--/12--12/15--15/17--17-15-------------------------------------|
|-----13-----17-----17------17-18-17-15---/15-------------------|
|---------------------------------------17----17-16-/16-/16-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------19~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Background (pre-breakdown riff)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/sleeping-with-sirens/279062.html ]
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------5-5-----------5-5-------|
|-7-7--9-9--7---7-7--9-9^------|
|-7-7-------7-777-7------------|
|-7-7-------7-777-7------------|
Breakdown
Only play one panic chord (the bent one) the second time
|--------------------------|
|------6-6-----------6-6---|
|------9-9-----------9-9^--|
|-7-7-------7---7-7--------|
|-7-7-------7-777-7--------|
|-7-7-------7-777-7--------|
|-------19-15-------------19-15/19--|
|-----17-----17---------17----------|
|---17---------17--17-19------------|
|-19-------------19-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Last time around
|-------19-15--------------------------|
|-----17-----17---------17-20----------|
|---17---------17--17-19---------------|
|-19-------------19-----------x-x-x-x--|
|-----------------------------x-x-x-x--|
|-----------------------------x-x-x-x--|
Chorus (Rhythm chords), play whichever you like
The first one is rhythm + lead combined and in my opinion
sounds better
|-fuller-sound-|-simpler---|
|--------------|-----------|
|--5-9--12-----|-------4---|
|--7-10-14-12--|-3-7-5-5---|
|--3-7--10-10--|-3-7-3-2---|
|--3-7--10-9---|-3-7-------|
Background (Actual lead guitar)
|-------------------------|
|--8----------------------|
|--9-x48--9----7----------|
|--------10-x8-9-x8-------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
Bridge
|-----Let-ring----------|
|-----------------------|
|---5----------5--------|
|-9---9------9---9------|
|-------8----------8----|
|-----------------------|
|--------Let-ring----------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---5-------------5--------------|
|-9---9---9-----9---9---9--------|
|-------8-------------8----------|
|--------------------------------|
|-----------15-----------15---12----12--|
|------12h13--------12h13-------15------|
|-12h14--------12h14--------------17----|
|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------Let-ring-|
|---------------------------------------|
Background riff (took forever to decipher but here it is!)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------12p10-9p0-9p0-9h10p9\7p0------7p0-9h10h12-|
|-12p0-10p0-10h12-12p0-10p0--------------------------10p0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------12p10-9p0-9p0-9h10p9/14p0-12p0-10\9p0-9/10-|
|-12p0-10p0-10h12-12p0-10p0--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Or repeat the chorus til the song ends
*Sorry if any of this was hard to understand / follow*
