The Halcyon Days - The Tea Party
Tuning: D A D G A D (from the official FAQ)
with Capo behind 4th fret.
Tab is done assuming capoed fret is zero.
i.e. capoed fret = 0 fret after that = 1 etc
Intro (capo behind 4th fret)
Oud (arranged for guitar) and steel string acoustic:
D|----||--------------------------------------------------|
A|----||--------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-||---2----2-3-2p0-----0-2-0-----------0---0h2p0---0-|
D|----||----------------3---------3-1---1-3---3-------3---|
A|----||--------------------------------------------------|
D|----||--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--1h3-1p0-----0-0-0h1p0---0-----0-0--0h1p0---0--|
A|------------------------3------------------3----|
D|----------0~----------------0~------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------||
D|------0-0--0h1p0---0--1h3-1p0--0h1p0---0-----||
A|-----------------3-------------------3-------||
D|--0~-------------------------------------0~~-||
When the singing starts 2 acoustic guitars start playing the same thing
as the oud. One 6 string and one 12 string. The 6 string is panned left
and the 12 string is on the right. The 12 string only plays the second
half of the pattern.
Verse
repeat intro then add this: (both guitars and oud)
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5---3--2--0---------0---0h2p0---0-2-3-2p0---0--------|
D|-------------------4----4---4-------4-----------4---1p0----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0~----------------------------------------------------0~-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0h1p0---0-----0-0-0h1p0---0--|
A|------------3-----------------3----|
D|----------------0~-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|------0-0-0h1p0---0-1h3-1p0--0h1p0---0-----|
A|----------------3------------------3-------|
D|--0~-----------------------------------0~~-|
Pre Chorus
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tea-party/44878.html ]
The acoustics just stum this: An electric with distortion plays
this:
D|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------|
A|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------|
G|--5---5--5--5---5--5--|<--x8 |----------------------------|
D|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------|
A|--x---x--x--x---x--x--| |--12p11\9-12p11\9-12/14-----|
D|--5---5--5--5---5--5--| |----------------------------|
Synth arranged for guitar plays this:
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
G|--5---4---2---0------------| x2
D|------------------3--------|
A|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
2nd Verse
Electric guitar with distortion:
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------0--0--3p1p0--0--0--0--0--3p1p0--0--0-----0--|
A|--------------------------------------------3-----|
D|--0~----------------------------------------------|
repeat this over with main verse
|-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------| x2
|--5------1----------0--0--3p1p0--0--0--0--0--3p1p0--0--0-----0--|
|--5------1------------------------------------------------3-----|
|--5------1------0~----------------------------------------------|
'til sleep comes down...
3nd Verse
Pre-Chorus (same as before)
Chorus - Synth and guitar arranged for guitar:
|-----------|----------0---0---0-------------|
|-----------|----------x---x---x-------------|
|-----------|----------7---5---3-------------| x2
|------3\2--|----------x---x---x--------3\2--|
|--4h5------|-(0)------5---3---1----4h5------|
|-----------|--0--0-0------------------------|
now I see a light...
4rd Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Solo
(~ = vibrato)
|----------------------------------------------|
|--9-----7-------------5--7--9-----------------|
|-----------7-r5----------------7--r5----------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--10--9--10--9--10b12~~~~-9--10--9--10--9--10b12~~~~~--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--6--7--6--7--6--7b9~~~~-6--7--6--7--6-----|
|----------------------------------------7--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14r12---14r12---14p12-10h12p10-9----|
|--9~~~~9b10r9--7--6--------------------------------------9--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Outro - play the heavy verse bit first and then play the intro.
