"Weak and Powerless"
Artist: A Perfect Circle (Jeordie White/Bass)
Album: Thirteenth Step
Tabbed by: Phillip Adrian Trujeque
The Low-Man for Guttwrench
http://www.Guttwrench.com
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Recipes, Corrections, thoughts or concerns...
Please feel free to email me @: [email protected]
**Note**
There are several licks in this song that I can't quite
make out at the moment considering I have no bass in-hand.
I suggest you clean out them ears and do your homework!!!
Tune down 3 semi-tones to C#.
Low to Hi = C# - F# - B - E
"Intro" = Played w/pick
160 bpm's (?)
6/4
A [-----] sl. sl. [-----]
E |------16-----------------h-p-----------------------------h-p--||
B |--14-------14----14-14-141514--14-14-14\12-12/14-14-14-141514-||
F#|--0-----(0)0--(0)0----(0)------0-(0)(0)-0--0-(0)-0----(0)-----||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||
(C)
E |------16------------------------------------------------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12/14-14--12/14--14-14-14-14---14-14-14||
G |--15---(15)--(15)-----------------------------------12-12-12--||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||
A . . . [-----]
E |------16-----------------h--------------------h-p-------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12^14-12/14-14141414-141514-14-14-12-14||
F#|--0-----(0)---------------------------------------------------||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||
(C) sl.
E |------16------------------------------------------------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12/14-14--12/14--14-14-14-14-/-17-17-17||
F#|--15---(15)--(15)---------------------------------------------||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||
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Verse I
Double Time
E (...or C# if you wanna get all technical n chit)
E |-----21-------------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------h-------------sl-----sl-------h---||
F#|19-------19---19-19----19-19^20-19----19-19\17-17/19-19-19^20-||
C#|0-------------------------------------------------------------||
V.I:Tillin' my own grave to keep me level...
E
E |--------------------------------------------------------------||
B |-----21--------------sl--------h-----------------h------------||
F#|19-------19--------17/19-19--17^19-19-19-19-19-17^19---h------||
C#|0----------------------------------------------------17^19-15-||
V.I:Jam another dragon down the hole... Diggin' to the...
E
E |--------------------------------------------------------------||
B |-----17--------sl---------sl-------------------h-----------h--||
F#|19-------19--17/19-19---17/19-19-19-19-19-19-19^20-19-19-17^19||
C#|0-------------------------------------------------------------||
V.I:Rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren... one that
E
E |-----21-------------------------------------------------------||
B |---------------------sl--------h-----------------h------------||
F#|19-------19--------17/19-19--17^19-19-19-19-19-17^19---h------||
C#|0----------------------------------------------------17^19-15-||
V.I:pushes me along, and leaves me so... despe-
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Chorus:I
A (A) C (C)
E |------------------| |------------------| ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|-12-12-12-12-12-12| 1x |-15-15-15-15-15-15| 1x ||
C#|------------------| |------------------| ||
- rate and . . .
E (E) D (D)
E |------------------| |------------------| ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-12-12-12-12-12-12| |-10-10-10-10-10-10| ||
ravenous... ous... so
A (A) C (C)
E |------------------| |------------------| |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-| |-8--8--8--8--8--8-| |
Weak and
E (E) D (D)
E |------------------| |------------------| ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-12-12-12-12-12-12| |-10-10-10-10-10-10| ||
powerless over you...
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VII/Break: 0:54 *Both guitar and bass parts
E here are played as one.
E |----21----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------------||
F#|19-------------19------19^20-19------19\17-17/19-----19^20||
C#|0------0--x-x-0-0--x-x-0---------x-x-------------x-x------||
...you!
E
E |-----21---------------------------------------------||
B |---------------------h------------------------------||
F#|19-------19--------19^20-19----19\17-17/19---h------||
C#|0-----------x-0-0---------x-x--------------17^19-15-||
E
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------||
F#|----------------------------7-----------------------||
C#|0-0---x-x-0-0---x-x-0-0-------0-0-----x-0-0----x-0-0||
VII:Someone feed the monkey while I . . .
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Chorus:II
A (A) C (C)
E |------------------| |------------------| ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|-12-12-12-12-12-12| 1x |-15-15-15-15-15-15| 1x ||
C#|------------------| |------------------| ||
- rate and . . .
E (E) D (D)
E |------------------| |------------------| ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10| ||
ravenous... ous... so
A (A) C (C)
E |------------------| |------------------| |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-| |-8--8--8--8--8--8-| |
Weak and
G (G) D (D)
E |------------------| |------------------| ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10| ||
powerless over you...
******************************************************************
E
E |---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
B |---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
F#|---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
C#|0--------|(0)--------|(0)--------|(0)-------||
Guitar-
Slack Tuning - Low to Hi = C# F# B E G# C#
C#|-------------0-||
G#|------------0--||
E |-----------5---||
B |----------7----||
F#|----0----0-----||
C#|-0-------------||
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Bridge: 1:39
A
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