POISON ARROW

tabbed by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

Thurston: DDAF#AD (right)
Lee: DDDDAA (left)
Kim: DDAF#AD (middle)

THURSTON'S PART:

intro:

D----12-X-X-15-x-18-18------------------- 
A-------X-X------------------------------                
F#---12-X-X-15-x-18-18-------------------                 
A--0-12-----15---18-18-------------------                 
D--0---------------------17-17-17-15-15--
D--0----------------------0--0--0--0--0--

then:

D--------
A--------
F#--12--- stab at that chord (or similar open D)
A---12---
D---0----
D---0----

then:

D------------------
A------------------
F#-----------------
A---15-15-15-15-15- 
D---15-15-15-15-15-
D---15-15-15-15-15-...

and:

D----5-----12--
A----5-----10--
F#---5-----10--
A----5-----10--
D----5-----10--
D----5-----10--

then:

D---------7--
A---------9--
F#--7-----0--
A---7-----9--
D---7-----9--
D---7--------

then:

D------10-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-----10-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--
A------10-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-----10-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--
F#-----10-10-10-10--10-12-10--12-12-----10-10-10-10--10-12-10--12-10--
A---10-------------------------------10------------------------------- 
D---10-------------------------------10------------------------------- 
D---10-------------------------------10-------------------------------  

and repeat it all!

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LEE'S PART:

first riff is just him strumming behind the bridge while bringing the vibrato bar up and down

next part is just staccato open Ds

the build-up chord is this:

A--3--
A--3--
D--3-- 
D--3--  but play behind the bridge
D--3--
D--3--

for the next part fret these chords but play behind the bridge:

A---5------10--
A---5------10--
D---5------10-- this is the "paintings they fall off the wall" bit
D---5------10--
D---5------10--
D---5------10--

then, still picking behind bridge:

A--7-----12--
A--7-----12--
D--7-----12--
D--7-----12-- this is the "now i remember what i meant to be" part
D--7-----12--
D--7-----12--


then hold this chord while playing behind the bridge:

A--10--
A--10--
D--10--
D--10-- this is the "who shot the poison arrow" bit
D--10--
D--10--

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KIM'S PART:

first riff:

D------------------------------------
A------------------------------------
F#-----------------------------------
A----12-12-12-15-17--17-17-17-17-17--
D----12-12-12-15-17--17-17-17-17-17--
D----12-12-12-15-17--17-17-17-17-17--

then open Ds for the stabby parts, and build on:

D---------------
A---------------
F#--------------
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-
D---3-3-3-3-3-3-
D---3-3-3-3-3-3- etc

then (verse):

D------------
A------------
F#-----------
A--5-----10--
D--5-----10--
D--5-----10--

then ("now i remember what i meant to be"):

D-----------
A-----------
F#----------
A---7----9--
D---7----9--
D---7----9--

"who shot the poison arrow":

D--------------------------
A--------------------------
F#-------------------------
A----10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
D----10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
D----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-- etc

she does a lot of weird wah-vol stuff at the end of parts so listen for that too...

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