Title: A Story About A Girl
Album: Gravity
Tuning: Standard Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
Transcribed by: Izzy
This is a great emo song off ‘Gravity’. I think it oughta be their next single.
Key:
~~~ = Vibrato
(no.) = Natural harmonic
b(no.) = Bend note to match pitch of (no.)
r = release bent note to original pitch
h = Hammer on
p = Pull off
x = Fret Hand mute
/ = Slide down
Intro riff (Clean electric, let ring)
——————————-|——————3—————-|
——————————-|———————————–|
—–5—–4—-5—–4—–5–|——5—–4————5—–4—| x2
——-3—–3—-3—–3——|—-5—5—–5——5—–5——-|
—5—–5—–5—-5—–5—-|–3——-3—–3——3—–3—–|
-3—————————–|———————————–|
there is a slight variation on the third time at the end of this riff:
——————————-|——————3—————-|
——————————-|———————————–|
—–5—–4—-5—–4—–5–|——5—–4————4—–5—|
——-3—–3—-3—–3——|—-5—5—–5——5—–5——-|
—5—–5—–5—-5—–5—-|–3——-3—–3——3—–3—–|
-3—————————–|———————————–|
Verse (Clean electric, hit the lower bass notes louder)
——————-|————————-|
——————-|————————-|
——————-|————————-|
–5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x–|–7/–3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3–| x4
–5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x–|–7/–3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3–|
–3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x–|–5/–1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1–|
G A F
Prechorus is divided into 2 parts:
Guitar 1 (Clean electric) plays intro riff x2
Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays verse riff x2
Chorus (exact rhythm not included, has some palm muting)
————————————————-|
———1—————————————|
–5——2—————————————|
–5——2—–3—–5————x–5/3–3——| x2
–3——0—–3—–5————x–5/3–3——|
–3————1—–3—(pause)–x–3/1–1——|
G/C Am F G F
Post 1st chorus riff
Guitar 1 (Dirty/distorted electric)
—————x————–x——————————|
—————x————–x—8b(10)–6h8p6–6~~-6~~~-6/-|
–10h12–10h12-x-10h12–10h12-x——————————|
—————x————–x——————————|
—————x————–x——————————|
—————x————–x——————————|
—————x————–x——————————————–|
—————x————–x—8b(10)–6h8p6–6~~-6b(8)r6—6———–|
–10h12–10h12-x-10h12–10h12-x——————————7—7–4b5r4/-|
—————x————–x——————————————–|
—————x————–x——————————————–|
—————x————–x——————————————–|
Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays the verse twice.
I’ll update this tab for the rest of the song soon, cuz i’m not a good lead guitar player, and this song
too many licks going in the background. Also, there’s a solo somewhere, so I’ll need more time. But you can
with these parts for now!
