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(ver. 2)
A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle
The Package
Thirteenth Step

Tuning C# F# B E G# C#

This in my opinion is the best song off Thirteenth Step, hence my meticulous tab, I wanted it to be 
perfect. Most of this is just a basis ie.) strum patterns aren’t exact. Just listen to the song and you’ll 
in Microsoft Word, Courier, font size 8.

Legend:
/    Slide up
\    Slide down
x    Muted string
#x   Muted note
#p#  Pull-off
*    Natural Harmonic
@#   Pinch Harmonic

I used reverb throughout the entire song to give it that “mystic” sound APC has in every song, as well as 
15 gauge strings to give it a full sound.

I know this version is perfect. There is another tab on the site that is right with the notes throughout 
the Intro, but when you distort it, you don’t get the interference of notes since no two are ringing at 
the same time. There are other note variations as well, I guess it doesn’t really matter about those, 
you pick what sounds best.



Intro (0:00)
Guitar 1 – Clean
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---15--15--14--14--14--------17-----17------17--19-17----|
|-16--16--16--16--16--16-16-16---16-16--16-16--16-----16--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---15--15--14--14--14--------17-----17------17--17--17---|
|-16--16--16--16--16--16-16-16--16-16--16-16---16--16--16-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---15--15--14--14--14--------17-----17------17--19-17----|
|-----16--16--16--16--16-16-16---16-16--16-16--16-----16--| 
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---15--15--14--14--14-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-~-~-~-~|
|-16--16--16--16--16--16-16-16----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 – Clean (0:16)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-19---------------21-------------19-------------16-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


Verse #1 (0:31)
Guitar 1 – Clean
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18-18-18-18-18\16-16-16-16-16/19-19-19-19-19/21\18-18-18-18\16-16-16-16\11-11-^11^-11-|
|-16-16-16-16-16\14-14-14-14-14/17-17-17-17-17/19\16-16-16-16\14-14-14-14\-9--9-^-9^--9-|
|-----------------------------------------------^---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
				                                    	**Subtract at Verse Gap (1:33)


Guitar 2 - Clean – rhythm/volume change slightly

|--17----------------15---------------14------------------|  
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
**Slight delay at Verse Gap (1:33)**


Lead #1 – Guitar 2 – continue Verse #1
Guitar 1 Clean (2:20) – This is more of a “feel” riff – play what sounds good

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----15----15----14----14----14----------17-------17-------17----19----17--|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----15----15----14----14----14----------17-------17-------17----17----17--|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Fill #1 – Guitar 1 – same as Verse #1
Guitar 2 (2:51) - Clean

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------10-10-10-10--|
|---------------------17-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-11-11-11-11--x--x--x--x--|
|---------------------15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12--9--9--9—9---8—-8-—8---8-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-~-~-~-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse #2 - Guitar 1 – Same as Verse #1
Guitar 2 (3:06) – Clean 

|-----15------15------15------14------14------14------14------17------17------17------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12------12------12------11------11------11------11------14------14------14----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Lead #2 - Guitar 1 – Same as Lead #1
Guitar 2 (3:37)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21---|
|--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse #3
Guitars 1 & 2 - Distortion

|---------|
|---------|
|---------| Repeat as necessary
|-3-3-3-2-|
|-3-3-3-2-|
|-1-1-1-0-|

Raking Variations – Try the best you can, its hard to depict this
Guitar 2 - Distortion

#1 (4:08)     		 #2 (4:40)	  		 #3 (4:46)              
|---------| 		 |------------| 		 |-----------------|
|---------| 		 |------------| 		 |-----------------|  
|---------|		 |------------| 		 |-----------------|  
|--5x--5x-|	 	 |--5x--5x--2-|                  |--5x--5x---4x-4x-|  
|--5x--5x-| 		 |--5x--5x--2-| 		 |--5x--5x---4x-4x-|  
|--5x--5x-| 		 |--5x--5x--0-| 		 |--5x--5x---4x-4x-|  

#4 (5:58)                                        #5 (6:14)
|----------------------------------------|        |------------|
|----------------------------------------|        |------------|
|--5x-5x---5x-x-5x--5x-x-5x—5x-x-x-------|        |---x--------|
|--5x-5x---5x-x-5x--5x-x-5x-5x-x-x-------|        |---x-----2--|
|--5x-5x---5x-x-5x--5x-x-5x-5x-x-x-------|        |---x-5*--2--|
|--5x-5x---5x-x-5x--5x-x-5x-5x-x-x-5x-5x-|        |---x-----0--|


Solos
Guitar 1 – Certain riffs repeated at the end of the song

#1 (4:10)               #2 (4:18)               #3 (4:26)
|--------------------|   |------------------|    |-----------------------------|
|--------------------|   |------------------|    |-----------------------------|
|--------------------|   |------------------|    |----------------13-14-13-----|
|------7p6~-~-~-/9^--|   |-----7p6~-~-~-\@2-|    |-----7p6~-~-~/9--------------|
|--------------------|   |------------------|    |-----------------------------|
|-x-x----------------|   |-x-x--------------|    |-x-x--------------------12\--|
                          **make squeal by 
                          slightly lifting 
                     fingers while sliding back

#4 (4:34)            #5 (4:41)                                #6 (4:49)
|-----------------|   |----------------------------------|     |------------------------|
|-----------------|   |----------------------------------|     |------------------------|
|-----------------|   |----------------------13-14-------|     |------------------------|
|-----7p6~-~-~-\2-|   |-----7p6~-~-~/14~-~-~------12-----|     |-----7p9~-~-~-~Vol. Inc.|
|-----------------|   |----------------------------------|     |-------------&-Feedback-|
|-x-x-------------|   |-x-x--------------------------12\-|     |-x-x--------------------| 

Chorus #1 – Guitar 1 – Play Intro distorted
Guitar 2 – Distortion

|------------------------------------------|  |----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|  |----------------------------------------|
|-9-9/10\--------------7-7/9\--------------|  |-9-9/10\--------------9-7\--------------|
|-9-9/10\2----5---x-x--7-7/7\-2-----5-2-2--|  |-9-9/10\2----5---x-x--9-5\-2-----5-2-2--|
|-7-7/10\2----5---x-x--5-5/7\-2-----5-2-2--|  |-7-7/10\2----5---x-x--7-5\-2-----5-2-2--|
|--------0--x-3-0-x-x---------0---x-3-0-0--|  |--------0--x-3-0-x-x-------0---x-3-0-0--|

Chorus #2 (5:26) – Guitar 2 – Same as Chorus #1
Guitar 1 - Distortion

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--9-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


Outro (6:27)
Guitar 1 – Clean - Same as Intro, except variation shown here 
Used at (6:40), (6:58), (7:15)

|--------------------|
|--12-12--12-12--12--|
|--16-16-^17-17^-16--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|


Guitar 2 – Clean

|-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
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