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Tea Party
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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
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.
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