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A Perfect Circle The Package Track 1 Thirteenth Step Tabbed by Nick Deni
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 arent exact. Just listen to the song and youll know what to do. Any comments/questions/corrections, email me at nad83@adelphia.net. I wrote this 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 dont get the interference of notes since no two are ringing at the same time. There are other note variations as well, I guess it doesnt 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--99---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-5x5x-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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