Vital Signs: Tablature

By J-Punk (kalwin@seidata.com)

Excerpted from Fretplay.

Notes: This is kind of 2 guitars for 1. Guitar 1 (the top 3 strings) is clean with chorusing. Guitar 2 (the bottom 3 strings) is distorted. I supplied the counting. (This one’s tricky.)

INTRO

(fade in) intro fill
1 2 3 4 1(2)+ + + 1 2 (3,4)
e:—8-8-8-8–|-8—6-3-4-|-4-1——|
B:—8-8-8-8-*|-8—6-3-4-|-4-1——|
G:4–8-8-8-8–|-8—7-3-5-|-5-1——|
D:4———–|———–|———-|
A:———–*|———–|———-|
E:————|———–|———-|

VERSE
2 4 2 + 1 3 1 + 4
e:-8-4-|-8-8-|-8-4-|-8-8-8-|
B:-8-4-|-8-8-|-8-4-|-8-8-8-|
G:-8-5-|-8-8-|-8-5-|-8-8-8-|
D:—–|—–|—–|——-|
A:—–|—–|—–|——-|
E:—–|—–|—–|——-|

Play verse x5 (fill to prechorus 5th x, I can’t figure it out)

PRECHORUS
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e:—————–|——————|
B:—————–|—————–*|
G:—————–|——————|
D:-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8——-8–|
A:-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8—6—8-*|
E:-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-8—8-6–|

Play a few times, then
1 + + + + + 3
e:———–|———|
B:———–|———|
G:———–|———|
D:-6-6-13-13-|-13-12-8-|
A:-6-6-13-13-|-13-12-6-|
E:-4-4-11-11-|-11-10-6-|