If This Ship Sinks (I Give In) Birds of Tokyo
If This Ship Sinks (I Give In) - Birds of Tokyo
All guitars tuned standard.
a.
00:00-00:27
Piano (second and third time only)
|--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |.-------------------------------------------------------| |.-------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------7---------------------| |--0-------------------------------0---------------------|
Guitar 1 (reverb and delay)
|------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |.-4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3---4-----4-----6---8-----9-----9---| |.---6-6---6-6---6---6-6---6-6---6---6-6---6-6---8---9-9---9-9---9-| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Piano
|--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------.| |-------------------------------------.| |-6------------------------------------| |-4------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 Third ending (00:28-00:31)
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-4-----4-----4---6---3-----3-----3---.|-4-----4-----4---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |---6-6---6-6---6---8---6-6---6-6---6-.|---6-6---6-6---6---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
b.
00:31-00:52
Piano (played same rhythm as the snare drum, not positive on the chords)
|------------------------| |------------------------| |.-4---4--4---3---3--3--.| |.-6---6--6---4---4--4--.| |------------------------| |--0---0--0---0---0--0---|
Guitar 1 (distortion, reverb, delay)
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-1212121212121212111111111111111112121212121212121414141416161717-
|.-----------------------------------------------------------------| |.-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-91111111113131414-| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (distorted)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |.-----------------------------------------------------------------.| |.-2--------9------------------------------------------------------.| |--2-(x8)---7-(x8)--------------------------------------------------| |--0--------0-------------------------------------------------------|
Piano
|---------------| |---------------| |.-4----4---4--.| |.-6----6---6--.| |---------------| |--4----4---4---|
Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------|-----| |-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--|-16--| |-------------------------------------------------.|-----| |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-.|-13b-| |--------------------------------------------------|-----| |--------------------------------------------------|-----|
Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------|-----| |--------------------------------------------------|-----| |-------------------------------------------------.|-----| |-6-----------------------------------------------.|-----| |-6-(x16)------------------------------------------|-----| |-4------------------------------------------------|-----|
c.
00:52-01:13
Piano
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------|--------------------------------------------| |.------------------.|-------------------------------------------.| |.-9----------------.|-6-----------------------------------------.| |--7-----------------|-6------------------------------------------| |--0-----------------|-4------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 (crunch) 1st end 2nd end
|--------------------|----------|--------|-------------------------| |--------------------|----------|--------|-------------------------| |.------------------.|----------|-------.|-------------------------| |.------------------.|----------|-8-8/9-.|-6-----------------------| |--------------------|----------|--------|-6--(x16)----------------| |--0-(x13)---2-2-2---|-4-(x13)--|-6-6/7--|-4-----------------------|
pm pm
Guitar 2
(same as 1)
play b once, then c
d.
01:45-1:58
Guitar 1 (reverb and delay) (11s and 12s) b
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------9911~-| |/999777--------------------------999777-------------------9991111111212------| |-----------------999888--------------------------999111111-------------------| |-------9999996699------6664444666------9999996699----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (distorted)
|---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |4--------6------------------6----------------| |4--------6----6--------2----6--------6-------| |2--------4----6--------2----4--------6-------| |--------------4--------0-------------4-------|
e.
01:59-02:19
Guitar 1 (distortion)
|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |.-16-------15-------16-------15--------.| |.-x--------x--------x--------x---------.| |--14-(x8)--13-(x8)--14-(x8)--13-(x24)---| |--0--------0--------0--------0----------|
Guitar 2 (distortion)
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |.-----------------------------------------------.| |.-2--------9--------2--------9--------6---------.| |--2--(x8)--7--(x8)--2--(x8)--7--(x8)--6--(x16)---| |--0--------0--------0--------0--------4----------|
f.
02:20-2:46
Guitar 1 (distortion) 1st end 2nd end
|----------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------| |-9-------11------13------15------16-----|-15------|-15------16------18------| |-x-(x8)--x-(x8)--x-(x8)--x-(x5)--x-(x3)-|-x-(x16)-|-x--(x8)-x--(x4)-x--(x5)-| |-7-------9-------11------13------14-----|-13------|-13------14------16------| |----------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
Guitar 2 (distortion) 1st end 2nd end
|-------------------|---------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------|---------------------------| |-2--------9--------|-6-------|-8-------9999--11111111-11-| |-2-(x16)--7--(x16)-|-6-(x16)-|-8-(x8)--9999--11111111-11-| |-0--------0--------|-4-------|-6-------7777--9-9-9-9--9--|
g.
02:47-03:16
Piano
|------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5-4-----------------5--------------------------------------------| |-----6-4-1-----4-----6--------------------------------------------| |---------2-----6-----6--------------------------------------------| |---------2-----6-----4--------------------------------------------| |---------0-----4--------------------------------------------------|
03:16-end
Piano
|------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------5--------------------------------------------| |---------1-----4-----6--------------------------------------------| |---------2-----6-----6--------------------------------------------| |---------2-----6-----4--------------------------------------------| |---------0-----4--------------------------------------------------|
Acoustic Guitar (Ian does this live)
|---------0-----4-----4-----------------------------------------------| |---------0-----4-----5-----------------------------------------------| |---------1-----4-----6-----------------------------------------------| |---------2-----6-----6-----------------------------------------------| |---------2-----6-----4-----------------------------------------------| |---------0-----4-----4-----------------------------------------------|
[E] [G#] [C#]
I'm not going to tab out the variations to the violin melody, but it is mostly just
tooling around in E major. I hope someone finds this helpful, it isn't 100% correct but
pretty close.
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| .
| . repeat
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
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