Tab:Falling

"Falling"
Guitar tablature
Artist	James Iha
Album	Be Strong Now
Transcriber	Obscured (talk)
Tuning	D♭ A♭ D♭ G♭ B♭ E♭

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Tab[edit source]

INTRO
                                 x5
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----/14-11-11-11-----9--11-11-11-|
|-4-4--------------7-7-------------|
|-4-4-/12-9--9--9--7-7-7-/9--9--9--|
|-4-4--0--0--0--0--7-7-0--0--0--0--|

|----------------------------------|
|---------------------15-15-15-15--|
|----------------------------------|
|-14-14-12-12-11-11-9-12-12-12-12--|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------|
|----------------------------------|

Then strum on this just before the verse
|--0--|
|--0--|
|--11-|
|-(0)-|
|--9--|
|--0--|


VERSE
                                    x2.5
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-11-11-14-11-11-12-11\-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-9--9--12-9--9--10-9-\-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|


CHORUS
                                 x4
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----/14-11-11-11-----9--11-11-11-|
|-4-4--------------7-7-------------|
|-4-4-/12-9--9--9--7-7-7-/9--9--9--|
|-4-4--0--0--0--0--7-7-0--0--0--0--|

|----------------------------------|
|---------------------15-15-15-15--|
|----------------------------------|
|-14-14-12-12-11-11-9-12-12-12-12--|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------|
|----------------------------------|

Then strum on this just before the verse
|--0--|
|--0--|
|--11-|
|-(0)-|
|--9--|
|--0--|


VERSE 2
                                    x1.5
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-11-11-14-11-11-12-11\-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-9--9--12-9--9--10-9-\-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


BRIDGE
                         x3.5
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-12-11-9-7--7------9-/11-11-|
|---------------7-7----------|
|-10-9--7-5--5--7-7-7-/9--9--|
|-0--0--0-0--0--7-7-0--0--0--|

Then strim on this a bit..
|-5-|
|-3-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
|-X-|
|-5-|


And then play the following little riffs

 Guitar1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-14-14\12-12\11-11-|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|


 Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-14-14\12-12\11-11-|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|
|Guitar 2
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-11b12r11-9-9\6/7--|
|-------------------|
|-9-b10r9--7-7\4/5--|
|-0--------0-0--(0)-|


 Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-14-14\12-12\11-11-|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|


 Guitar 1
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-14-14\12-12\11-11-|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|
|-0--0-----0-----0--|
|Guitar 2
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-7-7-6-6-4-4-------|
|-------------------|
|-5-5-4-4-2-2p0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|


INTERLUDE

 Guitar 1
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-----7/9---9/11-11/12-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|Guitar 2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-7/9-9/11-11/12-12/14-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


 Guitar 1
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-7/9-9/11-11/12-12/14-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|Guitar 2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-7/9-9/11-11/12-12/14-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


 Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-9/11-11/12-12/14-14/16-16\14-14\12-12\11-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|Guitar 2
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-7/9---9/11-11/12-12/14-14\12-12\11-11\9--|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


 Guitar 1
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-11/12-12/14-14/16-18b19~~~~-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|Guitar 2
|-5---------------------------|
|-3---------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|
|-X---------------------------|
|-5---------------------------|


OUTRO
                                 x7
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----/14-11-11-11-----9--11-11-11-|
|-4-4--------------7-7-------------|
|-4-4-/12-9--9--9--7-7-7-/9--9--9--|
|-4-4--0--0--0--0--7-7-0--0--0--0--|

End on
|-------------------------0------|
|------------------------(10)----|
|-----/14-11-11-11-----9--11-----|
|-4-4--------------7-7----12-----|
|-4-4-/12-9--9--9--7-7-7--9------|
|-4-4--0--0--0--0--7-7-0--0------|

Legend[edit source]

b   - bend
r   - release
gb  - gradual bend
gr  - gradual release
h   - hammer on
p   - pull off
T   - trill
W   - whammy bar dive
\   - slide down
/   - slide up
x   - mute
X\  - pick slide
~~~ - vibrato
*7  - artificial harmonic
*7* - natural harmonic
... - palm mute
(0) - optional note
XXX - tremolo pick
alt - variation of riff

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