The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy - The Alien Song (for Those Who Listen) guitar tab

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this was actually transcribed by Steve Borzilleri, so the credit goes to him

0:00
E----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D----------------
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
E----------------

0:12
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------
D---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2--
A-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3----
E------------------------------------------------------------------
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

(repeat the above for verses

At :20 a high bell enters:
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-15----------18-17-15----17----------15----13-----
----------------------17--------------------------
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--------------------------------------------------
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 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4

The above bell-melody is played twice, then the third time around it
changes slightly and plays for an extra eight beats:
------------------------------------------------  ------------------------
-15----------18-17-15----15--17-----------------  -17----------17---------
----------------------17------------------------  -16---------------------
------------------------------------------------  ------------------------
------------------------------------------------  ------------------------
------------------------------------------------  ------------------------
 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4   -1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4

At the end of each verse, Milla throws in a minor arpeggio
that lasts for eight extra beats. The first time it happens
is at :43, on the word "lives."
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
-----0-----0---------0-----0------
---2-----2---------2-----2--------
-2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2----
---------------0---------------0--
 1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

At 1:15, on the word "Oh..." everything shifts:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2------------
---3-----3---3-----3-----3-----0---2-----2-----2---2-------2------
-------3-------3-------3-----3---0-----0-----0---0-----3-5---3-5--
-1---------------1------------------------------------------------
 1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

The above diagram gets played three times, then the fourth time
around it changes slightly. The last four beats change to this:
------------------
------------------
-----2-----2------
---2-----2-----2--
-0-----0-----0----
------------------
 1   2   3   4

At 3:13 a flute solo begins, with this guitar part underneath:
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----0---3---------------------------0---3------------------------
---0---0---0---------2---5-2-------0---0---0---------2---5-2------
-0-----------0-----2---2-----2-0-0-----------0-----2---2-----2-0--
---------------0-3-----------------------------0-3----------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
 1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

------------------------------------------------------------------
-----0---3-------------------------------0------------------------
---0---0---0---------2---5-2---------0-----0---0---0-4---2---0----
-0-----------0-----2---2-----2-0---0---0-----0---0-----0---0---0--
---------------0-3------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------3--------------------------------
 1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

At 3:28 the voices come in, with a guitar part underneath that's
very similar to what's played underneath the verses:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2---0-2-0-------2---0-2-0-------2---0-2-0-------2------------
---3-----------3---3-----------3---2-----------2---2-----0-2-0----
-5-----5---------5-----5---------3-----3---------3-----3-------3--
------------------------------------------------------------------
 1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

The second time around, the first half of the
above diagram changes slightly to this:
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
-----2---0-2-0-------2------------
---3-----------3---3---0-3-5-0-2--
-5-----5---------5----------------
----------------------------------
 1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

Word of caution - at 3:28 the song becomes filled with voices
and whooshing effects, which makes it hard to differentiate
between the guitar and the bass since what they play is very
close. I've listed what I could hear clearly, but there are
probably many guitar-part variations during that section.

At 4:15 the song repeats what's played at 3:13, with the last
nine beats played like this:
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---------0--------------------------
-----0-----0---0---0-4---2---0---2--
---0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----2--
-------------------------------0-0--
-3----------------------------------
 1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1
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