Placebo (UK)
Placebo (UK) - Days Before You Came guitar tab
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Artist: Placebo Track: "Days Before You Came" Album: "Black Market Music" Tabbed By: Colonel Psycho (umbrella_corporation@yahoo.com) This is a tab of "Days Before You Came" in standard tuning. I'm sick of this nonsense 'standard Placebo tuning' crap, where it's in F#,Bb,Eb,G#,C,F -- freaky stuff, man! So this is in proper STANDARD tuning, ie EADGBE. What's the point in tuning all the strings up just one semitone, and bass E up two??? it's too scary to consider. Could Placebo REALLY be so monotonous that all their songs are in the key G# major? uh... probrably not :) i'm keeping this tab short and sweet, so you'll have to listen to the song and know it pretty well. RIFF A (intro and verse) lead guitar: g |-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-6-| . g |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-| . g |-3-------3-----3-3-------3-------3-------3-------1-----------1---| . g |-3-------3-----3-3-------3-------3-------5/6-----------5-5-------| . rhythm guitar (comes in on third bar -- where the 3's start): it's just a load of F#5's. I think it's just meant to be played on the lead guitar just as open bass-E string with the other stuff (except the bass E string is tuned up to F#). Whatever, it still works with a 2nd guitar playing F#5, like this: A |---4---| E |---2---| RIFF B (chorus bit, "won't you join me now...?") Rhythm Guitar: g |-3---3---33--3---3---3-3-3---1---1---11--1---1---1-1-1---| . D |-3--3--3-3-3-4--4-4-4-4--4--3--3-3-3-3--4--4-4-4-4-4-4---| . on that second part (played on the D string), you can play a load of F#5 on another guitar with it. Lead Guitar (comes in on second run, extra-heavy distortion): b |-5-5-5-6-6-6-------4-4-4----| g |-------------6-6-6----------| . RIFF C (Bridge-type bit -- "Didn't want you anyway!") first a whole bunch of harmonics (best to just keep tapping and holding fourth fret then letting go for a split second) A |-(4)---(4)---(4)---(4)------etc-| . then play this picked hard... A |-3---3---3---4---| . RIFF D (end) right at the end whack this chord (after the very last "Didn't want you anyway!") g |-6---| D |-6---| (C#5) A |-4---| Well, that's about all the riffs in the song. Hope this is some help to all those others out there who hate having to tune their guitar for one freakin' song needlessly! :) And finally... some lyrics to complete the tab. Days before you came freezing cold and empty Towns that change their name and a horn of plenty Days before you came counting breaths inside me Even crack cocaine couldn't start to hide me WON'T YOU JOIN ME NOW, BABIES LOOKING TORN AND FRAYED? JOIN THE MASQUERADE, JOIN THE MASQUERADE WON'T YOU JOIN ME NOW, BABIES LOOKING TO GET LAID? JOIN THE MASQUERADE, JOIN THE MASQUERADE Days before you came it always seemed enticing To be naked and profane. There is no denying! Days before you came, thunderbolts and lightning Each day a brand new vein, each tourniquet colliding Didn't want you anyway... ... {chorus} Days before you came, days before you came... ... Didn't want you anyway... ...