BAND: THE USED
SONG: POETIC TRAGEDY
GUITRAIST: QUINN ALLMAN
TAB BY: Nick Weber(webbahkid@cs.com, AIM SN - The Uzed)
TUNING: standard (eadgbe)
H=Hammer on
*= a 1.5 harmonic, which is a harmonic where you have your finger over the actual metal part of the fret, not the middle.

Hey all, i just wanna say that this song kicks ass, even though its not hardcore like all the other songs on the album. Im prolly one of the most hardcore Used fans youll ever meet, so if you wanna talk Used with me, just get me on AIM. Oh yeah, PLEASE RATE THIS!!!

INTRO/VERSE:  This part is cool because theres soo much room for improv. Just find a way that sounds/feels cool to you
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------7-------------------7----------------------------7---------------------
G-----------7--------------0-----7-----------------------0---7-------------------
D-----5-----------------0h5-------------------------Oh5--------------------------
A---5----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


E---------------------------------------------------
B--------------5------------5h7---------------------
G-----------0---------------------------------------
D-----0h5-------0-----------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

OK this is the part just before the chorus, right after the 1st and 2nd verses. Its is that high-pitched squeal you hear.
E---------------------------------------/-----------------------*6-*6----------------
B-*0-----------------------------------/---------------------------------------------
G-*0-------------[first verse/chorus]-/----[second verse/chorus]---------------------
D------------------------------------/-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------/------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------

CHORUS  sorry i didnt do the strumming patterns, but theyre really easy to figure out. ( )= 2nd time only
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---7---------7--------7777---------------------------------------(999999999)-
D---7---------7--------7777-----xx------2------2--------2222------(xxxxxxxxx)-
A---5---------5--------5555-----xx------2------2--------2222------(777777777)-
E-------------------------------xx -----0------0--------0000----------------

BRIDGE [He Feels alone/his heart in his hand; hes alone/ he feels alone/ i feel]
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----7777777777777777----------2222222222222222-----------------------------
A----7777777777777777----------2222222222222222-----------------------------
E----5555555555555555----------0000000000000000-----------------------------

Break/Outro [the part when hes screaming : AND HE TAKES HIS LIFE/ AND HE TAKES HIS LIFE]
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-11------11111111-----------1212121212-------11111111-----(1111111)---
D- x------x-x-x-x------------x-x-x-x-x--------x-x-x-x------(0-0-0-0)---
A--9------9-9-9-9------------1010101010-------10101010-----(0-0-0-0)---
E--0------0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0------(0-0-0-0)---

ENDING (the part played by violins) i found this part sounds cool if you play the chords lightly, with low volume-swells
E--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G-----777------------------------------
D-----777-----------222----------------
A-----555-----------222----------------
E-------------------000----------------

SONG ORDER
VERSE x11
CHORUS x4
VERSE x5
CHORUS x4
BRIDGE x4
VERSE x4 (let first note of last time ring)
BREAK x2 (play fist time with slide, and let first octave ring after the 2nd time around)
ENDING x4

Hey hey dont go now, i got lyrics for you multi-talented ones (such as me)

1st verse:
The cup is not half empty as pessimests say
as far as he sees nothing's left in the cup
a whole cup full of nothing for him to indulge
since the voice of ambition has long sice been shut up

1st Chorus:
A singer, a writer, hes not dreaming now of going nowhere
he gave heed to nothing, and all that he was...
is just a tragedy

2nd Verse:
So he voyages in circles
succedes getting nowhere
and submits o the substance
that first got him there

2nd Chorus:
Then in violent, fustration he cries out to God
or just no one
is there a point to this madness and all that he was
is just a tragedy

Bridge (high-pitched yelling):
He feels alone
His heart in his hand
Hes alone
He feels alone
I feel...

3rd Verse [( )=whispered slightly]:
(Then on that last day he) breaks
And he stood tall
and he yelled
and he yelled...

Outro [ * *=screaming, < >= background singing] :
*AND HE TAKES HIS LIFE*
*AND HE TAKES HIS LIFE*
Is just a tragedy...