Guitar tab for The Rhyme Scheme (var.2) by Cursive free download and read or play online: file .txt, 7.05 kb has 57 views and 0 downloads.
Cursive
The Songs of Early Summer: Semantics of Song
"The Rhyme Scheme"
This is one of their best albums and there are no tabs for any of their songs, so I'm going to post as many as I can the next few weeks.
Two Guitars - both tuned down 1 whole step to DAFCGD
Tim Kasher- guitar 1
Steve Pederson- guitar 2
This Tab does not show the rhythm or amount of times notes are played, I dont have time to show all that, so listen to cd before you tell me it sucks.
Intro
Guitar 1
D|------------------------------------------------------------
A|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------
F|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14
C|------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------
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-------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
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alternated with this
D|------------------------------------------------------------
A|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15
F|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14
C|------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------
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-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
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Guitar 2 (repeat throughout intro)
D|-8---8---8---8--10--10---7---7---|
A|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
F|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
End of Intro has muted slide on the low D string that just goes from the 12th fret down to where you feel is right
Verse
Guitar 1 (palm mute when needed)
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-|
Guitar 2 (palm muted)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------
C|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-9--9-9-9--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-5
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
F|----------------|
C|-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
Variation on Guitar 2
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------
C|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-9--9-9-9--12--12-12-12-12
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
F|----------------------------|
C|-12-12-12-14h15-14h15-14h15-|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
Chorus
Both Guitars
D|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------
F|----------------------------------------------------------------
C|-5---5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-5-7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7--3---3-3-3-3-
G|-7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7-8---8-8-8-8--8---8-8-8-8--5---5-5-5-5-
D|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
C|-3---3-3-3-3---------------------------|
G|-5---5-5-5-5--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
D|--------------3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|
Then comes the quiet parts with just drums and bass and some undistorted guitar that is easy to play something around these notes
and some filler notes that you can play
D|-----------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
F|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
C|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
Then a lightly palm muted part thats just on the Low D string
D|5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Then both guitars strum hard on these chords, much like the chorus ones, but are heavier sounding, palm mute when needed and hit random harmonics and loose notes to sound like cursive. The more loosely you play, the more you will sound like the song.
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
F|-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------|
C|-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|
G|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Last is the lead part at the end, which you play while one guitar continues this
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
and Guitar 2 plays this a few times with some slight variations that usually just include hitting more than one note at a time
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|17------15---17--------15--------------------------|
F|--14--17---16---14--17----16h17-17-17--19-19-19-19-|
C|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
Remember to play the song loosely and hit harmonics whenever you hear them, they are easy to figure out, they primary use ones on the 5th, 7th, and 9th frets (or 4th b/c they are exactly the same sound).
If you cant figure it out, then dont worry, its not that important
email - jdm21@pitt.edu if you have a question, comment, or correction
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