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The Halcyon Days by Tea Party
The Halcyon Days
Tuning: D A D G A D (from the official FAQ)
with Capo behind 4th fret.
Tab is done assuming capoed fret is zero.
i.e. capoed fret = 0 fret after that = 1 etc
Intro (capo behind 4th fret)
Oud (arranged for guitar) and steel string acoustic:
D|----||--------------------------------------------------|
A|----||--------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-||---2----2-3-2p0-----0-2-0-----------0---0h2p0---0-|
D|----||----------------3---------3-1---1-3---3-------3---|
A|----||--------------------------------------------------|
D|----||--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--1h3-1p0-----0-0-0h1p0---0-----0-0--0h1p0---0--|
A|------------------------3------------------3----|
D|----------0~----------------0~------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------||
D|------0-0--0h1p0---0--1h3-1p0--0h1p0---0-----||
A|-----------------3-------------------3-------||
D|--0~-------------------------------------0~~-||
When the singing starts 2 acoustic guitars start playing the same thing
as the oud. One 6 string and one 12 string. The 6 string is panned left
and the 12 string is on the right. The 12 string only plays the second
half of the pattern.
Verse
repeat intro then add this: (both guitars and oud)
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5---3--2--0---------0---0h2p0---0-2-3-2p0---0--------|
D|-------------------4----4---4-------4-----------4---1p0----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0~----------------------------------------------------0~-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0h1p0---0-----0-0-0h1p0---0--|
A|------------3-----------------3----|
D|----------------0~-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|------0-0-0h1p0---0-1h3-1p0--0h1p0---0-----|
A|----------------3------------------3-------|
D|--0~-----------------------------------0~~-|
Pre Chorus
The acoustics just stum this: An electric with distortion plays
this:
D|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------|
A|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------|
G|--5---5--5--5---5--5--|<--x8 |----------------------------|
D|--0---0--0--0---0--0--| |----------------------------|
A|--x---x--x--x---x--x--| |--12p11\9-12p11\9-12/14-----|
D|--5---5--5--5---5--5--| |----------------------------|
Synth arranged for guitar plays this:
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
G|--5---4---2---0------------| x2
D|------------------3--------|
A|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
2nd Verse
Electric guitar with distortion:
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------0--0--3p1p0--0--0--0--0--3p1p0--0--0-----0--|
A|--------------------------------------------3-----|
D|--0~----------------------------------------------|
repeat this over with main verse
|-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----(0)-----------------------------------------------------| x2
|--5------1----------0--0--3p1p0--0--0--0--0--3p1p0--0--0-----0--|
|--5------1------------------------------------------------3-----|
|--5------1------0~----------------------------------------------|
'til sleep comes down...
3nd Verse
Pre-Chorus (same as before)
Chorus - Synth and guitar arranged for guitar:
|-----------|----------0---0---0-------------|
|-----------|----------x---x---x-------------|
|-----------|----------7---5---3-------------| x2
|------3\2--|----------x---x---x--------3\2--|
|--4h5------|-(0)------5---3---1----4h5------|
|-----------|--0--0-0------------------------|
now I see a light...
4rd Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Solo
(~ = vibrato)
|----------------------------------------------|
|--9-----7-------------5--7--9-----------------|
|-----------7-r5----------------7--r5----------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--10--9--10--9--10b12~~~~-9--10--9--10--9--10b12~~~~~--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--6--7--6--7--6--7b9~~~~-6--7--6--7--6-----|
|----------------------------------------7--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14r12---14r12---14p12-10h12p10-9----|
|--9~~~~9b10r9--7--6--------------------------------------9--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Outro - play the heavy verse bit first and then play the intro.
alone, left here in dust
amidst my fears and doubts
life's shattered dreams I could have
done without
now chthonic life has set its sights on
making me a slave to its ways
i wait for return
until then my soul it burns
and it burns only for you...
i'll be with you soon...
night it falls on me endlessly
i search for you in this blindness
a prodigy of lust and loss
'till sleep comes down
i can't explain, but disdain remains
some treason i can't reason
they left me here for dead my dear
barely breathing, but i'm still breathing
now i see a light
i figure it's shining from above
i think they've finally come
the halcyon days
and i'll be with you soon...
I'm crawling now up
towards the sound
of vengeance moving swiftly
i've conquered fear
i've shed my tears
now i'm seething, and i'm still breathing
and I'll be with you soon...
now i see a light
I think its shining from above
i think they've finally come
the halcyon days
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