Simulation Swarm Live Tab

A great song Adrianne Lenker debuted on instagram on acoustic guitar. The tab is based on this acoustic
performance, before the studio recording was released.
 
The song is quite hard to play, and making it sound great resides mostly in accentuating the right notes,
especially the bass ones.
 
Tuning is like an open C# with the 5th string tuned a semitone higher : C#-G#-C#-F-A#-C#
 
The picking pattern remains almost the same the whole song, with some strings added as the song builds up:
 
D#|------0---------------0---------|
A#|------------0---------------0---|
F |--7---------------7-------------|
C#|----9-------9-------9-------9---|
G#|5-------5-------5-------5-------|
C#|--------------------------------|
 
The thumb moves between the bass note and the upper C# string, and the three other strings are played with the
index, middle and ring fingers.
 
You can play the higher A# and D# simultaneously as the song progresses:
 
D#|------0-----0---------0-----0---|
A#|------0-----0---------0-----0---|
F |--7---------------7-------------|
C#|----9-------9-------9-------9---|
G#|5-------5-------5-------5-------|
C#|--------------------------------|
 
 
 
[Verse]
 
Only the bass note changes during the first part of the verse:
 
D#|------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------|
A#|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---|
F |--7---------------7---------------7---------------7-------------|
C#|----9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9---|
G#|5-------5-------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------5-------5-------7-------7-------5-------5-------|
 
 
Place your middle finger on the 7th fret of the C# string, even if it's not played yet, because then
it switches to :
 
D#|------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------|
A#|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---|
F |--7---------------7---------------7---------------7-------------|
C#|----7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7---|
G#|5-------5-------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------5-------5-------7-------7-------5-------5-------|
 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D#|--------0-------0-----------0-------0-----------0-------0-----------0-------0---|
A#|----------------0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0---|
F |---0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0----------------|   x2
C#|------14--------14--------11--------11--------11--------11--------9---------9---|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|12---------12-------9----------9--------7----------7--------5----------5--------|
 
 
D#|--------0-------0-----------0-------0-----------0-------0-----------0-------0-----|
A#|----------------0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0-----|
F |---0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0------------------|
C#|------16--------16--------11--------11--------14--------14--------7---------7-----|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|14---------14-------9----------9--------12----------12--------5----------5--------|
 
and again
 
D#|--------0-------0-----------0-------0-----------0-------0-----------0-------0---|
A#|----------------0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0---|
F |---0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0----------------|   x2
C#|------14--------14--------11--------11--------11--------11--------9---------9---|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|12---------12-------9----------9--------7----------7--------5----------5--------|
 
then back to verse
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
This is basically the same, with a new variation at the end:
 
D#|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---|
A#|------------7---------------7---------------7---------------7---|
F |--7---------------7---------------7---------------7-------------|
C#|----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
G#|5-------5-------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------5-------5-------7-------7-------5-------5-------|
 
 
Then back to chorus
 
 
[Bridge]
 
The bridge after the chorus is based on the same picking pattern, with a few bends and harmonics.
 
I can't tab that properly but those are the chord shapes:
 
D#| 0    0    0    0
A#| 0    0    0    0
F | 0    0    0    0
C#| 14   11   7    4
G#| x    x    x    x
C#[ 12   9    5    2
 
 
 
 
[Chord shapes]
 
To sum it up:
 
Verse
 
D#| 0   0   0
A#| 0   0   0
F | 7   7   7
C#| 9   9   9
G#| 5   x   x
C#[ x   5   7
 
Verse 1st variation
 
D#| 0   0   0
A#| 0   0   0
F | 7   7   7
C#| 7   7   7
G#| 5   x   x
C#[ x   5   7
 
 
Verse 2nd variation
 
D#| 0   0   0
A#| 7   7   7
F | 7   7   7
C#| 0   0   0
G#| 5   x   x
C#[ x   5   7
 
 
Chorus
 
D#| 0    0    0   0                   0    0
A#| 0    0    0   0                   0    0
F | 0    0    0   0                   0    0
C#| 14   11   11  9    and those one  16   7
G#| x    x    x   x                   x    x
C#[ 12   9    7   5                   14   5
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