Airbag Tab

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Author Hound_Of_Winter [a] 160.
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This is my take on the song. I left it as open as i could for interpretation. Feel free
to through in your own stylistic what-not. Anyway, standard tuning, let's get to it.
 
 
[Intro]
 
(it sounds like there's a cello in there too, you
can approximate that by playing the octave higher, as well):
 
 
Guitar 2 (distortion & reverb):
 
e|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
B|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
G|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
D|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
A|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
E|-0-1--8--7-9--5-|-0-1--8--7-|-5--9--12-13--8--7-|-9--5--0-1--8--7--|
 
e|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6~----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7~----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
High-pitched riff that starts playing during Intro
(This gets repeated in the verse as well):
 
e|-12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|(x2)
 
 
[Verse]
 
Guitar 1 - rhythm guitar (pro co rat distortion, probably)
 
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8----------|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7----------|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|/7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-9-7-6-7--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-9-7-6-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8----------|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7----------|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|/7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|
G|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-9-7-6-7-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0-|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
D|-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------------------|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
 
e|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
B|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-----------2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
G|-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
D|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
E|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
[Intro]
 
(tremolo guitar comes in here):
 
Tremolo part (REVERB & ECHO):
 
e|-5tr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------=---|
 
 
[Verse]
 
(tremolo guitar part continues)
 
e|-5tr~~4tr~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~|------|------------------|
B|-----------|-----------|------|-3tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------|-5tr~~4tr~~~~~~~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~~|
B|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-----------------|-----------|-------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-8tr~~7tr~~|-5tr~~|------------------|------------------|
B|-----------|------|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 
[Verse]
 
With Tremolo lead-in. Solo guitar plays similar
melody to trem part, without trem & the addition of bends and
double-stops, etc (i.e. a guitar solo)....oh, & (no rhythm guitar)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
(rhythm guitar returns) (x2)
 
 
Then comes the 'BREAKDOWN/BREAKOUT' part. There is a
tremolo guitar part. however, it's mostly FX, just
improvise (and make it nice and epic while you're at it)
 
(Optional Rhythm Guitar Part):
 
e|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
B|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
G|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
D|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|
 
*Bring in the intro riff at the end
 
*AND...finish with!:
 
e|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G|-6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| /  Slide up
| ~  Vibrato
| tr tremolo
 
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8 comments
he tabbed it on one string because its played on one string: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrfD-sUC_lM
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well done, best version on the site............p.s. kick ass song
yeah great tab easily the better version