Faust Arp Tab

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Corrected chords, fingerpicking patterns, and song structure (i.e. when to play each section). Also added some live variations and info regarding the weird time signature.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author costaconcordia [a] 161.

1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 6, 2019

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I compiled this tab from various sources, I started with Mickey Campbell's tab, made corrections to the
chords and picking patterns, fixed the structure, and found some small variations from live recordings of the
song. Huge credit to Mickey Cambell, without their tab I wouldn't have been able to make this.
 
The time signature of this song is a bit tricky - for most the song it's 4/8 but it briefly changes to 3/8
during the Bm transition, after that it goes back to 4/8.
 
Here's the first few bars of the verse if you were to count aloud with the song:
 
   1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4   1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3   1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
B|-3-------3-------|-3-----3-----3-----|-4-------4-------|
G|------4-------4--|----4-----4-----4--|------4-------4--|
D|----4-------4----|-------------------|----4-------4----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
  Bm (4/8)          Bm-transition (3/8) B/F# (4/8)
 
 
//// Structure
// verse 1
Bm x2
Bm-transition (on again off again)
B/F#
Bm
Bm-transition (tingling, tingling, tingling)
B/F#
Bridge (reasonable and sensible)
G*
// verse 2
Bm (squeeze the tubes)
Bm-transition
B/F#
Bm
Bm-transition
B/F#
Bridge (duplicate and triplicate)
G* x2
Outro x2 (there's no real reason)
End
 
 
/// Bm
e|-----------------|
B|-3-------3-------|
G|------4-------4--|
D|----4-------4----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------|
 
 
/// Bm-transition (Bm -> Bm/A -> Bm/G)
e|-------------------|
B|-3-----3-----3-----|
G|----4-----4-----4--|
D|-------------------|
A|-2-2-2-0-0-0-------|
E|-------------3-3-3-|
 
 
/// B/F#
e|-------------------------|
B|-4-------4-------4-------|
G|------4-------4-------4--|
D|----4-------4-------4----|
A|-------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
 
 
/// Bridge (A#6sus2b5 -> G# -> C#)
e|-0-------0-----------------------|
B|-----------------4-------6-------|
G|------5-------5-------5-------6--|
D|----5-------5-------6-------6----|
A|-------------------------4-4-4-4-|
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4---------|
 
 
/// G7 -> Gaug -> G (I refer to this as G* for short)
e|3-------------------------------3--------------------------------|
B|---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|--------3-------1-------0---------------3-------1-------0--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
 
 
/// Outro (A#6, Am7#5, G)    In live performances they often do a pulloff on the b string
                             right here
                                     v
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-------3-------1-------1---------1-------0-------0-------0--------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0---------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|----3-------3-------3-------3---------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
 
 
/// End (A#6, Am7#5, G7 -> Gaug -> G*)
e|----------------------------------3-------------------------------3-------------------------------3|
B|-3-------3-------1-------1-----------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|----3-------3-------3-------3-------------3-------1-------0---------------3-------1-------0--------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
 
 
/// G* variation                                            !  !  ! !  ! !
e|-3-------------------------------3---------------------------------------------------------------3-------|
B|----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----0--1--3-0----------0-------0-------0-------0----|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--0--0--0-0--0---------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|---------3-------1-------0---------------3-------1--------------------0--3-------1-------0---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 
                   !  !  !
e|--------------------------|
B|----0-------0----0--1--3--|
G|------0-------0--0--0--0--|
D|-3-------1----------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
 
This variation is usually played at the very end of the song, as seen here: https://youtu.be/NW8bYybUQQM?t=179
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Thank you for all the work, that's a song that didn't receive the proper attention for many many years, after almost two years I'm almost successfully playing Faust Arp, just as Thom plays, and this tab is helping a lot.

Played the bridge like so, no difference in sound but it was easier to play because they can all be barre'd now e|---------------------------------| B|-5-------5-------4-------6-------| G|------5-------5-------5-------6--| D|----5-------5-------6-------6----| A|-------------------------4-4-4-4-| E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4---------|