Guitar Tab for The Patient

#672

Transcribed by Ed Kaye (99037910@brookes.ac.uk)
Added to toolshed.down.net: 07/21/01 17:14:18

Some of these ideas I came up with, 
some I got from other tabs that were wrong in other ways, 
any suggestion would be helpful, I just want the 
best tab for this song out there.


Dropped-D Tuning 

Intro: 


Gtr.1


    20x PM---------------------------|             
E---||----------------------------------||       
B---||----------------------------------||
G---||----------------------------------||
D---||------0--2-----0--2-----2-----2---||
A---||---------------------3-----0------||
D---||----3-------0---------------------||
 
Grt.2  (enters on bar six of intro) 


Play with a "flowing feel". This riff has auto-wah on it
These are not hammered as some tabs say, listen for the  
staccato rhythm. It is also all on the D string, some say 
that it stretches onto the G, but that sounds too tinny.         


    8x 
E---||----------------------------------||  
B---||----------------------------------||  
G---||----------------------------------||       
D---||--2-3-2-0---5--2--2-3-2-0---10--7-||  
A---||----------------------------------||      
D---||----------------------------------||    
                                            


Link


This riff is strange, like Led zeppelin's Black dog the 
bass and drums play a different time to the guitar, 
making the riff different on each repeat.  
At the end of the eighth repeat allow the 
E (2) to ring.


    8X PM------------|
E---||------------------||   
B---||------------------||  
G---||------------------||  
D---||--------------2---|| 
A---||--0--3--5--0------||  
D---||------------------|| 
                           


Verse 1  


Gtr.1                                               


      "A groan of tedium escapes...." 
 
    12X PM---------------------------|      
E---||----------------------------------||       
B---||----------------------------------||
G---||----------------------------------||
D---||------0--2-----0--2-----2-----2---||
A---||---------------------3-----0------||
D---||----3-------0---------------------||


Gtr.2 (enters on the ninth bar of the verse)


Hard to hear,but it is there.
    
    4X PM--------------------------------|               
E---||------------------------------------------||
B---||------------------------------------------||  
G---||------------------------------------------|| 
D---||------7--9-------7--9----5--9-----9-------||    
A---||-------------------------7----------------||    
D---||--7-----------0---------------------------||    


Link:


At the end of the eighth repeat allow the 
E (2) to ring.


    8X PM------------|
E---||------------------||
B---||------------------||
G---||------------------||
D---||--------------2---|| 
A---||--0--3--5--0------|| 
D---||------------------|| 




Verse 2


On the last time let the last note (E)
ring out.


       "But I'm still right here..."


    8X PM---------------------------|      
E---||----------------------------------||
B---||----------------------------------||
G---||----------------------------------||
D---||------0--2-----0--2-----2-----2---||
A---||---------------------3-----0------||
D---||----3-------0---------------------||


Gtr.2 
    
    8X PM--------------------------------|               
E---||------------------------------------------||
B---||------------------------------------------||
G---||------------------------------------------||
D---||------7--9-------7--9----5--9-----9-------||
A---||-------------------------7----------------||
D---||--7-----------0---------------------------||


Gtr.3
Pretty hard to hear, but if you listen hard enough 
you will hear it.


     8X
E ---||-----------------------------------------||
B ---||-----------------------------------------||
G ---||-----------------------------------------||
D ---||--5--7--5-----9--------5--7--5-----9-----||
A ---||-----------------------------------------||
D ---||-----------------------------------------||
   


Chorus: (where regular song structure stops having meaning)
                                        
Open with a volume swell. 
Before the palm muting of the G chord Adam radomly plucks and 
attacks it 




                 PM-------|                PM----| 
E||---------------------------------------------------------------
B||---------------------------------------------------------------
G||---------------------------------------------------------------
D||-3--0--5--7---7--7--7--7---3--0--5--7---7--7--7---3--0--5--7---
A||-3--0--5--7---7--7--7--7---3--0--5--7---7--7--7---3--0--5--7---
D||-3--0--5--7---7--7--7--7---3--0--5--7---7--7--7---3--0--5--7---


        PM---------|                                     
E---||---------------------------------------------|| 
B---||---------------------------------------------||
G---||---------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--||
D---||--7--7--7--7---3--0--5--7--------------------||
A---||--7--7--7--7---3--0--5--7--------------------||
D---||--7--7--7--7---3--0--5--7--------------------||




    15X
E---||----------------||
B---||----------------||   This is definately on the  
G---||---2--5--0--2---||   G string, don't argue,
D---||----------------||   Play it with some flare
A---||----------------|| 
D---||----------------||   On the last time bend the
                           A (2) slowly




Gtr. 1
       "If there were no rewards..."  
    8x          
E---||-----------------------------|| 
B---||-----------------------------|| 
G---||--3p2--0--2-----2--5--0--2---|| 
D---||-----------------------------|| 
A---||-----------------------------|| 
D---||-----------------------------|| 


Gtr.2


This guitar doubles the first with A.H. but on the first repeat 
will only double the second part, as indicated 


                      A.H.------|  7X  A.H.-------------------| 
E---||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|| 
B---||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|| 
G---||----------------2--5--0--2---||--3p2--0--2-----2--5--0--2---|| 
D---||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|| 

A---||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|| 
D---||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||  


      "....now" 
    4x                 PM     PM--|         
E---||--------------------------------------||

B---||--------------------------------------||
G---||--14s17s12----------------------------||
D---||--------------------------------------||
A---||--12s15s10--12~--0--12--0--0--10--12--||
D---||--------------------------------------||




Gtr.1
   

    4X
E---||--------------------------------||        
B---||--------------------------------|| 
G---||--------------------------------||
D---||---7--10--5--7---7--x--x--5--7--|| 
A---||---7--10--5--7---7--x--x--5--7--|| 
D---||---7--10--5--7---7--x--x--5--7--|| 


Gtr.2


This guitar enters after the 2nd time through the 
above and stretches over the last 2X of it.
 
E---||-----------------------------------------|| 
B---||---10--13--8--10----10--10--10s13s8s13---||  
G---||----9--12--7---9-----9---9---9s12s7s12---||  
D---||----7--10--5---7-----7---7---7s10s5s10---||  
A---||-----------------------------------------||  
D---||-----------------------------------------|| 
                                                    
     
       "If there were no desire..."              
    8x                         
E---||---------------------------------||
B---||---------------------------------||
G---||---------------------------------|| 
D---||---------------------------------||
A---||---0--3--5--0--7--0--3h5--0--7---|| 
D---||---------------------------------|| 
 


"...now"  


   7x  PM------------| 
E--||-------------------||       
B--||-------------------||  
G--||-------------------|| 
D--||-------------------|| 
A--||---0--3--5--0--7---||
D--||-------------------||                       


    4x  PM---------------------------|         PM------------|   
E---||----------------------------------||--||------------------|| 
B---||----------------------------------||--||------------------|| 
G---||----------------------------------||--||------------------|| 
D---||----------------------------------||--||------------------|| 
A---||---0--3--5--0--7--5--0--5--0--7---||--||--0--3--5--0--7---|| 
D---||----------------------------------||--||------------------||   


       N.H.------------------------------|                        
E---||--------------------------------------||
B---||--------------------------------------||
G---||-----7-----------------7--------7-----||
D---||--7-----------7-----------------------||
A---||--------7--------7--------7--------7--||
D---||-----------7--------7--------7--------||
                                                    
E--||------------------||
B--||------------------|| 

G--||------------------|| 
D--||--0--3--5--0--7---|| 
A--||--0--3--5--0--7---|| 
D--||--0--3--5--0--7---|| 


    7x  PM--|    PM                       
E---||-------------------||
B---||-------------------||
G---||-------------------||
D---||---------5-----7---||
A---||---------5-----7---||
D---||---0--0--5--0--7---||


       PM----------------------|                        
E--||-----------------------------||
B--||-----------------------------|| 
G--||-----------------------------|| 
D--||--3--0--1--0-----0--0--1--3--|| 
A--||--3--0--1--0-----0--0--1--3--|| 
D--||--3--0--1--0-----0--0--1--3--|| 


   "Be..." 
    3x   PM-----------------------------|      
E---||-------------------------------------||
B---||-------------------------------------||
G---||-------------------------------------||
D---||---0--1--0--3--0--1-----0--0--1--3---||
A---||---0--1--0--3--0--1-----0--0--1--3---||
D---||---0--1--0--3--0--1-----0--0--1--3---||


     PM------|  
E--||------------| 
B--||------------| 
G--||------------| 
D--||--0--1--0---| 
A--||--0--1--0---|
D--||--0--1--0---|  
                                    


      "...patient"                     
    2x        PM------------|              
E---||------------------------||
B---||------------------------||
G---||------------------------||
D---||---3--0--0--1--0--3--0--||
A---||---3--0--0--1--0--3--0--|| 
D---||---------0--1--0--3--0--||
 
   2x            PM--------|   


B--||-------------------------|| 
G--||-------------------------|| 
D--||---3--0h2---1--0--3--0---|| 
A--||---3--0h2---1--0--3--0---||
D--||------------1--0--3--0---|| 
                                              
  
E---||---------------------------------------------|| 
B---||---------------------------------------------||
G---||---------------------------------------------||
D---||------------7--------------7--------------7--||
A---||------------7--------------7--------------7--||
D---||---5--7--7-----7--5--7--7-----7--5--7--7-----||




   4X
E--||------------------||
B--||------------------|| There is delay on this riff
G--||------------------|| 
D--||--------------7---|| 
A--||--------------7---|| 
D--||--7--5--7--7------|| 
                                                                         
Gtr.1


    4x                                        
E---||----------------------------------|| This definately stretches,
B---||------------------0--2--2---------|| onto the Band G string.
G---||---------------------------0--2---|| Some think that the later part 
D---||----------------------------------|| is on the G and G, but you
A---||------------5--7------------------|| cant get the right sound like 
D---||---5--7--7------------------------|| that.


Gtr.2


As before with the A.H.


                        A.H.--------|   3X  A.H.------------------------| 
E||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
B||------------------0--2--2---------||------------------0--2--2---------||
G||---------------------------0--2---||---------------------------0--2---||
D||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------||------------5--7------------------||
D||----------------------------------||---5--7--7------------------------||




       "Must keep reminding..." 
   4X
E--||----------------------------------|| 
B--||----------------------------------|| 
G--||---------4--5--4-----4------------|| 
D--||------2-----------2-----2--5--2---|| 
A--||---0------------------------------|| 
D--||----------------------------------|| 
                                                                         


       "If there were no rewards..." 
   4x                              
E--||---------7--8--7-----7------------|| 
B--||---------------------------8------|| This bit has a 
G--||------9-----------9-----9-----9---|| bit of light wah-wah
D--||---7------------------------------|| 
A--||----------------------------------|| 
D--||----------------------------------|| 




On the third time through the following riff a 2nd guitar  
comes in and tremolo picks the chords alongside the first.   


       "...now,                and I..."    
 
    3x             
E---||-----------------------------------------------|| 
B---||---10--10--10--10--8--8--3--3--3--3-----6--6---||   
G---||----9---9---9---9--7--7--2--2--2--2-----5--5---|| 
D---||----7---7---7---7--5--5--0--0--0--0-----3--3---|| 
A---||----7---7---7---7--5--5--0--0--0--0-----3--3---||  
D---||----7---7---7---7--5--5--0--0--0--0-----3--3---|| 
                                                                         
      "...may                 and I... ...I..." 
     
E---||-----------------------------------------------|| 
B---||---10--10--10--10--8--8--3--3--3--3--------6---||  
G---||----9---9---9---9--7--7--2--2--2--2--------5---||   
D---||----7---7---7---7--5--5--0--0--0--0--------3---||  
A---||----7---7---7---7--5--5--0--0--0--0--------3---||  
D---||----7---7---7---7--5--5--0--0--0--0--------3---|| 
                                                                         
Apply a 0.5 second delay onto the last chord and leave it
going for around 5 secs.








Drum and bass will then take over for a few bars


On the sixth time the the timing will throw you off, it sounds like         
he "drops a beat". Be warned. There is also a slight delay running 
which will serve to throw you off even more.                          
                                                                
"Gonna wait it out..." 
    5x  PM---------------------------|     PM---------------------|      
E---||----------------------------------||----------------------------|| 
B---||----------------------------------||----------------------------||
G---||----------------------------------||----------------------------||  
D---||------0--2------0--2-----2-----2--||------0-----2-----2----2----|| 
A---||----------------------3-----0-----||---------------3-----0------||  

D---||---3--------0---------------------||---3-----0------------------|| 
                                                                        
        PM--------------------------|     PM--------|             
E--||----------------------------------||---------------------||
B--||----------------------------------||---------------------|| 
G--||----------------------------------||---------------------|| 
D--||------0--2------0--2-----2-----2--||-----0--2-----0--2---||  
A--||----------------------3-----0-----||---------------------|| 
D--||---3--------0---------------------||--3--------0---------|| 


Leave a bit of delay going on the last 2 notes and leave them ringing.


Now I am gonna have a big drink, that was a nightmare to tab :)