Lift

Song

Flickerstick - Lift

Tabbed By: jordan

EMail: punkrockrlz@yahoo.com

I got all these tabs from the flickerstick fans website

(flickerstickfans.com)

Standard Tuning: EADGBE

Begins in 3/4 time (3 beats in a mesure)

Guitar 2 during bass intro w/ weird effects (distortion, delay, tremelo?)

swell in and out w/ volume pedal

E-----------|

B---5~~~----| Hold and fade

G-----------|
D-----------|
A-----------|
E-----------|

RIFF 1

"Lift up your head"

Guitar 2 w/ weird effects (distortion, delay, tremelo?) swell in and out w/

volume pedal

E--------------------------------------|
B---5~~~-3~~~-2~~~---------------------|

G------------------4~~~-2~~~-----------| Play 3 times

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

RIFF 2

"Lets get away now"

Guitar 1 w/ distortion

E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D--7-7-7--4-4-4--5-5-5--4-5-4--| Play 4 times then end on -7~~~-|
A--7-7-7--4-4-4--5-5-5--4-5-4--|                          -7~~~-|
E--5-5-5--2-2-2--3-3-3--2-3-2--|                          -5~~~-|

Guitar 2 w/ distortion over guitar 1

E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B-15-15-15-14-14-14-12h14-12h14-12-10-10-10--15-15-15-14-14-14--|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------17-17-17-17--------------------------|
B-17p15-14-17p15-14-14-14--------------17-17-15h17-15h17-15-----|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-14--15-14--12--14-12--10--12-10-----10-12-10--10h12-10~~~-|Hold and fade out
G----------------------------------11-----------------------|

Play Riff 1 over second verse twice

"Lets turn it up now"

Guitar 1 repeat riff 2 with guitar lead part over it as before.

"I got you, I got you, I got you, it's ready for"

Guitar 1 continues to play riff 2

Guitar 2 w/ distortion

E--------------------------------------------------------------|

B-10-10h12-10--10-10h12-10--10-10h12-10--10-10h12-14-12-10-10--| Repeat 4 times

G--------------------------------------------------------------|

"Lift up your head"

The lead part changes here but I can't really make it out. The lead part

above fits just as well though.

"Why does this illusion bring so much confusion..."

I can't really make this part out either but its close...

Guitar 2 w/ distortion

E----------------------|
B-15-14-12-14-10-10----|
G----------------------|

"When all I can dream of is you"

Guitars 1 and 2 gradually slow down during this part

Again, I can't really make it out

Guitar 2 w/

E-------------------------------------|
B---10-12-12b-10-10----10-10-10~~~----|
G-11-----------------11---------------|

Song now in 4/4 time (4 beats per measure)

==========="Lift", by Flickerstick

Transcribed by Michael De Kler (mdekler@aol.com)

Standard tuning:

This is the main riff:

E------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|
D--10-10-10--6-6-6--8-8-8--6-8-6-----|
A--10-10-10--6-6-6--8-8-8--6-8-6-----|
E---8--8--8--4-4-4--6-6-6--4-6-4-----|

This is also played along with the above riff:

(I've only figured out part of it though. There are basically

four parts and this is only the first part. Still working on the rest)

E---------------------------------------------------|
B--15-15-15-13-13-13-11h13-11h13-11h13-11-11-11-----|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|