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Ghostchant

Poison the Well
TabTuningDrop C
★4.4(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Artist: Poison the Well

Song: Ghostchant

Album: You Come Before You

Transcribed by: Randy Preston

Email: highwaychile2121@gmail.com

-Legend-

b: Bend

~: Let note ring out

/: Slide

p: Pull-Off

pm: Palm Mute

xx: String Mute

ah: Artificial Harmonic

Tuning: Drop C! (Not Drop C#)

Note: I noticed the guitar tabs currently for this song are pretty inaccurate, so I

to transcribe it myself. I tried to extract the guitar track best I could using SonicStage,

it made it easy to tab out being able to hear only the guitar track. I generalized most

the guitar parts into one guitar part, but for the breakdown, I tabbed out both

This is probably about as accurate as you're gonna find. Enjoy.

Intro (Muddy/Light Distortion, Play Sloppy)

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-5/6-x-5/6-xxxxx----------------------------------|

C|-6/7-x-6/7-xxxxx----------------------------------| Repeat 7x

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------x-5------------------------------------|
G|-5/6-x-5/6-x-5------------------------------------|
C|-6/7-x-6/7-x-5------------------------------------|

Verse (Heavy Distortion)

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------777777-------------888888------------|
C|-------------444444-------------555555------------|
G|-6p0-0-6p0-0-555555-6p0-0-6p0-0-666666------------|
C|-6p0-0-6p0-0--------6p0-0-6p0-0-------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -------------777777-------------888888------------|
  -------------444444-------------555555------------|
  -5p0-0-5p0-0-555555-5p0-0-5p0-0-666666------------|
  -5p0-0-5p0-0--------5p0-0-5p0-0-------------------| Repeat 3x
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------777777-------------888888------------|
C|-------------444444-------------555555------------|
G|-6p0-0-6p0-0-555555-6p0-0-6p0-0-666666------------|
C|-6p0-0-6p0-0--------6p0-0-6p0-0-------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -------------777777-------------------------------|
  -------------444444-----------5-------------------|
  -5p0-0-5p0-0-555555-5p0-0-5p0-5-------------------|
  -5p0-0-5p0-0--------5p0-0-5p0-5-------------------|

Chorus

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|-2--22-2--2-222-666666-666666---------------------|
C|-0--00-0--0-000-444444-444444---------------------|
G|-0--00-x--x-xxx-444444-444444---------------------|
C|-0--00-2--3-333-444444-777777---------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -2--22-2-2-222--666666----------------------------|
  -0--00-0-0-000--444444--11-11-11-xx-11-11-11-xx---|
  -0--00-x-x-xxx--444444--10-10-10-xx-10-10-10-xx---|
  -0--00-2-3-333--444444--9--9--9--xx 9--9--9--xx---| Repeat 2x

Pre-Bridge pm pm

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-6p0-0-6p0-0--------6p0-0-6p0-0-------------------|
C|-6p0-0-6p0-0-000000-6p0-0-6p0-0-000000------------|

ah ah

  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -------------555555-------------555555------------|
  -5p0-0-5p0-0-555555-5p0-0-5p0-0-555555------------|
  -5p0-0-5p0-0--------5p0-0-5p0-0-------------------|
  -5p0-0-5p0-0--------5p0-0-5p0-0-------------------| Repeat 4x

Bridge Gtr. I

D|-------------------------0------------------------|
A|-------------------------0------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-3---0---7---6---3---0-0--3---7---5---------------|
G|-3---0---7---6---3---0--------7---5---------------|
C|-3---0---7---6---3---0--------7---5---------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -3---2---7---6---3---2---7---5--------------------|
  -3---2---7---6---3---2---7---5--------------------|
  -3---2---7---6---3---2---7---5--------------------|

Bridge Gtr. 2 (Delay: 30% Feedback, 30% Mix, 308ms)

D|-/12--12/10-10-10-10/8--8-8-7---7-8---------------|
A|------------------------------------10------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
  -/12--12/10-10-10-10/8--8-8-9b10------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -/12--12/10-10-10-10/8--8-8-7---7-8---------------|
  ------------------------------------10------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -/12--12/10-10-10-10/8-8-8-10---------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|

Outro

D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-----------------|
G|-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-----------------|
C|-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-----------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5------|
  -5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5------|
  -5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-xx-5/6-x-0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5------|

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