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If You Werent So Perfect

Sikth
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Song

Artist: SikTh

Title: (If You Weren't So) Perfect

Album: The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild

Tabber: a_guy_called_richard@hotmail.com

Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D# (Drop D, half a step down)

One of my favourite sikth songs. i would tab out skies of the

millenium night, but i cant. email me if you can help. cheers

Intro: Both guitars

|-----------------|
|-----------------|

|----------0--0---| Play that alot. listen for the timing.

|----------3--3---|
|-/8-0-3-4-4--4---|
|-----------------|

Bridge to the Verse: I think this is harmonics on the bass. so just

stay quite.

Verse: Guitar 1

|--------------|
|------12------|

|-12p11--------| Repeat that for absolutly ages. until Interlude 1.

|--------12p11-|
|--------------|
|--------------|

Verse: Guitar 2: Clean

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12--12--11--11--11--11--11--10--10---|
|---12--12--12--12--12--12--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|
|-16--16--16--16--16--16---------------------------------------| x alot
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse part 2: Guitar 1 plays the same as before

Verse part 2: Guitar 2:

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Bridge to Chorus: Both guitars:

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--0-0--6-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--0-0--5-|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--0-0--5-|

PM . .

Chorus: Both Guitars:

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| x8
|-------6---------6-|
|-------5---------5-|
|-0-0---5---0-0-0-5-|

Chorus: Both Guitars:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------| x8
|--------------------|
|-6/-------6/--------|
|-6/-0-0---6/--0-0-0-|

Bridge to Other Interlude: Bass harmonics again i think.

Other Interlude: Guitar 1:

|----------------------0---------------------------3---|
|-------3----------------0-------------3------------0--|
|----------0-----0---------0--------------0----0-----0-|
|----4------------------------------4------------------|
|-2------------------------------2---------------------|
|--------------5---2-------------------------5---2-----|
|-----------------------------------19-----|
|-17h19--------------17h19------------19---|
|--------19--18-------------19--18------16-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

|-16-16-16-16-16-16-| keep playing that note. listen realy carefully

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

Other Interlude: Guitar 2: When guitar 1 is playing

the last section of the bit above, start playing this clean.

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12--12--11--11--11--11--11--10--10---|
|---12--12--12--12--12--12--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|
|-16--16--16--16--16--16---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Other Interlude part 2: Guitar 1:

|-14------15------19----18----19----18----19----22----21----|
|----x16-----x16-----x8----x8----x8----x4----x4----x8----x8-|
|-11------12------16----15----16----15----16----19----18----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Other Interlude part 2: Guitar 2:

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Play alot.

Bride to Chorus: Both guitars:

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-6---6---6--0-0--6-|
|-5---5---5--0-0--5-|
|-5---5---5--0-0--5-|

PM . .

Chorus: Both Guitars:

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| x8
|-------6---------6-|
|-------5---------5-|
|-0-0---5---0-0-0-5-|

Chorus: Both Guitars:

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------| x8
|--------------------|
|-6/-------6/--------|
|-6/-0-0---6/--0-0-0-|

Chorus 2: Guitar 1:

|-------------------------------------0--------------0-------|
|-------------------------------------0--------------0-------|
|-------------------------------------0--------------0-------|
|----------------------------2---2-2--------2---2-2----------|
|-9999999999999999999995555552---2-2--------2---2-2----------|
|-9999999999999999999995555552---2-2--------2---2-2----------|

PM........................... . .

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------0---------------0---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------2---2-2--5p4---2---2-2--5p4---0-|
|-8888888888888888888885555552---2-2--------2---2-2----------|
|-9999999999999999999995555552---2-2--------2---2-2----------|

PM........................... . .

Play all that 2 times.

Chorus 2: Guitar 2:

|------0---------0------------------------------------------------|
|------0---------0-------------------------12----------------12---|
|------0---------0--------------------12p11-------------12p11-----|
|-9---------9---------5------2---2-2-----------2---2-2---------12-|
|-9---------9---------5------2---2-2-----------2---2-2------------|
|-9---------9---------5------2---2-2-----------2---2-2------------|

PM . .

|------0---------0------------------------------------------------|
|------0---------0-------------------------12----------------12---|
|------0---------0--------------------12p11-------------12p11-----|
|-9---------9---------5------2---2-2-----------2---2-2---------12-|
|-9---------8---------5------2---2-2-----------2---2-2------------|
|-9---------9---------5------2---2-2-----------2---2-2------------|

PM . .

Outro 1: Both Guitars:

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8----3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8-7-|
|-3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8----3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8-7-|
|-3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8----3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8-7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8----3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8-7-5-|
|-3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8----3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8-7-5-|
|-3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8----3--2--5--1-1----3--2--5--8-7-5-|

Outro 1: Both Guitars:

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|----------0--0---| listen for the timing.
|----------3--3---|
|-/8-0-3-4-4--4---|
|-----------------|

End.

The Legend

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