Really fantastic song, one of Neurosis’ best. The other tab online was in the wrong tuning, so I wrote
this onein the correct tunings. I use a bit of dirt with my amp, and roll the volume on my guitar down
for the clean intro. When that little pre-chorus comes up, just put your volume on
full to get a nice crunch. For the heavier parts use a good OD like the RAT or Boss HM-2. And, for the
part at the end I suggest a phaser or flanger, even a wah. That will give you the weird
noise effect. Scott’s parts should be 100% correct as they are relatively easy, but some of
Steve’s chords for the pre-chorus may be wrong. Feel free to post changes or suggestions in the
 comments if you find something better.
Enjoy!

Guitar 1 is AADGBe (drop the E string down to A). Scott uses a .058 so it doesn’t get floppy
Guitar 2 is AADGAd (drop the E to A; B to A; and e to d). Steve uses an Ebow in the beginning
part of the song, then switches to a pick.

Tabbed by DK

Intro: played clean on the recording, but live Scott adds some distortion


Guitar 1


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

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


Play this until 2:14


Guitar 2: To get the ambient sound, use an Ebow with heavy delay, and then slide from note to
note while doing volume swells. Steve lingers pretty long on each note but you can freestyle it.
I play something like this


D||-------------------|
A||-------------------|
G||-------------------|
D||-------------------|
A||---------5/12------|
A||-------------------|


Riff A: use a bit of distortion and a touch of delay. Let the notes ring out.

Guitars 1 and 2

||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4—5-5-4-4---------| play 3 times
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2---------------2-------|
||----------------------------------------------------|


||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-----------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4—4-4-4-4-2-----play once, transition into Riff B at 2:38---|
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff B: turn off the delay but keep the same light distortion


Guitar 1:

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

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


Guitar 2: let ring. These are probably wrong but they sound good enough

D||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------0--|--0--0--0--0--------|
A||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------8--|--8--8--8--7--------|
G||--7----------------|--7----------------|--7-------------7--|--7--7--7--7--------| until 3:47
D||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------0--|--0--0--0--0--------|
A||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------0--|--0--0--0--0--------|
A||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

Back to Riff A:

||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4—5-5-4-4---------| play 3 times
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2---------------2-------|
||----------------------------------------------------|


||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-----------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4—4-4-4-4-2-------------------------------------------------|
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play once, transition into Riff C at 4:14

Riff C: use heavy distortion. I use a ProCo RAT and it sounds pretty damn close

Guitars 1 and 2


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

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


Repeat this until 6:30


Riff D: played by Scott, comes in at 5:43. Tremolo pick the notes, listen to the song for the
exact timing

Guitar 1:


E||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
B||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
G||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
D||--15--------------|------------17----|--15-------------|--------17----15----|--14------------|
A||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
A||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

E||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
B||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
G||--15--------------|--17--------------|--15--------14---|| then repeat until 6:29
D||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
A||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
A||------------------|------------------|-----------------||


Riff E: Comes in at 6:28ish. Use a flanger or some kind of modulation effect here

Guitar 2:

E||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D||--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
A||--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
A||--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

E||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D||--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
A||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
A||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

Repeat until 7:58


Back to Riff C and D:

Guitar 1:


E||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
B||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
G||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
D||--15--------------|------------17----|--15-------------|--------17----15----|--14------------|
A||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
A||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||--15-------------|--17-------------|--15--------14---|| repeat until 8:45, then stop
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


Riff C: Guitars 1 and 2


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

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


Play this with flange until the song ends!


Song structure
--------------

0:06 - Intro
2:14 - Riff A
2:38 - Riff B
3:47 - Riff A
4:14 - Riff C
5:43 - Riff D
6:28 – Riff E
7:58 – Riff D and Riff C

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