Balthazar - Sinking Ship Chords & Tabs

Balthazar
“Sinking Ship”
Rats (2012)


Tuning : Standard





RYTHM GUITAR




Chords :

     C#    G#m   B     F#    Bbm   Fm    Ebm
e|---4-----4-----2-----2-----6-----8-----6----|
B|---6-----4-----4-----2-----6-----9-----7----|
G|---6-----4-----4-----3-----6-----10----8----|
D|---6-----6-----4-----4-----9-----10----8----|
A|---4-----6-----2-----4-----9-----8-----6----|
E|---------4-----------2-----6----------------|




Intro :

C#, G#m, B, F#



Verse :

      C#                                        G#m
I can feel it coming up and spreading inside of me
   B                                         F#
It warms the blood and it eats away the memory
        C#                                    G#m
From my pen you expected the sweet honey to drip
        B                                          F#
But the words come out like rats leaving a sinking ship, yeah, look at them run



Intro :

C#, G#m, B, F#



Verse :

     C#                                    G#m
Your famous discretion, how you so proudly call it,
           B                                               F#
Well, I'm afraid, honey, that it crumbled down to the powder in your wallet
     C#                                       G#m
And all the different shapes and forms which you control
       B                               F#
From the whitest and purest to the whore of alcohol, ah, look at her run



Bridge :

Bbm, Fm, Ebm (x2)

              Bbm           Fm   Ebm
We'll get to know your sad side again (x4)



Outro :

C#, G#m, B, F# (x2)









LEAD GUITAR




Intro + verses :
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/balthazar/sinking_ship_tab.html ]
     C#              G#m              B              F#
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------3~---|
D|---3~-------------------------------1~------------------|
A|-------------------2~-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|



Riff between the verses :

    C#                             G#m
e|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9---------|
B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----------7/9------------7/9-9--|
G|--6-----------6--6---------------8-----------8--8------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

    B                              F#
e|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9--9---9--|
B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----7-----7/9---7--7------------|
G|--6-----------6--6-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


When Jinte plays the guitar, he plays this riff one octave lower :

    C#                             G#m
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6---------|
D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----------4/6------------4/6-6--|
A|--4-----------4--4---------------6-----------6--6------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

    B                              F#
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6--6---6--|
D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----4-----4/6---4--4------------|
A|--4-----------4--4-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|



Bridge :

     Bbm       Fm         Ebm
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------6/5~-------4/3~----------------|
A|---4~---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|



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