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Time Consumer - Coheed and Cambria
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Tabbed by: Jeff Cameron
Email: jcameron99@gmail.com
I’ve been looking at various tabs online for this song and none of them get it quite right.
I watched numerous live videos of C&C playing this song live, and it is plain to see
that the notes documented in the tabs already posted online are not at all the same hand
shapes and positions Claudio is playing live.
Mine are the correct ones.
So, here is my (hopefully 100%) correct tab of Claudio’s part in Time Consumer.
I used Transcribe to slow down the song and guarantee accuracy in the intro picking part.
I did not bother to include the lead line (Travis’) parts for simplicity’s sake, but
those parts are easier to hear and therefore more or less correct in other tabs you may find.
I also find my documentation much easier to read, and the notes themselves easier to
play than other tabs I saw.
Enjoy!
Tuning: DADGBe
Intro Part 1, Clean Tone, Repeat 2x before Intro Part 2
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------10-------------10---------------10-------------10------|
G|-------7------7-------7------7----7----7------7-------7------7----|
D|--7/10---0------10-10---0------10---10---0------10-10---0---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|----10------10------11------11------11-------|
G|-------10------10------10------10------10----|
D|--8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8--|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10---------|
G|--------10-------10-------10-------10-------10------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10---|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------8-----------------8------|
B|-----11--------11---------------------|
G|----------10--------------10----------|
D|--/8----8---------8\---/8----8---8\---|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
e|-------------8-----------------8------|
B|-----11--------11---------------------|
G|----------10--------------10----------|
D|--/8----8---------8\---/8----8---8\---|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
e|-------------0-----------------------0--------------|
B|-----10--------10------------8---------8------------|
G|--------10--------10-----------10--------10---------|
D|--/8-------8---------8---/10------10--------10------|
A|-------------------------------------------------0--|
D|-------------------------------------------------0--|
Intro Part 2, Pre-verse, Clean Tone, Repeat 4x
Note: This is in fact Travis’ part, but Claudio is only making sounds at this point so I
included it.
e|-----0---------0---------|
B|-----8----8----8----8----|
G|--10---10---10---10------|
D|--0----------------------|
A|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
Verse 1, Distortion, Repeat Verse 1 with Ending 1 7x, play Ending 2 on 8th Repeat
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10------|
D|--10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10------|
A|--8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8--xx---|
D|--8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8--xx---|
Verse 1, Ending 1
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--(12)-(12)--|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10---10---|
A|--8--8--8--7--7--7--8--8--8--7--7--7--x-10---10---|
D|--------------------------------------x-10---10---|
Verse 1, Ending 2, Pre-Chorus
e|-------------------------|
B|--------------------+9---|
G|--10---10---10--12--+9---|
D|--10---10---10--10--+9---|
A|--8----7----8---10-------|
D|----------------10-------|
Chorus 1, Distortion, Repeat 2x
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
D|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coheed_and_cambria/time_consumer_tab_ver_5.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--99--9999----------------------99--9999-----------------------|
D|--88--8888--10-10--10-10-10-10--88--8888--10-10--10-10-10-10---|
A|--88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8---88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8----|
D|--88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8---88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8----|
Chorus 1 Ending, Played after 2nd Repeat of Chorus 1
e|---------------------------|
B|----------------------+9---|
G|----------------------+9---|
D|--5---xxx---10-10-10--+9---|
A|--3---xxx---7--8--7--------|
D|--3---xxx------------------|
Verse 2, Distortion, Repeat Verse 2 with Ending 1 3x, play Ending 2 on 4th repeat
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10------|
D|--10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10------|
A|--8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8--xx---|
D|--8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8----8--8--xx---|
Verse 2, Ending 1
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--(12)-(12)--|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10---10---|
A|--8--8--8--7--7--7--8--8--8--7--7--7--x-10---10---|
D|--------------------------------------x-10---10---|
Verse 2, Ending 2, Pre-Chorus
e|-------------------------|
B|--------------------+9---|
G|--10---10---10--12--+9---|
D|--10---10---10--10--+9---|
A|--8----7----8---10-------|
D|----------------10-------|
Chorus 2, Distortion, Repeat 2x, Ending 1 on 1st Repeat, Ending 2 on 2nd Repeat
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
D|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----|
Chorus 2, Ending 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--99--9999----------------------99--9999-----------------------|
D|--88--8888--10-10--10-10-10-10--88--8888--10-10--10-10-10-10---|
A|--88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8---88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8----|
D|--88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8---88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8----|
Chorus 2, Ending 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--99--9999-------------------------|
D|--88--8888--10-10--10-10-10-10-----|
A|--88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8------|
D|--88--8888--8--8---8--8--8--8------|
Bridge Intro, Clean
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-------8------------8-------8------1--|
G|-------10------10-----------10------10---0--|
D|--10------10------10---10------10--------3--|
A|-----------------------------------------3--|
D|--------------------------------------------|
Bridge Part 1, Clean, Repeat 2x, Turn on Distortion on Beat 6 of 2nd Repeat
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|------1-----1---------1------0-------33--33--55--11-111----|
G|--------0-----0---------2------0-----00--00--00--00-000----|
D|--0h3-----3-----3-0h2-----2------0---55--55--77--33-333----|
A|-------------------------------------55--55--77--33-333----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge Part 2, Distortion
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|------1-----1---------1------0-------33--33--55--11-111----|
G|--------0-----0---------2------0-----00--00--00--00-000----|
D|--0h3-----3-----3-0h2-----2------0---55--55--77--33-333----|
A|-------------------------------------55--55--77--33-333----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|------1-----1---------1------0---------|
G|--------0-----0---------2------0-------|
D|--0h3-----3-----3-0h2-----2------0-----|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--33--33--33--33--3333---11--11--11--11--1111--------|
G|--00--00--00--00--0000---00--00--00--00--0000--------|
D|--55--55--55--55--5555---33--33--33--33--3333---0----|
A|--55--55--55--55--5555---33--33--33--33--3333---0----|
D|------------------------------------------------0----|
Repeat Intro section
Repeat Chorus until song ending
Well, there you have it. This is positively what I have seen Claudio playing live, and
if it’s good enough for him, it’ll be good enough for you.
Thanks!
