artist: Incubus
song: Pardon ME
album: Make Yourself
transcribed by: Matthew
first of all just listen to the song and ull get the rythem its simple
and Incubus is the $h!t. the tabs ive seen b4 are pathetic.
Tune: E-A-D-G-B-E
-flanger
E--------|-------0--|
G-0--0---|-0--0--0--|
B-4--4---|-4--4--6--| drums and bass enter: repeat
D-2--2---|-2--2--0--|
A-4--4---|-4--4-----|
E----5---|----5-----|
-distortion, figure out the rythem its not hard
E-----0--|-----0-----|-----0--|-----------|
B-----0--|-----0-----|-----0--|-----------|
G--6--2--|--6--2-----|--6--2--|--6--9-----|
D--6--2--|--6--2--2--|--6--2--|--6--9-9-9-|
A--4--0--|--4--0--2--|--4--0--|--4--7-9-7-|
E--4--0--|--4--0--0--|--4--0--|--4--7-7-5-|
Db A Db A E Db A Db E B
v1-distorion off, delay on, try to volume swell on these verses
E---------|--0----|---0-echoed|--0----|---0e-|
B--7--7---|--0----|---4-echoed|--3----|---4e-|
G--4--4---|--6----|-----------|--2----|------|
D--6--6---|--5----|-----------|--0----|------|
A-----7---|--6----|-----------|-------|------|
E---------|-------|-----------|-------|------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/incubus/pardon_me_tab.html ]
v1 pre chorus Distortion
E--------xx-|--------|-0-1-----|
B--4-----xx-|--------|-0-6-----|
G--4-----xx-|--------|-2-n-----|
D-----------|--------|-2-o-----|
A--2--------|--------|-0-t-----|
E-----------|--------|---e-----|
Chorus: k maybe u will have trouble getting this rythem. i'm not going to even try to write it but heres the chords.
E*--------0--|*-------------|
B---------0--|--------------|
G--6---4--2--|--------------|
D--6---4--2--|--4-222-4-2-2-|repeat * measures then the 2nd part of the chorus
A--4---2--0--|--4-222-4-2-2-|
E--4---2--0--|--2-000-2-0-0-|
E-----------|--0-----|----------|
B-----------|--0-----|----------|
G--6--2--4--|--4-----|-6--2--4--|
D--6--2--4--|--4-----|-6--2--4--|repeat 2nd * meas above
A--4--0--2--|------0-|-4--0--2--|
E--4--0--2--|------0-|-4--0--2--|
turn table solo: guitar rest & bass alternates from Ab-E
after TT solo repeat v1 & Pre-Chorus & Chorus, then play the intro
flanger part while brendon is singing the soft pardon me part, u know
how it will go when u play it with the music. After that small soft
interlude go play the chorus then........
Outro
E-----0--|-----0----|-----------|-----0-----||
B-----0--|-----0----|-----------|-----0-----||
G--6--2--|--6--2----|--6--9-----|--6--2-----||
D--6--2--|--6--2--2-|--6--9-9-9-|--6--2--2--||
A--4--0--|--4--0--2-|--4--7-9-7-|--4--0--2--||
E--4--0--|--4--0--0-|--4--7-7-5-|--4--0--0--||
just play this with the song ull get
Mike E. sure does write some bad A$$ music
good luck trying to figure it out.