Artist: Incubus
Album: If Now Now, When?
Song: Thieves
Tabbed by: A Dead Fly
The song has two guitars both with standard tuning
Intro:
Guitar One (all notes are palm muted)
e|-------7----7----------|-7----7----------7----|
B|----10---10---10----10-|---10---10----10---10-|
G|-11--------------11----|-----------11---------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------| x7
A|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|
Guitar Two
e|---------2---2---|---------2---2---|---------2---2---|---------2---2---|
B|-3-3-3-3---3-----|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---3-----|-----------------|
G|---------------4-|---4-4-4---4---4-|---------------4-|---4-4-4---4---4/|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-------------------------|------7----7----7-12-|---14---14b15--15-15-|
B|-----7---7---7-7/|/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-10-----10---10------|---------------------|
G|/9-----9---9-----|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Verse 1:
Guitar Two (enters in around 0:42, but it's really hard to hear, all the notes played
are really quiet until the chorus)
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|---------3T-----|---------3------|
G|-7T<------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------4T--|----------------|----------------|---4------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|--2-------------|----------------|
B|----------------|---------3T-----|--3T------------|--5T------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-5AH-----5v-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|---------7T-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--9T-----7V-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|--7AHV----------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Guitar One (enters around 0:55 and all notes are palm muted)
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-X-2---X-2---X-2-|---X-------------|---2---X-2---X-2-|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-2-4-|-0---------------|-----4-4-4-4-2-4-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-5---5h7V-------|-5-----5---5----|-----------------|----------------|
G|---4------------|-----4--------4-|-X-4---X-4---X-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
Chorus 1:
Guitar one only (same as intro, but play it twice)
e|---------2---2---|---------2---2---|---------2---2---|---------2---2---|
B|-3-3-3-3---3-----|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---3-----|-----------------|
G|---------------4-|---4-4-4---4---4-|---------------4-|---4-4-4---4---4/|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-------------------------|------7----7----7-12-|---14---14b15--15-15-|
B|-----7---7---7-7/|/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-10-----10---10------|---------------------|
G|/9-----9---9-----|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Hold the last note a little bit into the next part
Post chorus bridge:
Guitar one only (plays intro 3 times, palm muted again)
e|-------7----7----------|-7----7----------7----|
B|----10---10---10----10-|---10---10----10---10-|
G|-11--------------11----|-----------11---------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------| x3
A|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|
Verse 2:
Guitar two (again the notes are hard to hear, it enters at about 1:50)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/incubus/thieves_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|-10T------------|-10-------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|---9---7--------|-----4----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----6V----------|----------------|----------------|-7V----9V-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-9V-------------|-7V-------------|----------------|-9V-------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------9V------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Try to get feedback with Wah pedal at the end
e|----------------|----------------|-10-------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-7V-------------|-7V-------------|--7-------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Guitar One (enters about 2:03)
Just repeat what it played in Verse 1 (again with everything palm muted)
Chorus 2:
(Same as chorus one only add the last two bars again ONE more time at
the very end)
e|------7----7----7-12-|---14---14b15--15-15-|
B|-10-----10---10------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
Solo:
(Both guitars play, but guitar 2 doesn't enter in until about 2:55
I marked where it enters during guitar one with a (*) )
Guitar One
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--------3----3//|/7--------------|--------3----3//|/7--------------|
D|----------------|-----8---5---8--|----------------|-----8---5---8--|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|------------------|----------------|--1-------------|----------------|
B|------------------|---------6/8\6--|--3---3----6--6/|/8---6----------|
G|-------------3--3/|/7--------------|--3---3---------|---------7---5--|
D|------------------|-----8----------|--------3-------|----------------|
A|-10\8/10\5--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(*)
e|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|---------6---8--|
B|-4--------------|-3--------------|-6--------6---6-|-6/8\6/8--------|
G|-3--------------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-------------3--|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-10-X-10-------13----|------13---------13----|-10-8-6-5---------|-----------------|
B|-11-X-11--X-15----15-|-X-15----15-X----13-15-|----------8-6-----|-----------------|
G|---------------------|--------------15----15-|--------------8-7-|-5-5-X-3-X-------|
D|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------|-X-X-X-X-X-7-5-7-|
A|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------|-3-3-X-1-X-X-X-X-|
E|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------|-----------5-3-5-|
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-7--------------|
D|-7--------------|
A|-5--------------|
E|----------------|
Guitar Two
e|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|-3-------3------|-3--------------|----------------|
G|-0---0-----3-X-3-|---2-3------3---|---2-3/7--5-3-5-|--3-2-3---2-0-2-|
D|-------1---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-10--10---8---6-|-3--------------|-10-8-6-5---------|-----------------|
B|--X---X---X---X-|-X---6---3------|----------8-6-----|-----------------|
G|--7---7---5---3-|-0---X---X---5--|--------------8-7-|-5-5-X-3-X-------|
D|----------------|-----3---0---X--|------------------|-X-X-X-X-X-7-5-7-|
A|----------------|-------------3--|------------------|-3-3-X-1-X-X-X-X-|
E|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------5-3-5-|
Chorus 3:
Plays the same chorus part, except it does it three times instead of two
and at the end you add on the last two bars TWO extra times
Outro:
Only guitar one plays with the intro riff five times, palm muted:
e|-------7----7----------|-7----7----------7----|
B|----10---10---10----10-|---10---10----10---10-|
G|-11--------------11----|-----------11---------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------| x5
A|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|
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h hammeron
p pulloff
/ slide up
\ slide down
V vibrato
T Tremolo pick
< Fade in
X Pick Scrape
Ah Artificial Harmonic
B Bend
