Song Title: Prog
Band Name: Pinback
Album: Blue Screen Life
Tabbed by: Casey C.
Standard Tuning
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Intro - These are all harmonics played very fast.
e -----------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------(9)-------------------------------- 2x
D ----------------(9)-(9)------------------------------------
A (7)-(7)-(7)-(7)------------(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-
E -----------------------------------------------------------
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Riff 1 - Guitar 1 - This plays twice before a second guitar part joins it.
e --------------------------
B --------------------------
G -------------------------- 16x
D ------0---0h2------2-2---2
A 2-2------------x-x-x-x-x-x ---(These are like 'sloppy' mutes.)
E 0-0-0---0------x-x-x-x-x-x
Guitar 2 - This layers the riff above & is very fast.
e -----------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------- 13x
D 7/4---4-2--2-0----------------7/4---4-2--2-0---------4/6-2-
A ----5---------2-0-----------------5----------2-0-----------
E ------------------2-0-2-5-2-0--------------------2-0-------
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After Riff 1 w/ Guitar 2 play 2x, the lyrics kick in as does the intro with harmonics.
The 1st guitar plays two times alone, then the 2nd guitar kicks in & plays 2x.
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Then this kicks in:
Chorus
e -------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------
G 12-12-------11-7-------7-4--------4-0
D 9--9--------7--4-------4-x--------x-0 2x
A 10-10-------9--5-------5-2--------2-x
E ------------------------------------3
("Your eyes, my skin...")
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pinback/prog_tab.html ]
Riff 1 Guitar 1 comes in w/o it's joining guitar and plays 7x. It then goes back to the Chorus,
but with a slight variation:
Chorus
e -----------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------
G 12-12-------11-7--------7-4--------4-0--------12--12--12-12
D 9--9--------7--4--------4-x--------x-0--------9---9---9--9- 1x (it simply hits that first chord 4x.)
A 10-10-------9--5--------5-2--------2-x--------10--10--10-10
E -------------------------------------3---------------------
("dry eyes, dry eyes...")
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So after the chorus, it switches to an amazing outro, so here it is:
Outro - Guitar 1 - This plays the whole time.
e ---------------------
B ---------------------
G ---------------------
D --------0-----------0
A 4/5-4/5-----4/5-4/5--
E ---------------------
Guitar 2 - While that's playing, these chords play with it.
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G 7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-
D 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5- 2x
A 5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
("Keep it low______________________...")
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So after the Outro plays the first time, the Guitar 1 from riff 1 plays again solo 5x
The song then plays the variation Chorus once, before it plays the Outro 4x.
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Then this is the small guitar part ending the song:
e --------
B 3-2-----
G ----2---
D ------0- 4x
A --------
E --------
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Guitar KEY: / - slide up or down
x - mute string, but strike
h - hammer-on
(7)- harmonic on 7th fret
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Quite an amazing song with an unforgetful outro, enjoy.