Russian Circles, "Micah"
Tuning: DADGAD
Tabbed by: Nathan Zwiener
Hi everyone! This is my favorite Russian Circles song. There were no good tabs for it
that I could find
for the longest time, which made me pretty sad, but I eventually got around to doing it myself.
Really, once I fould in an online interview what tuning this guy sometimes plays in, it
was a piece
of cake with some speed slowing software. Thanks for using my tab, and enjoy this
beautiful song.
Main Opening Riff
D|---0---------0---------------------------12-----------------0-----|
A|-------3-------3-------------0--------------0---------0--------1--|
G|-----2-----3---------------5---5/10---10-----------10-----3---(3)-|
D|-0-------------------5---8----------0-----------7-----------------|
A|---------1---------5--------------------------0---------1---------|
D|-----------------5-----5------------------------------------------|
Endings 1+2 Ending 3 (play twice)
|--------0----|--------0----------0----|
|----------0--|------------------------|
|------0------|-----0------------------|
|-------------|----------10---------10-|
|--/10--------|-/10------------10------|
|-------------|------------------------|
The third and fourth loud repeats (start at 0:53) have a lead that's difficult to make out.
Here's an approximation of the first four bars, as well as the last two.
|-------------------------------------------------??-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------??-----12----12----0----12-|
|-----9-10-10~----10-9----------------------------??--15----15----17---17----|
|----------------------10\-7h8~--8~----8-\-5-\-3--??-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------??-------------------------|
|-(0)---------(8)---------(5)---------------------??-------------------------|
1:48
|-14/15-14--------------------------------------------0-------0--------0--------0-|
|----------15-12/13-13-0----------------8---6-------5---5---7---7----7---7----7---|
|------------------------14\12-12-12\10---9-----5/7-------9-------10-------12-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14/15-14--------------------------------19----19----17----17----15----15----14~-------0-|
|----------15-12/13-13--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14\12-12-12/17~-----17----17----17----17----17----17------17-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:15 - Louder version, slight variations
|-14/15-14----------------------------------------0--------------------0----0----0-|
|----------15-12/13-13-x----------10----8---7-------5------7------7----------------|
|------------------------14\12-12----10---9---5/7-----/9-9---9-10---10---12---12---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/russian_circles/micah_tab_ver_2.html ]
|-14/15-14------------------------------------0-19----19----17----17----15----15----14-14-----|
|----------15-12/13-13-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14\12-12-12/17-17-17------17----17----17----17----17----17-------17~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:40 - Bass solo, rest eight bars. Fade in first chord over solo.
Repeat second section four times. Play third section over last two repeats.
|----|----------------------------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-0~-|
|----|----------------------------------------------------------|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-0~-|
|-2~-|----------------------------------------------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2-----|-9~-|
|-0~-|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0~-|
|-0~-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2--4--4-4-4--4-4-5--5-5-5/7-7-7-|---------------------------------|-0~-|
|-0~-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2--4--4-4-4--4-4-5--5-5-5/7-7-7-|-0-------2-------4-------5-------|-0~-|
3:30 - Fingerpicking 3:54 - Play twice
|-7~-8~---------7~-8~-----7~-|-7--7---7-----7/8-----8---8-----8-------------------------------------|
|-------8~-3~----------8~----|------0----0---------------------------8---8-----8\(3)----3---1-----1-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5~----8~-3~---5~-----8~-0~-|------------------------------------8----8----8--------3----3----3----|
|----8~------------10~-------|------------------8-----8----8----8-----------------------------------|
Continued (4:06)
|-7--7---7-----7/10-----10----10------10----------------------------------------|
|------0----0--------------------------------8---8-----8/(12)----12--\10-----10-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------8----8----8---------0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------10-----10-----10--------------------------------------------|
4:42 (Loop first riff) 1st End 2nd End
|-------------|---7---------------------------12-------------|-------|-----0---|
|-------------|---------3-------------(0)--------------------|-------|---0---3-|
|-------------|---------------------5-----/10--------8-----3-|----5--|---------|
|-------3-3-3-|---------------5---8--------------------------|-------|---------|
|-5-5-5-------|-8-----3----------------------------6-----1---|-/3----|-3-------|
|-------------|-------------5--------------------------------|-------|---------|
5:34 - Play "Main Opening Riff" from beginning (few minor variations)
6:01 - Big chords 6:39 - Outro (use reverb and expression pedal/vol knobs)
|-----000000---------------|-0~-|-7----5----3--2--7----10----14--12--|-7~~-|
|-----000000---------------|-0~-|------------------------------------|-----|
|-----222222--5T--3T-2T-3T-|-2~-|------------------------------------|-----|
|-0-0-000000---------------|-0~-|-7----5----3--2--7----10----14--12--|-7~~-|
|-0-0-000000---------------|-0~-|------------------------------------|-----|
|-0-0-000000---------------|-0~-|------------------------------------|-0~~-|
