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STORIES
As recorded by Trapt
(From the 2003 Album TRAPT)
Transcribed by Ryan Lamothe
Words and Music by Trapt
Arranged by Trapt
Emaj7
0 7 6 8 0 0
B
7 9 9 11 x x
E5
0 7 9 9 0 0
Esus2
0 7 9 11 x x
C#sus4
9 11 11 11 x x
Asus2
x 0 2 4 0 0
Bsus4/F#
2 2 4 4 0 0
D#5
x 6 8 8 0 0
Esus4
0 0 x x x x
E5(type 2)
0 2 2 4 0 0
Bsus4
x 2 2 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Intro
Moderately Fast Q=116
Emaj7
4/4
Gtr I
E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
E. S +S S E +S S S S E S S E S S +S S E +S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--4----4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4s6-x-x--|
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-2----2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2s4-x-x--|
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
B E5
E S S S S E +S S S S E E E S S +S S E +S S S S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~
A E S S +S S E +S S S S S E. A E E E A E +E E Q
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-5h7-5----4---4-5-(5)---4-------o||
|-6s8-8-8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8s9----|----------------------------4----||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-4s6-6-6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6s7----|--------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Verse
2.
Emaj7
E S S +S S E +S S S S E E E S S +S S E S S S S E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~
A E E E A E +E E Q E. S +S S E +S S S S E S S
|--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-5h7-5----4---4-5-(5)---4-------||--------------------------------|
|----------------------------4---||-4----4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------||-2----2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
E S S +S S E S S S S E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
E S S +S S E +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4s6-x-x---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2s4-x-x---|
|-----------------------------------|
B E5
E S S S S E +S S S S E E E S S +S S E +S S S S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~
A E S S +S S E +S S S S S E. A E E E A E +E E Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-5h7-5----4---4-5-(5)---4-------|
|-6s8-8-8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8s9----|----------------------------4---|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4s6-6-6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6s7----|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Emaj7
E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E. S +S S E +S S S S E S S E S S +S S E +S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4----4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4s6-x-x-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2----2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2s4-x-x-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B E5 Emaj7
E S S S S E +S S S S E E E S S +S S E +S S S S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~
A E S S +S S E +S S S S S E. A E E E A E +E E Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-5h7-5----4---4-5-(5)---4-------||
|-6s8-8-8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8s9----|----------------------------4---||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-4s6-6-6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6s7----|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Chorus
$
Emaj7 Esus2 B C#sus4 Esus4
Gtr I
E. S E E +S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--8--8-8---11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11--11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||--6--6-6----9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||o-7--7-7----7--(7)--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
||------------0--(0)-------------------|--7---7--7--7--9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| E. S S S E +S S S S E E E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--8--8-x-x--4--(4)--4--4--4--4-------|---------------------------------------|
||--6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2-------|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||o-6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2--0----|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||--4---------0--(0)--0--0--0--0-------|--7---7--7--7--9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0-|
Emaj7 Esus2
E. S E E +S S S S E S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8---11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-6--6-6----9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-7--7-7----7--(7)--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-----------0--(0)-------------------|
|
| E. S S S E +S S S S E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-8--8-x-x--4--(4)--4--4--4--4-------|
|-6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2-------|
|-6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2--0----|
|-4---------0--(0)--0--0--0--0-------|
B C#sus4 Esus4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-11------||
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11--11-11-11-11-11------||
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11--11-11-11-11-11-0-0-o||
|--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---9---9--9--9--9--9-0-0--||
|
| E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--9---------9--9--9-11----(11)-11-11-11-11-11------||
|--9---------9--9--9-11----(11)-11-11-11-11-11-----o||
|--7---------7--7--7--9-----(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0----||
To Coda
N.C. Asus2
E E E E E E Q +W
|-------------^0--|-(0)-----||
|-------2-----^0--|-(0)-----||
|-------------^4--|-(4)-----||
|-----------2-^2--|-(2)-----||
|-0-0-0---0---^0--|-(0)-----||
|-----------------|---------||
|
| E E E E E E Q +W
|-----------------|---------||
|-----------------|---------||
|-9---8---6----4--|-(4)-----||
|-----------------|---------||
|---0---0---0-----|---------||
|-----------------|---------||
Emaj7
Gtr I
E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
E. S +S S E +S S S S E S S E S S +S S E +S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--4----4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4s6-x-x-|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-2----2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2s4-x-x-|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
B E5
E S S S S E +S S S S E E E S S +S S E +S S S S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~
A E S S +S S E +S S S S S E. A E E E A E +E E Q
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-5h7-5----4---4-5-(5)---4-------o||
|-6s8-8-8-(8)-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8s9----|----------------------------4----||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-4s6-6-6-(6)-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6s7----|--------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Bridge
&
Bsus4/F# D#5 E5(type 2)
Gtr I
E S S +S S S S E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +E S S
||--------0-(0)-0---------0-(0)-0----|-------0-(0)-0----------0-(0)-----|
||o-------0-(0)-0---0-----0-(0)-0----|-------0-(0)-0----------0-(0)-0---|
||--------4-(4)-4---4-8-8-8-(8)-8----|-------4-(4)-4----------4-(4)-4---|
||---4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-8-8-8-(8)-8--8-|--2--2-2-(2)-2--2--2--2-2-(2)-2-2-|
||o--2--2---------2-2-6-6----------6-|--2--2----------2--2--2---------2-|
||---2--2---------2------------------|--0--0----------0--0--0-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
| H. E E Q. E E E E E
||--------------------------------11-|-12------------12-12-11-----------|
||o-12----------------------14-------|--------------------------14------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/trapt/stories_tab_ver_5.html ]
1.
Bsus4/F# D#5 E5(type 2)
E S S +S S S S E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-------0-(0)-0---------0-(0)-0----|-------0-(0)-0----------0-(0)-------||
|-------0-(0)-0---0-----0-(0)-0----|-------0-(0)-0----------0-(0)--0---o||
|-------4-(4)-4---4-8-8-8-(8)-8----|-------4-(4)-4----------4-(4)--4----||
|--4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-8-8-8-(8)-8--8-|--2--2-2-(2)-2--2--2--2-2-(2)--2-2--||
|--2--2---------2-2-6-6----------6-|--2--2----------2--2--2----------2-o||
|--2--2---------2------------------|--0--0----------0--0--0-------------||
|
| ~~~
| H. E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------11-|-12-14---12----11----11---12--14----||
|-12----------------------14-------|------------------14---------------o||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
2.
Bsus4/F# D#5 E5(type 2)
E S S +S S S S E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|------0-(0)-0-------------0-(0)-0----|-------0-(0)-0---------0-(0)-----||
|------0-(0)-0---0---------0-(0)-0----|-------0-(0)-0---------0-(0)-0---||
|------4-(4)-4---4---8---8-8-(8)-8----|-------4-(4)-4---------4-(4)-4---||
|--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4---8---8-8-(8)-8--8-|--2--2-2-(2)-2--2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-||
|--2-2---------2-2---6---6----------6-|--2--2----------2--2-2---------2-||
|--2-2---------2----------------------|--0--0----------0--0-0-----------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +E E E E E Q E H
|-12---------------(12)------11----12-|-11------------11----------------||
|-----------------------14------------|----12------------12-------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Bsus4/F# D#5 Bsus4
PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|-0--------------------|-0--------------------|
|-0--------------------|-0--------------------|
|-4----------------4---|-8--------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-|-8--8-8-8-8-8--8--2-2-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--2-2-|
|-0----------------0-0-|----------------------|
|
| H. +E S S H. +E S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------4-4-|-4------------(4)-----|
|------------------4-4-|-4------------(4)-----|
|-2------------(2)-2-2-|-2------------(2)-----|
|-0------------(0)-----|------------------0-0-|
E5 B5 Bsus4/F#
PM----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|----------------------|-------------------||---0--------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------||o--0--------------------|
|----------------------|---------------4-4-||---4----------------4---|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-||---4--4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||o--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||---0----------------0-0-|
|
| H. +E S S W Q. E H
|----------------------|-------------------||--14------14\-----------|
|----------------------|-------------------||o-----------------------|
|------------------4-4-|-4-----------------||------------------------|
|------------------4-4-|-4-----------------||------------------------|
|-2------------(2)-2-2-|-2-----------------||o-----------------------|
|-0------------(0)-----|-0-----------------||------------------------|
D#5 Bsus4 E5
PM------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|--0-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--0-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--8-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-2-2-|--2--2---2---2---2---2--2--2-|
|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-2-2-|--2--2---2---2---2---2--2--2-|
|--------------------------|--0--0---0---0---0---0--0--0-|
|
| ~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----19--------------------|-----------------------------|
|-17----17s16-17-16s14-----|-14----(17)------------14----|
|--------------------------|----16------16-(16)-16----16-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B5
E E E E E E E S S 5x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|-----------------------4-4--||
|--2--2--2--2---2---2-2-4-4--||
|--2--2--2--2---2---2-2-2-2-o||
|--0--0--0--0---0---0-0------||
|
| ~~~~~~~
| E E E E +E E Q 5x
|----------------------------||
|-17----14------------------o||
|----16----16-(16)-16--------||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Emaj7 Esus2
E. S E E +S S S S E S S
||-------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|
||--8--8-8---11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--6--6-6----9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
||o-7--7-7----7--(7)--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
||------------0--(0)-------------------|
|
| E. S S S E +S S S S E E
||-------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|
||--8--8-x-x--4--(4)--4--4--4--4-------|
||--6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2-------|
||o-6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2--0----|
||--4---------0--(0)--0--0--0--0-------|
B C#sus4 Esus4
E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|-11--11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11----||
|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11----||
|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-0-o||
|--7---7--7--7--9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0--||
|
| E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11----||
|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---o||
|--7---7--7--7--9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0--||
Out-Chorus
Emaj7 Esus2 B C#sus4 Esus4
E. S E E +S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--8--8-8---11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11--11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||--6--6-6----9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||o-7--7-7----7--(7)--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
||------------0--(0)-------------------|--7---7--7--7--9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0-|
|
| E. S S S E +S S S S E E E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--8--8-x-x--4--(4)--4--4--4--4-------|---------------------------------------|
||--6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2-------|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||o-6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2--0----|--9---9--9--9-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11---|
||--4---------0--(0)--0--0--0--0-------|--7---7--7--7--9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0-|
Emaj7 Esus2
E. S E E +S S S S E S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8---11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-6--6-6----9--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-7--7-7----7--(7)--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-----------0--(0)-------------------|
|
| E. S S S E +S S S S E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-8--8-x-x--4--(4)--4--4--4--4-------|
|-6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2-------|
|-6--6-x-x--2--(2)--2--2--2--2--0----|
|-4---------0--(0)--0--0--0--0-------|
B C#sus4 Esus4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-11------||
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11--11-11-11-11-11------||
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11--11-11-11-11-11-0-0-o||
|--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---9---9--9--9--9--9-0-0--||
|
| E. S S S E +S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--9---------9--9--9-11----(11)-11-11-11-11-11------||
|--9---------9--9--9-11----(11)-11-11-11-11-11-----o||
|--7---------7--7--7--9-----(9)--9--9--9--9--9-0----||
N.C. Asus2
E E E E E E Q +W
|-------------^0--|-(0)----||
|-------2-----^0--|-(0)----||
|-------------^4--|-(4)----||
|---2-------2-^2--|-(2)----||
|-0---0---0---^0--|-(0)----||
|-----------------|--------||
|
| E E E E E E Q +W
|-----------------|--------||
|-----------------|--------||
|-9---8---6----4--|-(4)----||
|-----------------|--------||
|---0---0---0-----|--------||
|-----------------|--------||
Outro
N.C. Bsus4/F#
>
E E E E E E Q +H H +W
|-------------^0--|-(0)----!0----|-(0)----*|
|-------------^0--|-(0)----!0----|-(0)----*|
|-----------4-^4--|-(4)----!4----|-(4)----*|
|-----------4-^4--|-(4)----!4----|-(4)----*|
|-7-6-6-4---2-^2--|-(2)----!2----|-(2)----*|
|-0---0---0---^2--|-(2)----!2----|-(2)----*|
|
| >
| E E E E E E Q +W +W
|-----------------|--------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------|--------*|
|-7---6---4----2--|-(2)----------|-(2)----*|
|---0---0---0-----|--------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
