EXTREME - "waiting for the punchline" Tablature

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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:10:39 -0400
From: Cristian "'Sócrates'" Franco <socrates_nuno@yahoo.com>
Subject: e/extreme/waiting_for_the_punchline.tab


Waiting For The Punchline
-------------------------
EXTREME

Transcribed By Sócrates
<socrates@dreamtheater.zzn.com>
sometimes in ICQ: 84587081 (Socrates)
http://www.geocities.com/socratesworld

This is a quite melancholic EXTREME song, I
enjoyed a lot playing it.
Well, I'm sure about the riffs, but the solo part I'm
not very certain,
so, if you have any suggestion please tell me.
For this song, you must tune you guitar at
Dropped-D, but you know,
EXTREME tunes at Eb, so I could say that you must tune
at Dropped-Db.
Anyway, This is the tuning (high to low):
Eb-Bb-Gb-Db-Ab-Db
Questions, criticism, or whatever, please
email me


TABLATURE EXPLANATION:

½+ or 1+ = Bend half or whole tone
½+- = Bend & release
^ = Pull-Off & Hammer-On
~~~~~~ = Vibrato
. = Palm mute
x = Muffled strings




Intro:
...Fade In
|--------------------------------------------------------0-------0-------|
|------------------------------------------5-----------3-------3---------|
|----------------------------------------7---7--------------2------2---4-|
|-0-------3---2----5-------------0----/7-------7-----3------2----------5-|
|-0-------3---2----5-------------0-------------------3------2----------5-|
|-0---0-2-3---2----5--5-4-3-2-1--0---------------0-2-3------2----------5-|


Fig.A:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|

~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0---------------------------------3-0-------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3-------3----|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2---------------5-|

~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|

~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0-------------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11--------|

Verse 1:
palm mute
.......................................................
|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------|--7-6-5---------------|-7-6-5----------------|
|-------7-6-5---------|--------7-6-5---------|-------7-6-5----------|
|-------------7-6-5-7-|--------------7-6-5-7-|-------------7-6-5-7--|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ . . ~~~~~. .
. . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7----7-6-5-------------------4------5----7-6-5---------------|
|-7------7----------7-6-5-------------------------------7-6-5---------|
|-7--7-7-7-7--------------7-6-5-7-5-7----5-7------------------7-6-5-7-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----7----7-6-5---------------7-6-5--------------7-6-5-------------|
|-7-----7----------7-6-5---------------7-6-5--------------7-6-5-------|
|-7-7-7-7-7--------------7-6-5-7-------------7-6-5-7------------7-5---|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
~~ . . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------<5>----------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-----7-6-5-------------------7-5------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7-----------7-6-5-----------------7-6-5-3--0-|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7--------------------|

Chorus 1:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|

~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0------------------------------3-0----------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2-------3-----3--------|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2----------5------|

~~ ½+ ½+ ½+ . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0------------------------------------5-3------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3-4-5---------3---4--|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------------------------|

~~ ~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11-----|

Verse 2:
. . . . . . . . . . . .
~~~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-------5--7------5--7--------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7--x-x--5--7-x-x--5--7--5-----|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--x-x--5--7-x-x--5--7--------|

. . . . . . . . . . . .
~~. . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7--5-7-------5-7-----------7-6-5--------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7--5-7--x--x-5-7--x-x-x----------7-6-5--------|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--5-7--x--x-5-7--x-x-x--5-------------7-6-5-7|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ . . ~~~~~. . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7---7-6-5-------------------4------5----7-6-5----------------|
|-7------7---------7-6-5-------------------------------7-6-5----------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7-5-7----5-7------------------7-6-5-7--|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----7---7-6-5---------------7-6-5---------------7-6-5-------------|
|-7-----7---------7-6-5---------------7-6-5---------------7-6-5-------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7-------------7-6-5-7-------------7-5---|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------<5>----------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-----7-6-5-------------------7-5------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7-----------7-6-5-----------------7-6-5-3--0-|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7--------------------|

Chorus 2:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|

~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0------------------------------3-0----------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2-------3-----3--------|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2----------5------|

~~ ½+
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0---------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3----------------------0-2-3-2-3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------3-3-3-3-3--3--2^3^5-------------|

~~ ~~~~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0----------------------------------------------|
|-3/<5>-5-----0----------------------------------------------|
|---------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11----11-11--|


Bridge:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
|---------------------1^3^1-0-1-0---1--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|
|-2/4--2/4--2/4--2/4--------------3--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-------------------2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--1^3^1-0-1-0---1--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|----------------------------------3-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--1^3^1-0-1-0---1----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3----5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

1+ 1+-
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-3------------5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4---|
|-----------------------5--5--3------------------------------------|

1+ 1+-
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-------------|
|-----------------------5--5--3---|


Solo: 1+-
|-10--12--13---13/15---13--12---10------------10-----------------------|
|----------------------------------10\8--10------10-------------13-----|
|-7---9---10---10/12---10--9----7-------------7-----12--10--12------12-|
|----------------------------------7-\5--7-------7--------------10-----|
|---------------------------------------------------10--8---10------10-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

1+ ½+ ~~
½+
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------10-----------------------------|
|-10/12\10--7------9------10----<12>-10^12----10---12----10---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------12----10--12--10^12-|
|-8-/10\8---5-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------10/12---9/11---8/10-----------------------------------------|

½+ ~~ 1+ 1+ ½+
½+ 1+-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------10------------13--13---------10----------------------------------|
|--10^12----10---12-------------10^12---<10>--12----10--------------------|
|-------------------12--------------------------<12>--<10>-<12>-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------<10>--8-8-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

1+
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-10-12--12---|
|-------10-12--------10-12----------------|
|-10-12--------10/12----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

Verse 3:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
~~~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-----------------5--7--------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7----------x-x----5--7--5-----|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--7--5-7--x-x----5--7--------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . ~~
. . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7------7-6-5--------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7------------7-6-5--------|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7--<5>-------------7-6-5-7|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ . . ~~~~~. . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7---7-6-5-------------------4------5----7-6-5----------------|
|-7------7---------7-6-5-------------------------------7-6-5----------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7-5-7----5-7------------------7-6-5-7--|

. . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------<5>------------------|
|-7-----7---7-6-5-------------------7-5--------------|
|-7-----7---------7-6-5-----------------7-6-5-3--0---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7----------------------|


Chorus 3:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|

~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------6-6-5-4------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2-------3--------------|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-----------------|

½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---3^2^0-------0--0-0-0---------------------------3----|
|---------3^2^0-0--0-0-0-3--2---2---1-1-1--0-1-2-3------|
|---------------0--0-0-0--------------------------------|

~~ ~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0-----------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11------|

Clean:
|----------5-----------------------------------------------------|
|-3--------6---5-----------------------------5---------0---0-----|
|-2--------5---4----4----------------------7---7-------2---1---4-|
|-0--------3---2----5-------------------/7-------7-----3---2---5-|
|-0--------3---2----5----------------------------------3---2---5-|
|-0----0-2----------5-x-5-4-3-2-1--0---------------0-2-3---2---5-|


|-------------------------------------------------------0-------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------5-----------3-------3----------|
|*--------------------------------------7---7--------------2------2---4-*|
|*-0------3---2----5-------------0---/7-------7-----3------2----------5-*|
|--0------3---2----5-------------0------------------3------2----------5--|
|--0--0-2-3---2----5--5-4-3-2-1--0--------------0-2-3------2----------5--|

End: Fade
Out...
|------------------------------------------------||
|-10-10-10--8-8-10-10--10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-8-8---||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-7--7--7---5-5-7--7---7--7--7--7--6-6-6-6-5-5---||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||


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"Quedé desfallecido de escudriñar la verdad"
SÓCRATES

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