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Song: Vanishing
Band: A Perfect Circle
Album: Vanishing
Guitarist: Billy Howerdel
Tabbed by: Zach Kraemer

Tuning: Db Gb B E Ab Db

Bam! I rip out another much-needed A Perfect Circle
tab! Enjoy this one people, it took a lot to figure
out. The notes are VERY quiet.

Played throughout song by 
electric piano w/muting effect
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|

 (0:00)                    (0:06]          (0:10)               (0:21)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

 (0:25)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-9--------------|-7--------------|-5--------------|-(5)------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-9--------------|-5--------------|-7--------------|-(7)------------|

Chorus (1:01)
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-18--18--18-------|-(18)-16-16-16-16---19-19-18-19-18-16-|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|

|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-(16)-169-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9/|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|

|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-11---11--11-11-12-11-12-11-12-11-12--|-11-12/18-/18--/(18)-/(18)-/(18)-|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

This is the main riff played at (1:22),(3:04),(3:33) and (4:32)(played by strings 3rd time)
w/delay
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-18--18--18-------|-(18)-16-16-16-16--19-19-18-19-18-16---|
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--169-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-18-18-18--18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--19-19-18-19-18-16-|-16-16--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-9-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

2nd Verse (1:52)					 |1.2.3.        |4.
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|-7-7-11-----------9-|-9-9-9----------|-7-7-7-9----------|-7-7-9--------|-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------|------------|

2nd Chorus (2:50)
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|-7-7-11-----------9-|-9-9-9----------|-7-7-7-9----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|-*-------------|
|--------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------|
                                                           *While picking, depress
                                                            bar 4.5 steps.

(Play Main Riff)

Bridge (3:33)
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-11--------|-9---------|-14--------|-14--------|
|-11---16x--|-9----16x--|-14---16x--|-14---16x--|
|--9--------|-7---------|-12--------|-12--------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-11--------|-9---------|-14--------|-14--------|
|-11---16x--|-9----16x--|-14---16x--|-14---16x--|
|--9--------|-7---------|-12--------|-12--------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|Rhy.Fig.1			   End Rhy.Fig.1|

w/Rhy.Fig.1
(all bends are 1/2 bends)
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--/13----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|


|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--12br--10----|-12br--/13----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-11----------------|-9-----------------|-14----------------|--------------|
|-11-----------16x--|-9----16x----------|-14---16x----------|-7--8x--9--8x-|
|--9----------------|-7-----------------|-12----------------|-7------9-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5------7-----|

Outro
(Play Main Riff)

End.
Questions and comments to [email protected]

Key
  /   = slide
  b    = bend
  br   = bend and release
(#:##) = timestamp
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