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If This Ship Sinks (I Give In)  Birds of Tokyo

If This Ship Sinks (I Give In) - Birds of Tokyo
All guitars tuned standard.
a.
00:00-00:27
Piano (second and third time only)
 
 |--------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------|
 |.-------------------------------------------------------|
 |.-------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------7---------------------|
 |--0-------------------------------0---------------------|

Guitar 1 (reverb and delay)
 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |.-4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3---4-----4-----6---8-----9-----9---|
 |.---6-6---6-6---6---6-6---6-6---6---6-6---6-6---8---9-9---9-9---9-|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|

Piano
 
 |--------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------.|
 |-------------------------------------.|
 |-6------------------------------------|
 |-4------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Third ending (00:28-00:31)
 
 |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |-4-----4-----4---6---3-----3-----3---.|-4-----4-----4---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
 |---6-6---6-6---6---8---6-6---6-6---6-.|---6-6---6-6---6---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

b.
00:31-00:52
Piano (played same rhythm as the snare drum, not positive on the chords)
 
 |------------------------|
 |------------------------|
 |.-4---4--4---3---3--3--.|
 |.-6---6--6---4---4--4--.|
 |------------------------|
 |--0---0--0---0---0--0---|

Guitar 1 (distortion, reverb, delay)
 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------

|-1212121212121212111111111111111112121212121212121414141416161717-
 
 |.-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |.-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-91111111113131414-|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (distorted)
 
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |.-----------------------------------------------------------------.|
 |.-2--------9------------------------------------------------------.|
 |--2-(x8)---7-(x8)--------------------------------------------------|
 |--0--------0-------------------------------------------------------|

Piano
 
 |---------------|
 |---------------|
 |.-4----4---4--.|
 |.-6----6---6--.|
 |---------------|
 |--4----4---4---|

Guitar 1
 
 |--------------------------------------------------|-----|
 |-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--|-16--|
 |-------------------------------------------------.|-----|
 |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-.|-13b-|
 |--------------------------------------------------|-----|
 |--------------------------------------------------|-----|

Guitar 2
 
 |--------------------------------------------------|-----|
 |--------------------------------------------------|-----|
 |-------------------------------------------------.|-----|
 |-6-----------------------------------------------.|-----|
 |-6-(x16)------------------------------------------|-----|
 |-4------------------------------------------------|-----|

c.
00:52-01:13
Piano
 
 |--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
 |.------------------.|-------------------------------------------.|
 |.-9----------------.|-6-----------------------------------------.|
 |--7-----------------|-6------------------------------------------|
 |--0-----------------|-4------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (crunch) 1st end 2nd end
 
 |--------------------|----------|--------|-------------------------|
 |--------------------|----------|--------|-------------------------|
 |.------------------.|----------|-------.|-------------------------|
 |.------------------.|----------|-8-8/9-.|-6-----------------------|
 |--------------------|----------|--------|-6--(x16)----------------|
 |--0-(x13)---2-2-2---|-4-(x13)--|-6-6/7--|-4-----------------------|

pm pm
Guitar 2
(same as 1)
play b once, then c
d.
01:45-1:58
Guitar 1 (reverb and delay) (11s and 12s) b
 
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------9911~-|
 |/999777--------------------------999777-------------------9991111111212------|
 |-----------------999888--------------------------999111111-------------------|
 |-------9999996699------6664444666------9999996699----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (distorted)
 
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |4--------6------------------6----------------|
 |4--------6----6--------2----6--------6-------|
 |2--------4----6--------2----4--------6-------|
 |--------------4--------0-------------4-------|

e.
01:59-02:19
Guitar 1 (distortion)
 
 |----------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|
 |.-16-------15-------16-------15--------.|
 |.-x--------x--------x--------x---------.|
 |--14-(x8)--13-(x8)--14-(x8)--13-(x24)---|
 |--0--------0--------0--------0----------|

Guitar 2 (distortion)
 
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |.-----------------------------------------------.|
 |.-2--------9--------2--------9--------6---------.|
 |--2--(x8)--7--(x8)--2--(x8)--7--(x8)--6--(x16)---|
 |--0--------0--------0--------0--------4----------|

f.
02:20-2:46
Guitar 1 (distortion) 1st end 2nd end
 
 |----------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
 |-9-------11------13------15------16-----|-15------|-15------16------18------|
 |-x-(x8)--x-(x8)--x-(x8)--x-(x5)--x-(x3)-|-x-(x16)-|-x--(x8)-x--(x4)-x--(x5)-|
 |-7-------9-------11------13------14-----|-13------|-13------14------16------|
 |----------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 (distortion) 1st end 2nd end
 
 |-------------------|---------|---------------------------|
 |-------------------|---------|---------------------------|
 |-------------------|---------|---------------------------|
 |-2--------9--------|-6-------|-8-------9999--11111111-11-|
 |-2-(x16)--7--(x16)-|-6-(x16)-|-8-(x8)--9999--11111111-11-|
 |-0--------0--------|-4-------|-6-------7777--9-9-9-9--9--|

g.
02:47-03:16
Piano
 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-5-4-----------------5--------------------------------------------|
 |-----6-4-1-----4-----6--------------------------------------------|
 |---------2-----6-----6--------------------------------------------|
 |---------2-----6-----4--------------------------------------------|
 |---------0-----4--------------------------------------------------|

03:16-end
Piano
 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------5--------------------------------------------|
 |---------1-----4-----6--------------------------------------------|
 |---------2-----6-----6--------------------------------------------|
 |---------2-----6-----4--------------------------------------------|
 |---------0-----4--------------------------------------------------|

Acoustic Guitar (Ian does this live)
 
 |---------0-----4-----4-----------------------------------------------|
 |---------0-----4-----5-----------------------------------------------|
 |---------1-----4-----6-----------------------------------------------|
 |---------2-----6-----6-----------------------------------------------|
 |---------2-----6-----4-----------------------------------------------|
 |---------0-----4-----4-----------------------------------------------|

[E] [G#] [C#]  
I'm not going to tab out the variations to the violin melody, but it is mostly just
tooling around in E major. I hope someone finds this helpful, it isn't 100% correct but
pretty close.
************************************
| .
| . repeat
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
************************************

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