THIS TIME IMPERFECT
As recorded by AFI
(From the 2003 Album SING THE SORROW)
Transcribed by [A Hedgehog Inside] Intro and touch up by Rankles
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=72
4/4
Gtr I
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|---------0-----0---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0--------------------|
|-----0---------------4-----4-----|-----2-----2---4-(4)----4-----|
|---5-------5-----------5-----5---|-------2-----2--------2---2---|
|-3-----3-----3---2---------------|-0----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------0-----0---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0------------------||
|-----0---------------4-----4-----|-----2-----2---4-(4)----4---||
|---5-------5-----------5-----5---|-------2-----2--------2---2-||
|-3-----3-----3---2---------------|-0--------------------------||
Verse I
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------o||
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||------0---------------4-----4-----|-----2-----2---4-(4)----4----||
||o---5-------5-----------5-----5---|-------2-----2--------2---2-o||
||--3-----3-----3---2---------------|-0---------------------------||
B5
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|---------------------------------|-----5-----8---0-(0)------0---|
|---------0-----0---0-----0-----0-|-------4-----9------------4---|
|-----0---------------4-----4-----|------------------------------|
|---5-------5-----------5-----5---|------------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3---2---------------|-0--------------------------0-|
Em
<
|---------5---------2-----2-------|---------------------------------||
|-----------5---------3-----3-----|---------------------------------||
|-----2-------5-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|---2---2---------0-------------0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-0-------------0-------0-----0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Chorus
Em F#m G D C
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-----3---|-------------------|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||--2--2-2-2-2-2-----------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||o-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-(0)-0-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-2-(2)-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
1. 2.
Em C5 D5 G
|---7-7----------------------||-----------------------||
|---8-8-8-8-----------------o||-----8-------10---8----||
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||------------------0----||
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||---5---5---7----7------||
|---7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3S5-5-5-5-o||-----------------------||
|-0--------------------------||-0-------0-------------||
Interlude
1. 2.
||--3---3---2---2---|-10---7p5---7-(7)-----7-----7--||--------------||
||o-----------------|----0-----0-------0-----0-----o||---5-----5----||
||----0---0---0---0-|--------------------0-----0----||-----4--------||
||------------------|-------------------------------||-2-----2------||
||o-----------------|------------------------------o||--------------||
||------------------|-------------------------------||--------------||
Verse II
E5 A5/E
|-7---7-7---7-7---8---8-8---8-8---|-7----5----|
|---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-|-5----5----|
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E
|-3---3-3---3-3---5---5-5---5-5---|-2h3----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-|----------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------|
C/E5
|-7---7-7---7-7---8---8-8---8-8---|-10-8-7--(7)---7-7---|
|---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-|----5-5--(5)-5-----5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
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Em
Gtr II
|---------5---------2-----5-------|-----------7-----||
|---5-------5---------3-----3-----|-------------8---||
|-----2-------5---------------2---|-0----(0)------9-||
|-------2---------0-----0-------0-|-2----(2)--------||
|-0-------------0-----------------|-2----(2)--------||
|---------------------------------|-0----(0)--------||
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| Gtr III
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-0---------------||
|---------------------------------|-2---------------||
|---------------------------------|-2---------------||
|---------------------------------|-0---------------||
Chorus
Em F#m G D C
Gtrs II, III
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-----3---|-------------------|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||--2--2-2-2-2-2-----------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||o-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-(0)-0-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-2-(2)-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
1. 2.
Em C5 D5 G
|---7-7----------------------||-----------------------||
|---8-8-8-8-----------------o||-----8-------10---8----||
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||------------------0----||
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||---5---5---7----7------||
|---7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3S5-5-5-5-o||-----------------------||
|-0--------------------------||-0-------0-------------||
Bridge
Gtr I
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|-----0---0-----0-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|-----0---0-----0-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
|-----------0-------------------------|-----------0-------------------------|
|---0---------0-----0---------0-------|---0---------0-----0---------0-------|
|-3-----3---------3---------3---------|-3-----3---------3---------3---------|
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|------0----0------0------0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
|-------------0---------------------------|
|----0-----------0------0---------0-------|
|--3------3----------3----------3---------|
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| Gtr IV
|-10-----13-----12------------------------|
|----------------------13-----------------|
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|-----0---0-----0-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
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|-3-----3---------3---------3---------|
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3x
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|---0---------0-----0---------0--------o||
|-3-----3---------3---------3-----------||
Em C G G/B
Gtrs II, III
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-|
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E Esus2 Em A5/E
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|-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-||
|-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-||
|-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-||
|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
Out-Chorus
Em F#m G D C
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-----3---|-------------------|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-----------|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||--2--2-2-2-2-2-----------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-|
||o-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-(0)-0-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-2-(2)-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
1. 2.
Em C5 D5 Em
Gtr II
|---7-7----------------------||-7---7-----------|
|---8-8-8-8-----------------o||-8-----8---------|
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||-9-------9-------|
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||-9---------9-----|
|---7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3S5-5-5-5-o||-7-----------7---|
|-0--------------------------||-0---------------|
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| Gtr III
|---7-7----------------------||-7---------------|
|---8-8-8-8-----------------o||-8---------------|
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||-9---------------|
|---9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7--||-9---------------|
|---7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3S5-5-5-5-o||-7---------------|
|-0--------------------------||-0---------------|
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|-----0---0-----0-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
|-----------0-------------------------|
|---0---------0-----0---------0-------|
|-3-----3---------3---------3---------|
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|-----0---0-----0-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
|-----------0-------------------------|
|---0---------0-----0---------0-------|
|-3-----3---------3---------3---------|
Gtrs II, III Gtr I
|---------------------------7-------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------8-----|---------------------------------|
|-----0---0-----0-----0-(0)-----9---|---------0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
|-----------0---------------------9-|-----0---------------4-----4-----|
|---0---------0-----0---------------|---5-------5-----------5-----5---|
|-3-----3---------3-----------------|-3-----3-----3---2---------------|
Gtr V
> < > < >
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|----------------------|--------------|-------------*|
|----------------------|--------------|-------------*|
|---0-----0------------|--------------|-------------*|
|-----2-----2---4-(4)--|-4--(4)----4--|-4----(4)----*|
|-------2-----2--------|--------------|-------------*|
|-0--------------------|--------------|-------------*|
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Tablature Legend
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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
