Tom: A
TWELFTH STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
(From the 2006 Album BEAUTY AND THE BREAKDOWN)
Transcribed by Rob
Gtr I (A# F A# D# G C) - 'Slim'
Gtr II (A# F A# D# G C) - 'Eric Ellis'
Intro
Q=127
4/4
Gtr I
PM------| PM--------------------------------|
S S E S S E E S E E s +s S S S E E S S E S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|---------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|---------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|---------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|---------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------| PM------|
| S S E S S E H H S S E S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------x-x---x-x---|
|-----------------------|---------------x-x---x-x---|
|-----------------------|---------------x-x---x-x---|
|-----------------------|---------------x-x---x-x---|
|-0-0---0-0-------------|---------------x-x---x-x---|
Gtr I
PM------| PM----|
S S E S S E H H S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0-------------|---------------0-0-0-0-/15\--|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------|
| S S E S S E E S E E s +s S S S E E S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|-----------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|-----------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|-----------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x-------------|-----------------------------|
|-x-x---x-x---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-/15\--|
Gtrs I, II
PM------| PM--------------------------------|
S S E S S E E S E E s +s S S S E E S S E S S E 3x
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----||
PM------| PM------------------------------|
S S E S S E E S E E s +s S S S E E S S S S Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-/15\--|
Verse
PM--| PM--| PM--| ~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S +S
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------5-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-2-2-3---0-5-0-4-0-5-(5)--||
PM--| PM--| PM--| ~~~~~~
S S S E e S S S S E e S S S S E E E S S S S S S +S
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------2-3---------3-2---|-------2-3-5-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-2-3---0-0-0-3-2---|-0-0-0-2-3---0-5-0-4-0-5-(5)--||
PM--| PM--| PM--| ~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S +S
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------5-----------------o||
||--0-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-2-2-3---0-5-0-4-0-5-(5)--||
Chorus
PM------| PM--------------------------------|
S S E S S E E S E E s +S S S S E E S S E S S E 3x
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----||
PM------| PM----------------------|
S S E S S E E S E E s +S S S S E E H
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------17\----|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-17\----|
2nd Verse
PM--| PM------| PM------| ~
E E E q q E E E E q q E E E E q q e +e q q E Q 4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||----------------|---------------|-------------7-|-(7)--------------||
||o-------2--3----|-------3--2----|-------2--3--5-|-(5)-6--5--------o||
||--0-0-0-2--3--0-|-0-0-0-3--2--0-|-0-0-0-2--3----|-----6--5--0-5----||
Breakdown
PM------| PM----------| PM|
S S E S S E H S S e S S S S e E S S E
||-------------------|--------------------------||
||o------------------|-------------------------o||
||-------------------|--------------------------||
||-------------------|--------------------------||
||o------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0-0---0-0--------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----||
PM------| PM--------------------------------|
S S E S S E E S E E s +s S S S E E S S E S S E
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------------o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----||
PM------| PM----------------|
S S E S S E H S S S S E E S S E S S E
||-------------------|--------------------------||
||o------------------|-------------------------o||
||-------------------|--------------------------||
||-------------------|--------------------------||
||o------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0-0---0-0--------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----||
PM------| PM--------------------------------|
S S E S S E E S E E s +s S S S E E S S E S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---|
PM------| PM----| PM------|
S S E S S E E S E E S +H S S E S S E
|-----------------------|--------------------*|
|-----------------------|--------------------*|
|-----------------------|--------------------*|
|-----------------------|--------------------*|
|---------------------0-|-(0)----------------*|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)----0-0---0-0---*|
Duration Legend
---------------
+ - 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(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)
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
: - bar (freetime)
& - Coda
