Circa Survive

Birth Of The Economic Hitman

Circa Survive


Tom: C

Main riff                                                                           Ending #1
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
G|--------------5-----5------------2------2-----------5----5-----|-------9---------7---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E|----------7-7-----7----7---3-3------3-----3--7-7-----7----7----|--10------10/8-----8-------|

Ending #2
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--------9----------10-------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|---10----10/12-----12-------|

Gtr 2 (swells over main riff)
E|----17-----15--------------------|
B|-------------------17-----18-----|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

"Uprising, within us..." (w/ delay, mute all d string notes) | Ending #1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------5------6/-----|
G|---------5--------5----------7-------7--------5------5------------|------------------------|
D|--5h7-7----5-7-------5h-7-7----5-7-----5h7-7----5-7---------------|---5h7-7----7-7---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|

Ending #2
E|-------------------------|
B|---5-------6-------8/----|
G|-------------------------|
D|------7-7----7-7---------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

(GTR 1 comes back in with main riff under this^)





"Our life, is more than a side-effect..." (both gtrs)
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7---5----9----7----7----5----9---3---------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----8~--7~--10~--8~----8~--7~--10~--5~---------------------|
E|-----8~--7~--10~--8~----8~--7~--10~--5~---------------------|


CHORUS

Gtr 1: "We've become, everything we criticized..."
E|-----------------------------|
B|---3-----6-------5-------3---|
G|---2-----5-------5-------3---|
D|---0-----3-------5-------3---|
A|---0-----3-------3-------1---|
E|---0-----3-------------------| x2

Gtr 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------14---12--14--12p10---10--12---10---------------10------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------12----12-------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------12b13r12--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2

"Nothing is sacred..."

Gtr 1 plays chorus until Bb, then goes back to "Our life is more than a side-effect" (pre-chorus)

Gtr 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15----15--|
B|----15-----15-------15------17-----17--------17-----18-----18------18--------------------15-----|
G|--------14--------14---14-------14--------14----14------14-------14----14-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Cont'd
E|------15------17----17-----17-------13-------|
B|---15---15------15----15------15-------16b18-|
(hold this til verse2, releasing to 17 sometimes... listen to see what I mean)

Verse 2
Gtr 1 (Gtr 2 is same as Verse 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------5h6------------------------------5h6p5-------------------------------10--------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------5--7------7h9--------------|
D|---5h7-------------5h7---10---8-----5h7-----------5h7---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7h9---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------10--8---5h7--7-7--5h7--7-7-5h7--7-7--5h7-7-7-7-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--|

Gtr 2 Comes in (fades)
E|-----------------------------------17---------17---------17----|
B|--17--------17---------17--------------15-15-----15-15---------|
G|-----14-14-----14-14-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Goes through this rotation with essentially no new parts:

Prechorus
Extended Chorus

Bridge

Lick:
E|---------12----12----12-...-|
B|-----15----15---15------...-|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Messed about with whammy pedal and such


Rhythm:
E|--------------------|
B|---3------5------3--|
G|---2------5------3--|
D|---0------5------3--|
A|---0------3------1--|
E|---0----------------|

Goes under "lick":
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------b9r7--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------7b8---5--5/7-8--7p5/7b8------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm under "Nothing is sacred... not that it ever was"
E|-----------------------------------------3h5--2--|
B|--------------------8/-------------------3-------|
G|--------------------7/-----3~------x-------------|
D|--0------------x-----------x-------x-------------|
A|--0------------x-----------1~------x-------------|
E|--0----/5~-----x---------------------------------|