The Brave Little Abacus

The Blah Blah Blahs

The Brave Little Abacus


Tom: D

Intro (The low D string is going to be palm muted)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9--9--9-----16--16--16-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7--7--7----| 14--14--14-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5--|

sonic jump sounds
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --- ----|
G|--9--9--9---16--16--16---12--12--12---11-11-11--------------9--9--9--4--4--4--7--7--7--6--6--6---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (2X)
A|--7--7--7---14--14--14---10--10--10---9--9--9----------------7--7--7--2--2--2--3--3--3--4--4--4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--7-8---10-8-7------|
B|-8------------------| x3
G|9------9------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

^ this is what Zach/keyboard is playing while doing the octaves


“Night slows me down…”
E|--0--0-----------------------------------|
B|--0--0-----------------------0------0----|
G|--0--0--2p-0-0-0-4p-0-0-0------0------0--|
D|--2--2-----------------------------------|
A|--3--3---------------------3------5------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
   Cmaj7

 This is the last pull off before next part
E|--7p-0-0-0-9p-0-0-0-----7h-----|
(the harmonic is played and slightly bend the whammy bar)


“Because I sort of!”
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----7b-----7b-----7b-----7b--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-------7-----7------7----------------14--16--17-16--14--16-17--------------------|
D|--X------5-------------5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5------3-----5------3----------------12--14---15-14--12--14-15--------------------|
E|--3-------------3--------------------------------------------------------------| ----|
    G5    Em7(b13)


“But now, I'm in the way…”
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------0---------------3p-0----------0---7b-7-------5p-0----------------|
G|------0-----0---------0--------0----------5----------0------0--------------|
D|----2---2-----------2---2--------2----5------------4----------4------------|
A|--0-----------0-2-3----------------/7------------5-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A7sus2          Cmaj7             Em           D6(11)
E|------------------------------------------------|

Back to Night slows me down... part w/ the rhythm cuts
E|------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8---------------------7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-------------| (2x)
(The second guitar is playing the same thing but in a octave higher on the second time its played)

sonic jump sounds
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9--9--9---16--16--16---12--12--12---11-11-11--------------9--9--9--4--4--4--7--7--7--6--6--6---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7--7--7---14--14--14---10--10--10---9--9--9----------------7--7--7--2--2--2--3--3--3--4--4--4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9--9--9---16--16--16---12--12--12---11-11-11--------------9--9--9--4--4--4-------------------| -|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7--7--7---14--14--14---10--10--10---9--9--9----------------7--7--7--2--2--2-----P| ick Slide!----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------|

“Okay, okay, okay…”                                               Big thanks to
                                                                  Hapi Manuko
                                                                  Nav
                                                                  anthropomorphicwind
E|----------------------|
B|-------3----12----14--|
G|-------0----0-----0---|
D|-------2----9-----11--|
A|-0--2--3----10----12--|
E|----------------------|
      C(add9) G     A7



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| p  Pull-off
| h  Hammer-on
| b  Bend
| /  Slide up