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/ Silverchair / Neon Ballroom (1999) / Paint Pastel Princess guitar tab

Song-Paint Pastel Princess
Band-silverchair
Album-Neon Ballroom

Transcribed by Denis Bourdon (denbourdon@aol.com)
http://members.aol.com/denbourdon/silverbsides.htm
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Tablature explanation

b   : bend
s   : slide
h   : hammer-on
p   : pull-off
x   : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute

Dropped D tuning one half step down (from low to high:Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb), written chords are relative to a
"normal" Dropped-D

[0:00]
eb|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
Bb|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
Gb|-----------------2---2-------|
Db|-0-----0---0-----------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---------3---------------3---------------3-------------3-------|
|---3---------------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-------3-----3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---2---2-----2---|
|-0-----0---0---0---------------0---------------0-------------0---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[0:19]
   D       F  E
|--2----|--------|
|--3----|--6--5--|
|--2----|--5--4--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
It's only self rejection
With a mean left

   D  D-    F  E  F  F  E
|--2--2--|--------------2--|
|--3--3--|--6--5--6--8--3--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--5--7--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
Cold carbon copied coping
And it's mean theft
That's been left behind 

[0:41] Acoustic guitar (doubled by an electric playing the first notes)
  B  C# D A  F#    B  C# D  C# D  C#
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7-------|--4--6--7--6--7--6--|
|---------7--4--|--------------------|
|-2--4--5-------|--2--4--5--4--5--4--|
|---------7--4--|--------------------|
Paint pastel princess
Bo and arapax

  B  C# D A  F# A    B  C# D  B  C# D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
The shelves when they're broken
I'll beg you, beg you

[1:04]
|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

[1:10]
   D  D-    F  E
|--2--2--|--------|
|--3--3--|--6--5--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
Waste life when youth is sweeter, neater
Content with contents

   D  D-    F  E  F  F  E
|--2--2--|--------------2--|
|--3--3--|--6--5--6--8--3--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--5--7--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
Cultures cringing at accents
And it's too tense, camp out

[1:33]
  B  C# D A  F# A    B  C# D  B  C# D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
She tastes the candy
Sugarless, cancerous

  B  C# D A  F# A    B  C# D  B  C# D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
Crave cocaine cop shows
I'll beg you, beg you

[1:55]
||----2--2-3--3-5--5-5-5--|--5--5-3--3--0----|| x4
||----3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|--3--3-3--3--2----||
||-o--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|--2--2-2--2--2--o-||
||-o--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0--2--o-||
||------------------------|------------------||
||------------------------|------------------||
But it's all the same to me (x4)

[2:18]
|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-5-|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-2-|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|-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-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|

|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-5-|-4--4-2-4------------|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3------------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0-|
|-------------------|-----------3-5-7-7-0-|
|-------------------|-----------3-5-7-7-0-|

[2:29]
      F G A   D     x4 F G A F D
||------------------||-----------|
||------------------||-----------|
||-o--------------o-||-----------|
||-o--3-5-7-7-0---o-||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----||-3-5-7-3-0-|

      D               F G A   D    x3 D               F G A
||---------------------------------||-------------------------|
||---------------------------------||-------------------------|
||-o-----------------------------o-||-------------------------|
||-o--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0--o-||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
||----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0----||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
||----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0----||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
        *****  ***                      *****    ***           *:palm mute

[3:05]
|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

[3:16]
|-2--2-3--3-5-----|-2--2-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3--3-3-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-7-7-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0--0-0-7-7-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-------------5-5-|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

|-2--2-3--3-5-----|-2--2-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3--3-3-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-7-7-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0--0-0-7-7-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-------------5-5-|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

[3:28]
||----2--2-3--3-5--5-5-5--|--5--5-3--3--0----|| x4
||----3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|--3--3-3--3--2----||
||-o--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|--2--2-2--2--2--o-||
||-o--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0--2--o-||
||------------------------|------------------||
||------------------------|------------------||
But it's all the same to me (x4)

[3:57]
  B  C# D A  F# A    B  C# D  B  C# D
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
Paint pastel princess
Bo and arapax

  B  C# D A  F# A    B  C# D  B  C# D
|-----------------|--------------------|---|
|-----------------|--------------------|---|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|-4-|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|---|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|-2-|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|---|
The shelves when they're broken
I'll beg you, beg you


Silverchair albums
2002 Diorama
1999 Neon Ballroom
1997 Freak Show
1995 Frogstomp
Neon Ballroom tabs
01Emotion Sickness tabbass tab
02Anthem For The Year 2000 tabbass tab
03Ana's Song (Open Fire) tabbass tab
04Spawn Again tabbass tab
05Miss You Love tabbass tab
06Dearest Helpless tabbass tab
07Do You Feel The Same tabbass tab
08Black Tangled Heart tabbass tab
09Point Of View tabbass tab
10Satin Sheets tabbass tab
11Paint Pastel Princess tabbass tab
12Steam Will Rise tabbass tab

 

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