Understanding

From the album "Lucy"
Tabbed by Joe Costello (*)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Symbols used:
=============
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
9b(11) = bend 9th fret to the pitch of the 11th
v = vibrato

Intro: Riff 1
(Clean tone, let all notes ring)
                                                     (8x)
e|--------------------------|---------------------------|   
B|--------------------0-----|--------------------0------|   
G|---------5-------------5--|---------5-------------5--*|   
D|------0-----0----0--------|------0-----0----0--------*|   
A|---5----------5-----------|---5----------5------------|   
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|   


Fill 1: (at 0:36, let all notes ring again)
e|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|------------2-------------| 
D|-------4------------------| 
A|---2----------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 


Verse 1: 
e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------0-----|--------------------0------| 
G|---------5-------------5--|---------5-------------5---| 
D|------0-----0----0--------|------0-----0----0---------| 
A|---5----------5-----------|---5----------5------------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|-----------2---------------| 
G|------------2-------------|--------------2------------| 
D|-------4------------------|------4----------4---------| 
A|---2----------------------|---2----------------2------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------0-----|--------------------0------| 
G|---------5-------------5--|---------5-------------5---| 
D|------0-----0----0--------|------0-----0----0---------| 
A|---5----------5-----------|---5----------5------------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|---2---2---2---2-----------| 
G|------------2-------------|---2---2---2---2-----------| 
D|-------4------------------|---4---4---4---4-----------| 
A|---2----------------------|---2---2---2---2-----------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------0-----|--------------------0------| 
G|---------5-------------5--|---------5-------------5---| 
D|------0-----0----0--------|------0-----0----0---------| 
A|---5----------5-----------|---5----------5------------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|-----------2---------------| 
G|------------2-------------|--------------2------------| 
D|-------4------------------|------4----------4---------| 
A|---2----------------------|---2----------------2------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------0-----|--------------------0------| 
G|---------5-------------5--|---------5-------------5---| 
D|------0-----0----0--------|------0-----0----0---------| 
A|---5----------5-----------|---5----------5------------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|-----------2---------------| 
G|------------2-------------|--------------2------------| 
D|-------4------------------|------4----------4---------| 
A|---2----------------------|---2----------------2------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

                                *Turn up volume and add a little distortion on the last measure.

Chorus: Riff 2
(with distortion, strumming pattern not exactly shown)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
A|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
E|---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1--1---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------7------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------7------------------------------------| 
D|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----8---8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8--9------------------------------------| 
A|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----8---8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8--9------------------------------------| 
E|---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----6---6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--7--(hold this chord)-----------------| 

Verse 2: Follows the same pattern as Verse 1, except the fills are different.
Play Riff 1 twice, then play the following fills.

Fill 2: (at 1:48)
e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|---2h3p2-------------------| 
G|------------2-------------|----------2----------------| 
D|-------4------------------|-------------2-------------| 
A|---2----------------------|---------------------------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 


Fill 3: (at 1:58)
e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|---2---2---2---2-----------| 
G|------------2-------------|---2---2---2---2-----------| 
D|-------4------------------|---4---4---4---4-----------| 
A|---2----------------------|---2---2---2---2-----------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 


Fill 4: (at 2:08)
e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|---2h3p2-------------------| 
G|------------2-------------|----------2----------------| 
D|-------4------------------|-------------2h4-----------| 
A|---2----------------------|---------------------------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 


Fill 5: (at 2:18)
e|--------------------------|---------------------------| 
B|--------------------------|-----------2---------------| 
G|------------2-------------|--------------2------------| 
D|-------4------------------|------4----------4---------| 
A|---2----------------------|---2----------------2------| 
E|--------------------------|---------------------------| 

                                *Once again, turn up the volume here

Chorus 2:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
A|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
E|---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1--1---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8--8---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
A|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8--8---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
E|---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6--6---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
A|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3---9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9--9--|
E|---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1--1---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------7------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------7------------------------------------| 
D|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----8---8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8--9------------------------------------| 
A|---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----8---8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8--9------------------------------------| 
E|---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----6---6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--7--(hold this chord)-----------------| 

Interlude: Riff 3
(Clean tone)
                                                                              (2x)
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
B|---2h3p2-------------------------------|---2h3p2-------------------------------| 
G|----------2---------------2-----2------|----------2-------2h4-------4-----4----| 
D|-------------2--2h4--------------------|-------------2h4-----------------------| 
A|-----------------------2-----2-----2---|-------------------------2-----2----2--| 
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 

Bridge: Play Fill 1 (4x), getting progressively louder

The 3rd chorus is the same as the 2nd, for the rythym guitar. And that's it for the rythym.

Over the last chorus the lead plays something like this. I don't know the exact pattern of notes
but improvise with this and it should work. Listen to the song to get the timing of the lead.
e|---7----------------7---------------7---------------7----------------------------------|-
B|------10p7-------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7----------------------------|-
G|-----------9b(11)-----------9b(11)----------9b(11)----------9b(11)--9b(11)--9--7-------|-
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------9v---|-
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-

e|-------| 
B|-------| 
G|(rest)-| 
D|-------| 
A|-------| 
E|-------| 

e|----------7h10p7--------7h10p7--------7h10p7--------7h10p7-----------------------------|-
B|-----------------7h10p7--------7h10p7--------7h10p7--------7h10p7-7h10p7-7-------------|-
G|---9b(11)------------------------------------------------------------------9-7---7-----|-
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------9---9-7-|-
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-

e|-------| 
B|-------| 
G|(rest)-| 
D|-------| 
A|-------| 
E|-------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------7------------------------------------------
B|---7--10p7-----7-10b(12)--7h10p7-------------------10p7-----------------7-10----7-----------
G|------------9--------------------9b(11)---9b(11)--------9-7---7--9b(11)------9----9b(11)--9-
D|------------------------------------------------------------9-------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|----| 
B|----| 
G|7---| 
D|----| 
A|----| 
E|----| 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------7------------|--
B|------------------------------------------------------------10--7-10b(12)----10---------|--
G|---9-9--7-----7-------9--7-----7--------9-9--7----7--9b(11)---------------------9-7-----|--
D|-----------9-----9-7--------9-----9-7----------9------------------------------------9v--|--
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--

e|-----| 
B|-----| 
G|-----| 
D|9v*--| 
A|-----| 
E|-----| 

* = hold this note while turning the volume up and down. After a while, fade out.

And that's it. Any comments or questions, e-mail me.

Take it easy,