Windowpane

the first track from the most beautiful album in the music history, damnation


normal tuning, with a capo on the 2nd fret [thanx matt]


I - intro - beware of the slight rhythm variations - play 8 times
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------2-------------2---------2----------------------| 
|--------4-------------4---------4---------------7p2-4--| 
|------4-----4-----4-----------4-----4-----2h4/7--------| 
|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------| 


II - starts to sing - repeat 12 times

"Blank face in the windowpane
 Made clear in seconds of light
 Disappears and returns again
 Counting hours, searching the night"
|----------------2------------------| 
|----------2------------------------| 
|------8-----8-------8---8-----8----| 
|----6---6-----6-------6-----6---6--| 
|--4-----------------------2--------| 
|-----------------------------------| 

 times 9-12: keyboards enter [transposed for guitar]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--9-------------------------------7---------------------------------| 
|--9-------------------------------8---------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--5----4-2----4-5-----------------4---------------------------------| 
|--6----4-2----4-6-----------------4---------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 


III - repeat I 8 times, with the 1st guitar solo:
|--/9--|--/9-9-10-9-7-9-7/9---7-------|-------------------------------------------------|-----
|------|------------------------10-9--|--9--10--9--10p9---------------------------------|-----
|------|------------------------------|*|--/8--|                                              
|------|------------------------------|----------------------/9----9--------------------|-----
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------12---12p11-9-----7h9\\--|-----
|------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----

|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------| 
|----------7-----9--9b10--|--10r9b-(x7)--|--7-9-7------7--------------------|------------| 
|--7-6--------6-----------|--------------|--------/7-6---6\4-6h7p6----------|------------| 
|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------9\\--|--9p7-9/11--| 
|-------------------------|--------------|*|------------|                                  
|-------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|------------| 

|------------------|---------|-------------------------------| 
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------| 
|-------9-11-------|---------|-------------------------------| 
|--9h11------11\9--|--7h9-6--|--6h7p6---6--------------------| 
|------------------|---------|--------9---7h9-9-----2---3-4--| 
|------------------|---------|-------------------------------| 


IV - repeat II together with the 2nd verse

"Might be waiting for someone
 Might be there for us to see
 Might be in need of talking
 Might be staring directly at me"


V - things change:


 gtr1
 1.2.3.4.7.                    5.6.                          8.
|7-----5------------------|--8-----6--------------------|-------------------------------------
|------------5------------|--------------6--------------|--5h6p5---5----------------------10--
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|--------7---5-7-4-2-------2-9-12-----
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
||--------------8-10-10/12| 
||-8-10-10/12-------------| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 

|gtr2
|------------7-----5------|--------------8-----6--------|-------------------------------------
|------------------------5|--------------------------6--|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------
||---fading in...-10-10/12| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 
||------------------------| 


VI - new verse, and new riff:

"Inside plays a lullaby
 Slurred voice over children cries
 On the inside"
 1.2.4.5.                                                             3.
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6---
|--------5-----------5-----5---------------5---------5-----5---------|----------6---------6---
|------5-----------------5-----5---------5---------------5-----5-----|--------6---------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|--5-----------7-------------------5-----------7h8-------------------|--6-------8h9-2---------
||--6---------| 
||--6---------| 
||6-----6-----| 
||------------| 
||------------| 
||------------| 

   >     >     >     >     >   >   >     >     >     >     >   >        >     >     >     >     
>   >


VII - repeat V


VIII - after the drum solo, repeat this 8 times
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------| 
|----------7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----------| 
|--------------------7-----6------------------------------7---10--| 
|--2-----8-----9-------------8----7-----7-----8-----9-------------| 

   >     >     >     >     > >    >     >     >     >     >   >


IX - orgasm: the 2nd guitar solo

 rhythm gtr:
 1.2.5.6.                        3.4.7.*.       *.
|--4--4--5--5--2--2-----2-------|--4-----5-----2-----------|-----5--5--5--------2--2-------| 
|--5--5--7--7-------2-----------|--5-----7-----2-----------|-----7--7--7--------2--2-------| 
|---------------------2---------|-----------------2--------|-------6--------------2--------| 
|-------------------------------|--2-----4-----------6-----|-------------------------------| 
|--------------5----------------|--------------5-----------|----------------75-------------| 
|--2----------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------| 

 solo gtr:
 1.2.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------*------*-----------*-----*-----*------
|-/9--7--6--7-------------/9--7--/11--9--7-----------9--/--11--\--7--------/--9--\--7--\--7p6-
|--------------9------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||--------------| 
||--------------| 
||--------------| 
||4-------------| 
||--------------| 
||--------------| 

 *listen to mike's fingers sliding on the 4th string
 3.
|----------------------|-------------------9--------------------|-----------------------------
|-----------/10--9--9--|--------9b10r9--------12---9h10p9h10p9--|--9h10p9---------------------
|-----9--11------------|--11-----------11-----------------------|---------11----9--11p9-------
|-/11------------------|-----11---------------------------------|------------------------/9---
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||12---11h12p11h12--| 
||------------------| 

|-----------------------------------|--b14--|--------------------------------------9h10----9-
|-----------------------------------|-------|--12b13r12--------12-12h14--12h14----------12---
|-----------------------------------|-------|---------------14-------------------------------
|----------9-11---------------------|-------|------------------------------------------------
|--9h11-12----------12-----9h11h12--|-------|------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------|-------|------------------------------------------------
||----------| 
||10h12-----| 
||------11--| 
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----------| 

|-------7-10p9p7------7h9-7---7-9-9h10-----9b10r9-7------------9---------------------------| 
|--7h10----------7-10-----------------------------------10---9---9-7-9b10r9-7-5-----5h7----| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


X - repeat I 10 times


XI - repeat II 19 times with the 4th verse

"Haunting loneliness in the eye
 Skin covering secret scars
 His hand is waving a goodbye
 There's no response or action returned"

the 5th verse enters with keys:
"There is deep prejudice in me
 Outshines all reasons inside
 Given dreams all ridden with pain
 And projected unto the last"

the 20th time, II ends like this:
 gtr:
|--------------2--|let both instruments ring 
|----------2------|and fade away...          
|------8-----8----|                          
|----6---6--------|                          
|--4--------------|                          
|-----------------|                          

 keys:
|-----------------| 
|--------------4--| 
|--------------4--| 
|-----------------| 
|-----------------| 
|-----------------| 

the end.