The Edge (Tab)

Tabs for the song The Edge

Guitar

• Tabs sourced from: Saint Chad's Home For The Terminally Helpless.

Lead

Bit of a cow to tab out this one, he basically plays a lot of right hand-muted notes and plays about with a pattern... I'll do what I can.


INTRO

Chad puts lots of distortion and echo on then slides his finger thusly for the very first noises:
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------| <- then gently touch this string near the end.
|-8s0--|

DRUMS START

D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------------------|

D|-----7-----5-----7-----5---7-5-7-------5-----------|
A|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-------0-0-3---0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

And so on... basically you're playing a variation on
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----------------------4-|
|-7--5--7--5--7-5-7---5---|
|-------------------3-----|
|-------------------------|

throughout the intro and:
"Cast your stone now he who never sins
Clearly all your roles are now defined
(You've got yours but I have broken mine)"

then it all goes down a string to
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----7-----5-----7-----5---7-5-------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-----0-0-0-| twice

for:
"Simply just reflections of my honest professional belief that I am God"

and back up again once for
"(I am God)"


CHORUS

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-----------5/---------------|
|-7-5-7-5-7----7-5-7-5-------|
|----------------------------|
|-----------------------5-7/-|

REPEAT VERSE

"Only For Tinsel" BIT

a heavily distorted D then

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-7-5-7-5------|
|--------------|
|---------5-7/-|

all twice

REPEAT CHORUS

Rhythm

Chords (for this song, anyway, they're played like this): 
A: x022xx
C: x355xx
D: x577xx

Play short, palm muted, downwards strokes throughout the intro and verse, and very distorted and unmuted noises for the chorus.

INTRO

A C A C A C A C A

VERSE

A                                C
Cast your stone now he who never sins
A                                C
Clearly all your roles are now defined
(You've got yours but I have broken mine)
E
Simply just reflections of
   E                                    A
My honest professional belief that I am God
      C
(I am God)


CHORUS

C              D             A
Stop me before I go over the edge
C              D             A
Stop me before I go over the edge
C              D
Stop me before I...


VERSE:

A C A

A                           C
Happy children specially in need
(Send them to the dentist they will bleed)
  A                      C
Before you get to know exhesitate
(Could be gay or could be straight)
E
Your mental state which separates
    E                                A
The action from intention, wash your hands
           A
(Wash your hands)


REPEAT CHORUS.
MIDDLE:

D                   A
Only for tinsel
D                   A
Only for tinsel

 
REPEAT CHORUS.

Bass

INTRO

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-0---------------3----------------|
|----------------------------------|   x3


VERSE

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-0---------------3----------------|
|----------------------------------|

|------------------|
|------------------|
|-0----------------|
|------------------|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------3--|
|-----------------------------------|
Cast your stone now he who never sins

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------3--|
|-----------------------------------|
Clearly all your roles are now defined

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------|
  Simply just reflections of

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------0--|
|-0----------------------------------------|
My honest professional belief that I am God

|--------|
|--------|
|-----3--|
|--------|
(I am God)


CHORUS

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3------------5-------------0---|
|--------------------------------|
Stop me before I go over the edge

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3------------5-------------0---|
|--------------------------------|
Stop me before I go over the edge

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-3------------5----|
|-------------------|
Stop me before I...

REPEAT VERSE.
REPEAT CHORUS.


MIDDLE:

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-5-----------------0-|
|---------------------|
  Only for tinsel

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-5-----------------0-|
|---------------------|
  Only for tinsel

 
REPEAT CHORUS.

Credit

• Lead section:
• Rhythm section:
• Bass section: