The Edge (Tab)
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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.
Drums
Credit
- Lead section:
- Rhythm section:
- Bass section:
References