ORESTES As recorded by A Perfect Circle (From the 2000 Album MER DE NOMS) Transcribed by Nick Coulter Words and Music by Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel
E F G5 E5 D5 C5 G5/A G5 X E5 open xx xxxb xxx x xx 7 fr. x xx 5 fr. x xx x xx x xx 10 fr. xxx
A Intro Moderately Slow = 49 Em7 P Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
1 g 6 V V V gV V V V V V gV V V I 8 ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V V V V Gtr I mp
let ring
T 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 A 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 B 7 8 7 8
B Verse Em7 Em7/G Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/D Em7 Em7/A Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/A
5 g V V V gV V V V V V gV V V I ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 A 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 B 7 8 7 8
Em7 Em7/G Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/D Em7 Em7/A Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/A
9 g V V V gV V V V V V gV V V I ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 A 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 B 7 8 7 8
Em7 Em7/G Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/D Em7 Em7/A Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/A
13 g V V V gV V V V V V gV V V I ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 A 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 B 7 8 7 8
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Em7 Em7/G Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/D Em7 Em7/A Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/A
17 g V V V gV V V V V V gV V V I ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 A 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 B 7 8 7 8
C Chorus Em7 D6 G/C
21 g I gV V V V gV V V V gV c g V V V V V V V V V V Gtr I let ring
T 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 5 5 A 5 5 7 7 0 (0) 0 B 7 5 g I c c c gV V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Gtr II T A B 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 sl. sl. g t gt I u t t t
Gtr III p N.H.
T [12] [12] A [7] [7] B
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Em7 D6
24 g I c gV gV V V V gV V V V V V V V g V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 5 5 A 0 0 5 5 7 7 B 7 5 g I c V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V V V V V V T A B 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 sl. sl. sl.
g gt t c I t t et t t
N.H. N.H.
T [12] [12] [5] A [7] [4] [4] B
D Verse Gadd2/C Em7 Em7/G Fmaj9 Fmaj9/D
27 g c V V I gV c gV gV V V V gV V V V V V V V g V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 0 0 8 8 2 2 0 7 7 9 9 A 0 (0) 0 5 5 7 7 B 7 8 g I V V V V W gW W T A B 0 (0) 1 1 1 1 1 g c gt I gt t t u t t N.H.
T [12] [4] A [7] [7] B
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Em7 Em7/A Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/A Em7 Em7/G Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/D Em7 Em7/A
31 g V V V gV V V V V V gV V V V V I ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V let ring
T 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 A 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 5 5 B 7 8 7 8 7
E Interlude Fmaj9/C Fmaj9/A E5 C5 D5
36 g V gV V V } I V V V W W let ring 0 T 8 8 x 9 A 7 B 8 1 (1) (1) g I c V V gV V V V V V Gtr II T A B 1 5 1 1 3 3 3 sl. sl. sl.
E5 C5 Dsus2 V V V V V V 39 g V gV V P V fV gV V I u z g V V V Gtr IV mf 0 0 0 T 16 15 13 12 12 13 15 15 15 15 10 9 10 10 A B sl. sl. g I c gW V V gV V V V V V V V Gtr II T A B 5 (5) 5 5 5 5 1 1 3 3 3 sl. sl. sl.
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F Bridge Em7 Fmaj9 E11 43 g V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V eV I gV V V V V V V gV V V V V V gV V V V V V
Gtr IV f let ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 7 A 7 B sl.
g V gV V V gV eV V V V V V I eV V fV gV V V V V gV gV V Gtr I mf Gtr V f let ring
T 0 0 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 A 5 5 7 7 9 B 7 8 g I V gV V V V V V V V V V Gtr II T A B 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
A5/C A5/D Esus2 A5/C A7 46 g gV V V gV eV V V V V V V V V gV eVV VV I V V V V V V V gV V
Gtrs IV, V
T 7 7 7 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 A 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 9 B sl.
Esus2 A5/C A5/D Esus2
49 g VeV V V V eV V V I gV gV V V V V gV V V V V gV V V V V
T 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 A 7 7 7 7 B
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G Chorus Em/F b A5 Em7 D6 52 g eV fV V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V eV fV I gV V V V V V gV V V V V V gV V V V V V Gtr IV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 7 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 5 5 (5) 7 5 5 5 8 A B H sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. g I gV V V V gV V V V g V V V V V V Gtr I let ring
T 0 0 0 0 7 7 5 5 A 5 5 7 7 B 7 5
Gadd2/C Em7 55 g V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I gV V gVV V V V V V V 1/4 1/2 Full
M M 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 O 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10 A B sl. sl. sl. g c I gV c gV gV V V V V V V V V V g V V V let ring
T 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 7 A 0 (0) 0 5 5 B 7
D6 Gadd2/C
58 g I gV V V V V V V V V gV V VV VV VV VV VV VV gVV VV VV gV V V V V V V V V V V V V 1/2
M [[ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 5 5 (5) 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 B sl. g c I gV V V V gV c gV V V V V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 2 0 A 7 7 0 (0) 0 B 5
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H Guitar Solo Em7 D6 Gadd2/C
61 g I gV V gVV VV VV V gV V gVV V V VV V V V V V V gV eV V fV V V V V V V V V V Gtr IV let ring let ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 0 A 0 0 2 4 4 7 7 0 0 B sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. g c I gV V V V gV V V V gV g V V V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 5 5 2 A 5 5 7 7 0 B 7 5
Em7 D6
64 g I gV V gVV VV VV gV eV V fV e V V V fV V V V V V V gV eV V fV V V V V V let ring let ring let ring 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 A 2 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 2 4 4 7 5 5 7 B sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. g I c gV gV V V V gV V V V V V V V g V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 7 5 5 A 0 5 5 7 7 B 7 5
Gadd2/C 67 g I V V V V V V eV V fV eVV eV gV V fV V V V V V let ring let ring T 0 0 0 0 A 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 B 5 5 7 sl. sl. sl. sl. g I gV c c gV V V V V V V V V let ring
T 0 0 2 2 2 0 A 0 0 (0) B
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K Interlude Em7 Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 69 g I c c j j gVV gV V V V V V W u Gtr IV 1/2 ff M[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 0 T 3 A B 7 (7) (7) (7) (7)O sl.
g V V V gV V V V V V gV V V I ggV V V V V V V ggV V V V V V V Gtr I let ring
T 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 A 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 B 7 8 7 8
I Guitar Solo Cadd2 B`° E5/E ` E5/A ` Cadd2 Dsus2 V V V V V eV V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V 73 g gV V V V V V eV V V I gV V V V V eV V V g V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V V V let ring let ring let ring let ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 15 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 12 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 A B sl. sl. H H sl. sl. E5/E ` Fmaj7 Cadd2 B`° E5/E ` E5/A ` gV V V V V V V V V V V eV V V V 76 g gV V V V V V eV V I gV V V V V V V VV gV V V V V eV V V g V V V V V V 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 let ring let ring 0 0 M 0 M 0 M 0 M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 17 17 17 17 17 17 6 15 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 12 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 A B sl. sl. sl. H H C6 B`maj7 `5 Esus4/E ` Fmaj7 C B`maj7 `5 79 g ggV V V V V V V V gV V V V k gV V V V V V V V I eV V
let ring Gtr V mf let ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 2 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 A 0 0 B sl. sl. sl. sl.
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E5/E ` E5/A ` C Dsus2 Fmaj7 82 g V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I gVV V V VV V VV V VV VV gV V V V V V gV V V V V VV 1/4 1/2 let ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M 0 M 0 0 0 0 T 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10O 10 3 A B H H sl. sl. C6 B`maj7 `5 E5/E ` Fmaj7 Dsus2 85 g V V V V V V V V I gV V V V V V gVV V V V VV V VV V VV VV gVV V VV V V V
let ring let ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 A 9 B sl. sl. H H P
J Chorus E F G5 E5 D5 C5 Gtr VI b c ______88 g I V j j k gV V
Gtr IV let ring T A 9 7 B P
G5/A E5 G5 X ______91 g V V eV V V V V V V V V V V V V I gV V V V V [[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ T 8 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 A 9 9 9 (9) B
D5 C5 G5/A ______94 g gV V V V V V V V V V V I gV V V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V 1 1/2 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ M f T 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 5 5 (5) O 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 A B sl.
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E5 D5 C5 ______97 g V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I gV V V V V V V gVV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV gV V V V V V V V 1/2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 A B sl. sl. sl. sl. E5 D5 C5 ______100 g gV V V V VV gV V V V V V V V V gVV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV I u gV 1/2 1/2
0 M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M 0 0 0 0 T 10 10 10 3 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A B sl. sl. sl. G5/A E5 G5 X ______
103 g I gVV V V VV VV VV VV gVV VV VV VV VV VV gV gV V gVV VV V V V V V ff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 0 A 0 B sl. sl. sl. D5 G5 X C5 G5/A ______
106 g I gV V gVV VV V gV eV V fV V V V V V V V V V gV eV V fV eV V V fV V let ring let ring let ring 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 2 A 2 4 4 7 7 0 0 2 4 4 4 2 0 B sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. E5 G5 X D5 G5 X C5 ______
109 g I gV V gVV VV V V V V V gV eV V fV V V V V V V V V V V eV V fV eVV let ring let ring 0 0 T 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 2 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 B sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org ORESTES - A Perfect Circle Page 11 of 11
rit. E5 open N.C. ______^ ^ 1 g I c eVVgV V fV V V V V V V V gV V V V V 1/2M T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 4 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 B 7 7 (7) (7) O sl.
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