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The Air That You Breathe

Mourning Widows

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*** THE AIR THAT YOU BREATH ***  (transcription by Antonio)16/04/01

Mourning Widows -- Mourning Widows
 Music- N. Bettencourt  (I?m not sure)
 Lyrics- N. Bettencourt (I?m not sure)


  TUNE GUITAR STANDAR (E) E A D G B E

           these points mean enlarge notes by picking several times
           .....        .....       ...     ...
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|last note is
|--5-5-5--5------5-5-5--5-----5-5-6-7---5-6-7---5-6-(noise)---|some slide
|-------------------------------------------------------------|noise

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---|
|--2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---|
|--0--X--X--X--X--X-X---0--X--X--X--X--X-X---0--X--X--X--X--X-X---|


 GUITAR I      PM.                          same as before
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|--2---2--2----2-2--2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X...---------2--X--X-...|
|--2---2--2----2-2--2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X...---------2--X--X-...|
|--0---0--0----0-0--0--X--X--X--X--X-X---0--X--X...---------0--X--X-...|
|                                                                      |
|GUITAR II                     ......                ......            |
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|----------------------3-3-3---3-------------3-3-3--3------------------|
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 G I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|  Though it is recorded with
|--------------------------------------|  two guitars you can do it
|--2----2---2-------2-2--2-------------|  with one. At least that?s
|--2----2---2-------2-2--2-------------|  how I play it.
|--0----0---0-------0-0--0-------------|
|                                      |
|G II      ....    ...    ...          |
|--------------------------------------|
|---3-3-4--5---3-4-5--3-4-5------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


VERSE I
                     .....                       .....
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|-3--3--3--3--3-----3----------3--3--3--3--3----3----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
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  I got a big great smile     but I got rotten teeth

                     .....          .....           ....
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|--3--3--3---3--4---5---------3--4--5---------3--4--5------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
 my posture?s kinda good    from my knees     to my feet


*(same as before with these verses)

2- And if I cut my hair    most people they won't stare
   But if people don't stare,     who will care, who will care

3- I got me a tatto,       it makes me feel so tough
   Someone would fight me please God I need to be touched

4- The closest that I get  to ever feel your kiss
   I get to take a drag  off a used cigarette

*(silence)

        Sometimes I think I'm better off dead
        But then if I'm dead, they'll bury my head
        If I can't use my lips, can't kiss the air
        Why kiss the air?
        (Cause it's the air you breathe)

CHORUS
  PM.                                        PM.
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|-2-2--2---X--X-----X-------X-X---X----X-X----2-2--2---X--X-----X------|
|-2-2--2---X--X-----X-------X-X---X----X-X----2-2--2---X--X-----X------|
|-0-0--0---X--X-----X-------X-X---X----X-X----0-0--0---X--X-----X------|
       sometimes I think I?m better off dead     but then if I?m dead


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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--X--X-----X----X-----2-2--2-------------2----------X-----X-----------|
|--X--X-----X----X-----2-2--2-------------2----------X-----X-----------|
|--X--X-----X----X-----0-0--0-------------0----------X-----X-----------|
 they?ll bury my head  If I can?t use my lips can?t kiss the air

  PM.
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2--2------2--2--------------------------X---X-----X--X-------------|
|-2-2--2------2--2--------------------------X---X-----X--X-------------|
|-0-0--0------0--0--------------------------X---X-----X--X-------------|
      Why kiss the air? cause it?s the air that you breath

                       AH.         AH.bend 1/4
|----------------------------------------------|  In this sections I tried
|----------------------------------------------|  to keep notes in time
|----------------------------------------------|  over the words.That could
|-X-X------------------------------------------|  help.
|-X-X----7----7---7----5-----------------------|
|-X-X----------------------7---5----3bu--0-----|
       Sometimes think I?m better  off dead

                AH. AH.  AH.        AH.
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------7---5---7---7-----5--------------------|
|------------------------------7--5--3bu--0----|
  but then if I?m dead they?ll bury  my head

   AH. PM. AH. AH.b1/2  PM. PM. PM. AH.
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--5---5---5---6bu------5---5----5---7---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
 can?t use my lips    can?t kiss the air

  AH. AH.     AH.                   w/bar
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--5---5-------7-------------------------------|
|----------7---------5bu-bd--3--0-3-0~~~~------|
 why kiss the air


(back to this part)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  etc.
|--2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---|
|--2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---2--X--X--X--X--X-X---|
|--0--X--X--X--X--X-X---0--X--X--X--X--X-X---0--X--X--X--X--X-X---|

(then the VERSE - same as before)

5- Sometimes I wish I wish    I wish that I was sick
   Cause then I would belong to a popular plauge

6- Sometimes I wish I wish    I wish that I was green
   I could fight for my rights, I would march standing tall

7- All I wanted was you,      all I wanted was you
   But you don't notice me    (silence here) you despise, you despise


CHORUS
                       AH.         AH.bend 1/4
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------7----7---7----5-----------------------|
|--------------------------7---5----3bu--0-----|
       Sometimes think I?m better  off dead

                AH. AH.  AH.        AH.1/4
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------5bu-------|
|-------7---5---7---7-----5---------------7----|
|------------------------------7--5------------|
  but then if I?m dead they?ll bury  my head

   AH. PM. AH. AH.b1/2  PM. PM. PM. AH.
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--5---5---5---6bu------5---5----5---7---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
 can?t use my lips    can?t kiss the air

  AH. AH.     AH.                   w/bar
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--5---5-------7-------------------------------|
|----------7---------5bu-bd--3--0-3-0~~~~------|
 why kiss the air


(bass doing that cool thing whil guitar is silenced...then)

PRESOLO
almost clean                               PM.
|----------------------------------------------|
|--8-------8---8---8---7----5-~~---------------|
|--7-----7---7---6---6---6--4------------------|
|--5--------------------------------3--3---3-3-|
|-----------------------------------3--3---3-3-|
|-----------------------------------1--1---1-1-|


SOLO

         scratch                      more scratch
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----X----X----X--X---X--X-----2----X---X---X----X--X---X-X-X-X----|
|--2-----X----X----X--X---X--X-----2----X---X---X----X--X---X-X-X-X----|
|--0-----X----X----X--X---X--X-----0----X---X---X----X--X---X-X-X-X----|


   though I wrote muted strings, I think that Nuno rubs the strings
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|--2-----X--X--X---X----X--X-X-----2-----X-XXX-X---X---X-X-XXX---------|
|--2-----X--X--X---X----X--X-X-----2-----X-XXX-X---X---X-X-XXX---------|
|--0-----X--X--X---X----X--X-X-----0-----X-XXX-X---X---X-X-XXX---------|


Here guitar seems to play artificial harmonics all the time(dunno how,
maybe a pedal effect)so I will save the AH. over every note.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11----12-----12---------------------------11-12----15-------12------|
|------------------11----12--14---12--14-14----------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----12--13--13-13---15-15---12-----12--13--12------------12--13----|
|-------------------------------------------------14------14-----------|
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                                               \\dive down sliding
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|--14---11--12-/14----11-----11-/-12--\--9--9----12\\----------/12-----|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12----12------------12------------------------------12------------|
|-9-----9---------------------------------11--14------14------------11-|
|---------------------12----12--------12-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


                  b1/4                   b1/4
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9--11------11bu---------9--11-----12bu----------9--11------------|
|---9---------9-------------9---------9-------------9---------9--8-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                      b1 slowly
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9----9----9---------------------------------------11-12---11-12-9---|
|----7----8-----7----7-7-7-\5-~~~~----7bu(9)-----9---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                     this is wrong
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|---------------------------------------------------------2------------|
|--11-9\7---9-7\5---7-5\4---5\4------4-5-4---3-4-3---2-3-5----very-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------fast-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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 dunno this so do something fast
|---------------------------------|  Now enters a second guitar
|--very---------------------------|  doing that thing that was
|-fast part-----------------------|  heard in the verses but 1
|---------------------------------|  octave lower.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

           .....        .....       ...     ...     ....
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|--5-5-5--5------5-5-5--5-----5-5-6-7---5-6-7---5-6-7---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

While the other guitar does this.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------11--12--------------12--10---------------12---12-13----15----13-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9--------------9-----10-----------10--12----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                           lil dive down
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12------------------12----------------13---13--13-12-13-12\---------|
|------------------9-------------9-------------------------------------|
|---------9--9--9-------------------9-9--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                         solo ends
|-----14-----------14----------14--------------------------------------|
|--12----12-----12----11----11----10----10-10--8-8-8-8-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Last verse

                       .....                           ......
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5---5--5---5---5--5-------------5--5--5--5---5----5----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  The closest that I get            to ever feel your kiss

                     .....                 .....           .....
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5----5--6--7---------------5--6--7---------5--6--7------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   I get to take a drag           off a used       cigarette

                       .....                           ......
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5---5--5---5---5--5-------------5--5--5--5---5----5----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    All I wanted was you            All I wanted was you

                     .....                 .....           .....
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5----5--6--7---------------5--6--7---------5--6--7------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
But you don't notice me            you despise,    you despise

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------2---------------------------2-----------------------------------|
|------2---------------------------2-----------------------------------|
|-X-X--0----------------------X-X--0-----------------------------------|
      If all you wanted was       If all you wanted was


|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------2-----------------------------2-------2-2\----------------------|
|------2-----------------------------2-------2-2\----------------------|
|-X-X--0-------------------------X-X-0-------0-0\----------------------|
        all you wanted was life        you will then recognize me

*************************** END (enjoy it!)***********************

        Thanx godness I finished.The solo had some parts quite difficult
for me; moreover the artificial harmonics could hurt your ears cause of
the very high frequencies.I hope you could use this, I know sometimes looks
a bit chaotic but the song is very easy, no rare chords, no 100 notes/second
tapping, just a plain Em chord and a suitable solo. Any suggestion or comment
bout this , email me    asc12@alu.um.es    or    nunozowie@mixmail.com

        By the way, if you see this symbol  ?  it?s supposed to be an
apostrophe but this keyboard hates me.

        Things I?ve used for the transcription:
       -Transcribe! 2.00 (Unregistered version). It slowsdown Wavs. Get it at
                    www.harmony-central.com
                    www.seventhstring.demon.co.uk
       -Winamp
       -My shitty Samick Artists Series

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******************************S Y M B O L S*****************************
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h  ======>hammer on
p  ======>pull off
b  ======>bend  1=one step(two frets) ==>bu(bend up) bd(bend down)
A.H. ====>Artificial harmonics
P.M. ====>Palm Mute
/ and \ =>slide
+  ======>fret board tapping
X  ======>Muted strings
~~~  ===>vibrato
w\bar  =>whammy bar
************************************************************************
         And this is the end. Really. Start playing. Why are you still
         reading? OK. It?s up. Get it? >:/

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Mourning Widows