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Crystal Baller

Third Eye Blind

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Author/Artist: Third Eye Blind
Title: Crystal Baller
Album: Crystal Baller
Transcribed by: Tim Saler for StephanJenkins.com
Email: tim@stephanjenkins.com

Tuning: EADGBE (Standard)

Intro (Stephan - Fingerpicked):
-----0---------0-------1---------0-------0---------0---------|
---2---1---------1-------3---------1---2---1---------1-------|
-3-------2---0-------2-----2---0-----3-------2---0-----------|
-------------------0-----------------------------------------|
-----------3-----------------3-----------------3-------------|
-------------------------------------------------------3/15--|

Chorus (Tony):
---------5-5----------|
---------5-5----------|
-------5-5-5----------|
-3-3-3-7---7-5-5-5-5--|
-3-3-3-8-----5-5-5-5--|
-1-1-1-5-----3-3-3-3--|

Chorus (Stephan):
----------------------|
-1-1-1-1-1-1----------|
-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0--|
-3-3-3-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
-------------3-3-3-3--|

Verse (Tony):
---------------5-5--------------------------|
-------------6-6-6--------------------------|
-------5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-------5-5-5--------|
-3-3-3-5-5-5-7---7-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5--|
-1-1-1-------------------1-1-1-------3-3-3--|

Verse (Stephan):
-------------1-1-1--------------------------|
-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--------|
-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0--|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2--|
-------------------------------------3-3-3--|

Bridge (both):
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5--|
-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5--|
-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-1-1-3-3-3--|
--------------------------|

Breakdown (Tony):
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
-9/12\10-12-12p10h12p10\9h10p9-------|
------------------------------h10vv--|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|

Breakdown (Stephan):

-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
-------5-5-5-------5-5-5-------5-5v--|
-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5v--|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3v--|
-1-1-1-------1-1-1-------1-1-1-------|

Solo (Tony):
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
-9h12-12-9h12-12-9h12-9h12-12p9-------|
--------------------------------9h10--|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------13-13-12b13r12--------------|
-9h12-12-9h12-12-9h12-9h12-12p9----------------9h12p9-------|
------------------------------------------------------9h10--|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|


--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
-9h12-12-9h12-12-9h12-9h12-12p9-------|
--------------------------------9h10--|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|


-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------13-13-12b13r12-------------------------|
-9h12-12-9h12-12-9h12-9h12-12p9----------------9h12p9------------------|
------------------------------------------------------9h10/12vvv\\\\\--|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


NOTES:

* The song, obviously, starts with the intro. The intro is played through
  a couple times and then the song goes directly into the chorus. Turning on
  a low-gain distortion would not be a bad idea here, because that seems to be
  what Tony (and probably Stephan) is using here.

* The intro is the first verse, too. Just a side note.

* The first verse is all chords, and then back into another chorus.

* The second chorus goes straight into the bridge.  This is the "I liked the
  way it was before" part.

* The bridge goes directly into the breakdown, which is the part where Tony
  starts soloing over top.

* The breakdown is interrupted back into another verse w/ chords.

* This verse w/ chords is interrupted by Stephan's intro fingerpicking verse.

* This verse finally ends and goes right back into another chorus still in normal time.

* After the "I'll be your crystal baller, I will show you everything," the time changes.
  There is less emphasis on the 587555/x0321x chord.  This is the same beat the solo is
  played to.

Enjoy!

  - Tim the Tabs Guy

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