Boy On A String

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  • All Guitars EABEBE Tuning (capo 3)
     
    That stuff underneath the TAB is the length of each note. 'e' is an
  • eighth note, 's' is a sixteenth note, 'e.' is a doted eighth note, and
    so on. The '/' between two notes means that they are tied. An underlined
    letter is a rest. The TAB is just standard TAB.
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    Rhy. Fig. 1 Rhy. Fig. 2 Rhy. Fig. 3
    G|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| G|------------------------|--------0--------------|| G|------------------------||
  • U|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-| U|-----0-------0----0---0-|------------0----0---0-|| U|-----0-------0----0---0-||
    I|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| I|---0-------0----0-0-0-0-|----0----------0-0-0-0-|| I|---0-------0----0-0-0-0-||
    T|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-| T|-2-------2------2---2---|---------------2---2---|| T|-2-------2------2---2---||
  • A|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| A|------------------------|-2---------------------|| A|------------------------||
    R|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-| R|------------------------|-----------------------|| R|------------------------||
    1| e. s s s e/s e s s s s s 2| e s s/e e s e. s s s s e. s/e e/s e. s s s s 2| e s s/e e s e. s s s s
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    Rhy. Fig 4 a Rhy. Fig. 5a
  • G|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---|| G|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-||
    U|-5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-|---|| U|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-||
    I|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---|| I|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-||
  • T|-5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-|---|| T|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-||
    A|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---|| A|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-||
    R|-5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-|---|| R|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-||
  • 1| e. s s s e/s e s q / w || 1| e. s s s e/s e s s s s s / w ||
    | | || | | ||
    Rhy. Fig. 4b | || Rhy. Fig. 5b | ||
  • G|-0---------0-------0-|---|| G|--------------------------|---||
    U|-5---------3-------3-|---|| U|----5---------3-----3---3-|-3-||
    I|-0---------0-------0-|---|| I|----0---------0---0-0-0-0-|-0-||
  • T|-5---------3-------3-|---|| T|-5--------3-------3---3---|-3-||
    A|-0---------0-------0-|---|| A|--------------------------|-0-||
    R|-5---------3-------3-|---|| R|--------------------------|---||
  • 2| q/e q/e q / w 2| e. s/e e/s e. s s s s / w
     
     
  • Chorus But you don't really mind Cause you're just
    wasting time
    You can't feel anything, just a boy on a string.
  • G||--0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
    U||--5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0h2-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
    I||*-0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-*||<--Repeat
  • T||*-5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0h2-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-*||
    A||--0--0-x-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-2-2-2---2-2-0---0-2-2-2-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--||
    R||---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------||
  • 1|| e. s s s e q e s s e s s/s s e s s e e s s e. s s s e q e s s e. s s s e/s e s s s s s ||
     
    G||--0--------0-0-0-----|-0-----------------------|-0--------0-0-0-----|-0--------0----------------||
  • U||--2--------3-2-0-----|-0-----------------------|-2--------3-2-0-----|-2--------0----------------||
    I||*-0--------0-0-0-----|-0-----------------------|-0--------0-0-0-----|-0--------0---------------*||<--Repeat
    T||*-2--------3-2-0-----|-0-----------------------|-2--------3-2-0-----|-2--------0---------------*||
  • A||--0--------0-0-2-----|-2-----------------------|-0--------0-0-2-----|-0--------2----------------||
    R||--0------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------||
    2|| q. e q q / w q. e q q q. e/h
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    Order: Intro Guitar1 - Rhy. Fig. 1 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4a once
    Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4b once
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    Verse 1 Guitar1 - tacet
    Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 eight times
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    1st Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above), Rhy. Fig. 5a once
    Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above), Rhy. Fig. 5b once
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    Verse 2 Guitar1 - tacet
    Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 eight times
  •  
    2nd Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above)
    Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above)
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    Bridge Guitar1 - tacet
    Guitar 2 - tacet
  • For other instruments (all arranged for guitar), see below
     
    Final Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above) (2x)
  • Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above) (2x)
     
    Outro Guitar1 - Rhy. Fig. 1 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4a once
  • Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 3 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4b once
     
     
  • Bridge (guitars 1 & 2 tacet)
    The violin 1 part I got from the music book that was put out. I figured out the rest of it and
    arranged it for guitar. The 'other' section is just 'D' and 'C' chords being played. I don't
  • know what intrument(s) it is so that's why it's called 'other'.
    V|----------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------5-------------4-|
    I|------5-------5-------6-----|---------5-------5-------7-------|-------------5-----5-----7---6---|
  • O|----5---5---5---5---5---5---|-------5---5---5---5---5---5-----|---------------5-----5-5---5-----|
    L|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    I|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  • N|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1| e. s s s s s s s s s s s e | e. s s s s s s s s s s s e |q. s s s s s s s s s s /
    | |
  • V|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    I|----------------------------|-5-----5-----------------5-------|---------------------------------|
    O|------------------------5---|-----5-----------------------12\-|---------------------------------|
  • L|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    I|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    N|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  • 2| h. (e) e s s s s h q |w |
    3| w h. e e |w |
    | | D D D D C | D D D D C |
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    |----------------------------|-0-0---0---0-0-------------------|-0-0---0---0-0-------------------|
    O|----------------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|
  • T|----------------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|
    H|----------------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|
    E|----------------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|
  • R|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    | w s s s s s s s s h s s s s s s s s h
     
  • V|-----------------2---0-------|-----------------------------5-|-----------------------------|
    I|---------8p7p5-4---4---2-----|-----------5-----5-----7---7---|-------------5-----7---8-4-7-|
    O|-------------------------5-0-|-------------5-----5-5---5-----|---------------5-----5-------|
  • L|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
    I|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
    N|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
  • 1/ q e. t t t e s s s s s s | q. s s s s s s s s s s | q. s s s e s e s s
    [ 3 ]
     
  • V|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
    I|---2---5-------5-------------|-5-5-3---5---------------------|-5-5-3-----------------------|
    O|-----------------------------|------------------------5/-----|-----------------------------|
  • L|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
    I|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
    N|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
  • 2| e e e s s s e. q s s s s e e h | s s s s h. |
    3| w h. e e | w |
    | D C | D C C C | D D D D C |
  • |-0---0-----------------------|-0-------0-------------0---0---|-0-0---0---0-0---------------|
    O|-0---2-----------------------|-0-------2-------------2---2---|-0-0---0---0-2---------------|
    T|-2---0-----------------------|-2-------0-------------0---0---|-2-2---2---2-0---------------|
  • H|-0---2-----------------------|-0-------2-------------2---2---|-0-0---0---0-2---------------|
    E|-2---0-----------------------|-2-------0-------------0---0---|-2-2---2---2-0---------------|
    R|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
  • | e e e e h e e e q. e e s s s s s s s s h
     
    V|-0---------------------5---------|-------------|
  • I|---2-------5-----7---------------|-------------|
    O|-----5-------5-----5-5-----------|-------------|
    L|---------------------------------|-------------|
  • I|---------------------------------|-------------|
    N|---------------------------------|-------------|
    1| s s e e s s s s s s q / w |
  • | | | For the whole bridge, I put violin 2
    V|---------------------------------|-------------| and violin 3 on the same TAB to
    I|-5-5-3---5-----------------------|---------10\-| make this all fit onto one page.
  • O|---------------------------------|-------------| The second bold line is the note
    L|---------------------------------|-------------| length for violin 3. It corresponds
    I|---------------------------------|-------------| with the right notes for violin 3.
  • N|---------------------------------|-------------| I think you can figure out which notes
    2| s s s s e e h w | go with violin 2 and which go with violin 3.
    3| w | h. q |
  • | D D D D D D D D D D D D | D |
    |-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
    O|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
  • T|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-----------|
    H|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
    E|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-----------|
  • R|---------------------------------|-------------|
    | s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e. h.
     
  •  
    Lyrics
    Intro
  •  
    Verse 1
     
  • The marionette has your number
    Pulling your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own
    Dragging your conscience on the stage
  • And your heart gets rearranged
    And you can not tell your mentor from your Maker.
     
  • Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter
    Over the way you entertain at beckon call
    They don't see behind the lights
  • Or the painted backgrounds
    They just like to see you fall.
     
  • Chorus
     
    But you don't really mind
  • Cause you're just wasting time
    You can't feel anything
    Just a boy on a string.
  •  
    Verse 2
     
  • I feel a sadness like Gapetto
    Watching the life that he created run away
    Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion
  • And holding the remains
    Of puppets that have rotted away.
     
  • One day the curtain will not open (will not open)
    And all of the crowds will go away (crowds will go away)
    Someday those strings will choke you
  • But until that day.
     
    Chorus
  •  
    But you don't really mind
    Cause you're just wasting time
  • You can't feel anything
    Just a boy on a string.
     
  • Bridge
     
    Just a boy, just a boy, just a boy....
  •  
    Chorus
     
  • But you don't really mind
    Cause you're just wasting time
    You can't feel anything
  • Just a boy on a string.
    Repeat
     
  • Outro
     
    Just a boy on a string.
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