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RED SKY
As recorded by Thrice
(From the 2005 Album VHEISSU)
Transcribed by Mike Sifeldeen
Words by Dustin Kensrue Music by Thrice
Arranged by Thrice
All guitars tuned 1/4 step up.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) – ‘Dustin’
Gtr II (E A D G B E) – ‘Teppei’
Gtr III (E A D G B E) – ‘Clean’
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) – ‘Pre-Chorus/Post-Chorus’
Gtr V (D A D G B E) – ‘Drop-D Outro’
Q=125
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||————–|————-|————-|————-||
||o————-|————-|————-|————o||
||–7–7–7–7–|-7–7–7–7–|-6–6–6–6–|-6–6–6–6–||
||————–|————-|————-|————-||
||o————-|————-|————-|————o||
||————–|————-|————-|————-||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|-4–4–4–4–|-4–4–4–4–|-7–7–7–7–|-7–7–7–7–|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|-6–6–6–6–|-6–6–6–6–|-6–6–6–6–|-6–6–6–6–|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||————–|————-|————-|————-||
||o————-|————-|————-|————o||
||–7–7–7–7–|-7–7–7–7–|-6–6–6–6–|-6–6–6–6–||
||————–|————-|————-|————-||
||o————-|————-|————-|————o||
||————–|————-|————-|————-||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|-4–4–4–4–|-4–4–4–4–|-7–7–7–7–|-7–7–7–7–|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|—————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
|—————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
|-6—6—6—6—|-6—6—6—6—|-6—6—6—6—|-6—6—6—6—|
|—————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
|—————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
|—————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
|
| Gtr IV
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|—————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
|———3——-|———3——-|———3—–3-|—–3—–3—–|
|—–2—–2—2-|—–2—–2—2-|—–2—–2—–|-2—–2—–2—|
|—2—2—–2—|—2—2—–2—|—2—2—–2—|—2—–2—–2-|
|-0—————|-0—————|-0—————|—————–|
|—————–|—————–|—————–|—————–|
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8-|
||–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|
||–9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|
||o—————–|————————-|
||——————|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||——————|————————-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
||–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|
||–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5-|
||o—————–|————————-|
||——————|————————-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—–||
|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-o||
|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—–||
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—–||
|————————-|——————–o||
|————————-|———————||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|————————-|———————||
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3—-o||
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—–||
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—–||
|————————-|——————–o||
|————————-|———————||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|————————-|————————-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|–9———————-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|————————-|————————-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
Gtr II
W +H. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|———–|————–|—————–|—————-|
|-/7——–|-(7)——7–|-2h3-2h3-2h3-2h3-|-2h3-2h3-2-2/—|
|———–|————–|—————–|—————-|
|———–|————–|—————–|—————-|
|———–|————–|—————–|—————-|
|———–|————–|—————–|—————-|
H +H H. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|————–|————|—————–|—————|
|-7—-(7)—-|-3——-3–|-2h3-2h3-2h3-2h3-|-2h3-2h3-2—–|
|————–|————|—————–|—————|
|————–|————|—————–|—————|
|————–|————|—————–|—————|
|————–|————|—————–|—————|
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|-7–7–7–7–|-7–7–7–7–|-6–6–6–6–|-6–6–6–6–|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
|————-|————-|————-|————-|
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|-7–7—7–7–|-7–7–7–7–|-6–6–6–6–|-6–6—6—–6—-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W H E E E E
|————–|————-|————-|——-14h15-14—-|
|————–|————-|————-|—————-15-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
|————–|————-|————-|——————-|
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|–4–4–4–4–|–4–4–4–4–|–7–7–7–7–|–7–7–7–7–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W W
|-14———–|————–|————–|————–|
|————–|-14———–|-15———–|-12———–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
|————–|————–|————–|————–|
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|–6–6–6–6–|–6–6—6–6–|–6—–6—-6–6–|–6—–6—–6—–6—-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| W H H Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-14———–|——–17—–|-15-15-15-15——-|-14h15-14h15-14h15-14h15-|
|————–|-14————|——————-|————————-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
|————–|—————|——————-|————————-|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8-|
||–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|
||–9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|
||o—————–|————————-|
||——————|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||——————|————————-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
||–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|
||–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5-|
||o—————–|————————-|
||——————|————————-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—||
|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7–o||
|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—||
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—||
|————————-|——————o||
|————————-|——————-||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|————————-|——————-||
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3–o||
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—||
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—||
|————————-|——————o||
|————————-|——————-||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|————————-|————————-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|–9———————-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|————————-|————————-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8-|
||–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|
||–9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|
||o—————–|————————-|
||——————|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||——————|————————-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
||–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|
||–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5-|
||o—————–|————————-|
||——————|————————-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7o||
|–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|————————-|—————-o||
|————————-|—————–||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|————————-|—————–||
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3o||
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|————————-|—————-o||
|————————-|—————–||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|————————-|————————-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|————————-|————————-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|–3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|–2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-|
|————————-|————————-|
|————————-|————————-|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||–14—-14-12—-12-14—-|-14-12—-12-12—-12—-|
||o—-15——-15——-15-|——-15——-15—-15-|
||————————–|————————-|
||————————–|————————-|
||o————————-|————————-|
||————————–|————————-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||————————–|————————-|
||o-15–x-15———-15–x-|-15———-15—-15—-|
||———–14–x-14——-|—-14–x-14—-14—-14-|
||————————–|————————-|
||o————————-|————————-|
||————————–|————————-|
|
| Gtr V
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||————————–|————————-|
||o————————-|————————-|
||————————–|————————-|
||—0—–0—–0—–0—-|–0—–0—–0—–0—-|
||o–0—–0—–0—–0—-|–0—–0—–0—–0—-|
||—0—–0—–0—–0—-|–0—–0—–0—–0—-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
|————————-|————————-||
|—-14—-14-15-14—-14-|—-14—-14-15-14—-14o||
|-14—-14———-14—-|-14—-14———-14—-||
|————————-|————————-||
|————————-|————————o||
|————————-|————————-||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
|———–9———–9-|—–9——————-||
|—-10———-10——-|——-10—-10—-10—o||
|-13—-13—-13—-13—-|-13——-13—-13—-13-||
|————————-|————————-||
|————————-|————————o||
|————————-|————————-||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 6x
|————————-|————————-||
|————————-|————————o||
|————————-|————————-||
|–4—–4—–4—–4—-|–4—–4—–4—–4—-||
|–4—–4—–4—–4—-|–4—–4—–4—–4—o||
|–4—–4—–4—–4—-|–4—–4—–4—–4—-||
Gtr II
W +H E E Q W +H E E Q
|———-|—————|———-|—————|
|-3——–|-(3)—-3—3–|-3——–|-(3)—–3—3-|
|-2——–|-(2)—-2—2–|-2——–|-(2)—–2—2-|
|-0——–|-(0)—-2h4-4–|-2——–|-(2)—–2h4-4-|
|———-|—————|-0——–|-(0)———–|
|———-|—————|———-|—————|
W +W +W +W
|———-|————|————|——–|
|-3——–|-(3)——–|-(3)——–|-(3)—-|
|-2——–|-(2)——–|-(2)——–|-(2)—-|
|-4——–|-(4)——–|-(4)——–|-(4)—-|
|———-|————|————|——–|
|———-|————|————|——–|
——————————————————————————–
Duration Legend
—————
W – whole; H – half; Q – quarter; E – 8th; S – 16th; T – 32nd; X – 64th; a – acciaccatura
+ – note tied to previous; . – note dotted; .. – note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
—————-
h – hammer-on
p – pull-off
b – bend
pb – pre-bend
r – bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ – slide into or out of (from/to “nowhere”)
s – legato slide
S – shift slide
– natural harmonic
[n] – artificial harmonic
n(n) – tapped harmonic
~ – vibrato
tr – trill
T – tap
TP – trem. picking
PM – palm muting
n/ – tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n – tremolo bar down
n/ – tremolo bar up
/n – tremolo bar inverted dip
= – hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
– volume swell (louder/softer)
x – on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o – on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
———–
| – bar
|| – double bar
||o – repeat start
o|| – repeat end
*| – double bar (ending)
: – bar (freetime)
$ – Segno
& – Coda
Tempo markers – = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths