Carol Ann Tabs & Lyrics by Coheed and Cambria
Carol Ann
guitar tabs lyrics
I am pretty sure this song is played in standard, although it is possible it
could be played in drop D. This is all learned by ear so some parts may be
incorrect. Have fun and play around with it. Any feedback is welcome,
especially any thing you think should be different. If the format is
confusing at all or if there is something you think I can do to improve
please let me know as well, as this is the first tab I have made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcbb2EQKs30 Credit to this video as it is
what I used as a basis to learning this song by ear.
h - Hammer
/ - Sliding
x - Muted
Verse: There is a slide somewhere in this first section towards the end,
although i'm not sure how to exactly play it or tab it.
e|-------------0-----------------------0------------------------0-----------|
B|---------0-----0------------------0----0------------------0-----0---------|
G|-----5-----------7------------4----------4------------2-----------2-------|
D|---7---------------5---5----5--------------5---0----3---------------3---3-|
A|-0-----0---0---------0----0-----0---0--------0----0-----0---0---------0---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play the second section twice, then repeat.
e|-------------------------------------|-------------0-----------|
B|-----0-------------0-----------------|---------0-----0---------|
G|---------------0-------------0-------|-----0-----------0-------|
D|---5---------4-------------2------0--|---2---------------2---2-|
A|-7-----7---5-----5---5---3-----3-2---|-0-----0---0---------0---|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-----------|Play this
|---------0---------------|last time
|-----0-------------------|before
|---2---------------------|chorus.
|-0-----0---0-------------|
|-------------------------|
Chorus 1
e|-3-------------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|---3-------------------------3------------------------------0-1--|
G|-----0-------------0-0h2-------0------------0-------0------------|
D|-------0---------0---------------0--------0-------0-------5------|
A|---------------3------------------------3-------3-------5--------|
E|-3-------3---1-------------3-------3--1-------0-------3----------|
Transition after Chorus 1: Play this section x2, then move onto verse again.
e|---------0---------------------------------------|
B|-------------6-------6---8-------8---6-------6---|
G|-----5---------5-----------5-----------5---------|
D|---7-------------7-----------7-----------7-------|
A|-0-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2: The first section shows what you are playing, the strumming pattern
is very easy to figure out just listen to the song. After you get to the last
chord move onto the second section and play how it appears.
e|---|---|---|---|---|---| |---------------|
B|---|---|---|---|---|---| |---------------|
G|---|---|---|---|---|---| |---------------|
D|---|---|---|---|-2-|---| |-7/5-0---------|
A|-5-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-2-|-5-| |-5/3-0-3-3-5-7-|
E|-3-|-1-|-3-|-1-|-0-|-3-| |-------1-1-3-5-|
Bridge 1: This starts on the last note of Chorus 2. Play this 4
times. The first two times palm mute, the second two play it aloud.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This power chord starts up on the 4th time and builds up until the next phase.
D|---|
A|-7-|
E|-5-|
Bridge 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-x-x-10-10-9--9--12-0-7-7-7-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-0-5-3-3-3-3-x-x-3-3--|
A|-12-12-12-12-x-x-12-12-10-10-10-0-8-8-8-8-x-x-8-8-7-7-0-7-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-5--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------| |---|---|Play the first
----------------------------------| |---|---|one 24 times.
----------------------------------| |---|---|Play the second
-2-2-0-2--------------------------|Play this part x2|---|-9-|one 12 times.
-3-3-0-3-5/7-7-7-x-x-7/5-0-5/7/10-|Then move to -> |-3-|-7-|
---------3/5-5-5-x-x-5/3-0-3/5/8--| |-1-|---|
e|---------------------------|
B|---1-0---------------------|
G|-------2-------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------7h5-0-5-7-8-7h5-0-|
E|---------------------------|
Finale: Play this twice, and palm mute the first section.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------|
G|-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-0---|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-0---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| The last six notes the second time stop palm
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| muting.
-------------------------|
Don't palm mute this part. Play each chord 12 times.
e|---|----|----|---|
B|---|----|----|---|
G|---|----|----|---|
D|---|-10-|----|-9-|
A|-7-|-8--|-10-|-7-|
E|-5-|----|-8--|---|
e|-------------| |-----|
B|-------------| |-----|
G|-------------| Play this 8 times. Then end on |-----|
D|-------------| |-----|
A|-7-7-7/5-0-5-| |-7-7-|
E|-5-5-5/3-0-3-| |-5-5-|
The form of the song:
Verse x4
Chorus x1
Transition x2
Verse x2
Chorus 2 x1
Bridge 1 x4
Bridge 2 x2
Finale x1
