The Ponytail Parades tab

The Ponytail Parades

Emery - The Ponytail Parades
tabbed by: Jonathan Osmark
email: [email protected]

This is my third tab submitted, and it's emery again.  They're a great band and deserve more
recognition than what they are getting.

It's a really long tab, because emery writes complicated music with 3 guitars and piano, so I'm doing
my best to squeeze it all into one tab.  BARE WITH ME!  Enter "the ponytail parades"!!

NOTE!: To be quite honest, these guitar parts do not sound very impressive on their own.  I recommend
that you grab someone that plays the guitar (preferably TWO guitarists!) to fully enjoy the complicated
composition as a whole.  What I do when I play this song by myself, is that I pick out the most 
interesting guitar parts from any of the guitars and just play along to the CD!  Play around...

Note also that the rhythm patterns in this song are a little off beat at various places.  You will have
to listen very carefully for these variations in the rhythm yourself, cuz it's too hard to try to show
by simply tabbing.  I've laid out the notes for you, the strumming and picking is your challenge!

tuning: 1/2 drop standard (d# A# F# C# G# D#)

key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer on
p = pull off
#x= number of repeats
*^ = bend-release
(*)= optional note (yup!)

Guitar 1 (consisting of guitars in both speakers)

Intro: (palm-muted gradually removing palm)
d#|-------------|
A#|---4--5--7---|
F#|-------------|
C#|-------------|
G#|-------------|
D#|-------------|

Verse: "three sleepless nights..."
d#|-------------|
A#|---4--5--7---|
F#|---4--4--4---|repeat open strings
C#|-------------|
G#|-------------|
D#|-------------|

d#|------------------|
A#|-----------2/14---| let it ring!
F#|-----------1/13---|
C#|---4-4-4----------|
G#|---4-4-4----------|
D#|---2-2-2----------|

Break: "I will wait for you forever"
NO GUITAR

Verse

Break 2: "It scares me to think..."
d#|------------------------------------------|
A#|--14--16--16--4\2^--16--16--12--10--10----| these chords have an echo 
F#|--13--13--13--1-1^--13--13--13---9-----9--| effect!
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------|

Bridge: "you're careless and whispered insulting and bruising"
d#|---------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|---6-----------2---6-------2-------6-----------2---|
C#|---6---2---4---2---6---2---2---4---6---2---4---2---|
G#|---4---2---4---0---4---2---0---4---4---2---4---0---|
D#|-------0---2-----------0-------2-------0---2-------|

Pre-breakdown: (soft clean guitar after "still walking away")
d#|----------------------------------------|
A#|------12---------12---------12----------|
F#|----------9----------9----------9-------|
C#|--10---------10---------10---------10---|
G#|----------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------|

Breakdown: "I never thought that you could say these words..."
        2x                            
d#|------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|--9-9-10-9--|----9-----------------9---------------12---------------|
F#|--9-9--9-9--|------9---11h9p11-------9---8h9p8--------9-------------|
C#|--7-7--7-7--|--9-----9-----------9-----9---------9------9---9-11-8--|
G#|------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
                                 3x
d#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----9-----------------9---------------12-----9h10p9-----------------|
F#|------9---11h9p11-------9---8h9p8--------9----------9---9-11-8h9p8--|
C#|--9-----9-----------9-----9---------9------9------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Break 3: "Erase my name from this page"
d#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---| (4x)
C#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|
G#|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D#|-----------------|

Breakdown 2: "How can you take all these days..."
                                      2x
d#|---------------------------|-----------------|
A#|---------------------------|-----------------|
F#|---2-------6-------2-------|---6-6-6-6-6-6---| (2x)
C#|---2---4---6---2---2---4---|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|
G#|---0---4---4---2---0---4---|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D#|-------2-------0-------2---|-----------------|

Outro: "...walk away from me"
            2x       
d#|---------------------|---------------------|
A#|---------------------|---------------------|
F#|---6-6---4-4---------|---6-6---6-6---6-6---|
C#|---6-6---4-4---4-4---|---6-6---6-6---6-6---|
G#|---4-4---2-2---4-4---|---4-4---4-4---4-4---|
D#|---------------2-2---|---------------------|

___________________________________________________________________________

Guitar 2 (guitar part in right speaker)

Intro: NO GUITAR

Verse: 
d#|-------------|
A#|---4--5--7---|
F#|---4--5--7---|same as Guitar 1
C#|-------------|
G#|-------------|
D#|-------------|

d#|-----------------------4---4--2--0------|
A#|---5-4-------4-5-4-5-7--------------4---|
F#|-------4---4----------------------------|
C#|---------6------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------|

d#|-----------|
A#|-----------|
F#|-----------|
C#|---4-4-4---|
G#|---4-4-4---|
D#|---2-2-2---|

Break:

d#|-----2-------2-0-------0---------4-----5---|
A#|---4---4---4---------5---5-----5---5-5-5---|
F#|-------------------6---------6-------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------|

d#|-----2-------2-0-2-------0-----0-4-0---|
A#|---4---4---4-----------5-----4---------|
F#|---------------------6-----6-----------|
C#|---------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------|

Verse 

Break 2:
d#|-----0-2------0-2-----0-7------0-2-------0------------0-----|
A#|---4-----4--4-------4-----4--4---------5---5--5\4---2---2---|
F#|-------------------------------------6----------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------------|
   
 "but your head is elsewhere..."
d#|-----0-2--2------0--2------0-2---0---0----0-----0---0--------4---4-----|
A#|---4--------4-0-------4--------4-------2----2-0---2---(3)------5---5---|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge:
d#|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---6---------6-8---------8-9--8------9--11--9--8-------|
C#|------6----6------6--4/6---------9-9-------------9-9---|
G#|---------4---------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------|

d#|-----------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------|
F#|---6----------6-8---------8-9--8---------9--8--------|
C#|------4^--2-2------6--4/6---------9--6--------9--6---|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------|
                                 (played with dist. on second "away")
d#|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------|---12---12------------9---|
F#|---6---9-8---9/14--13--11--9--16---14---|----9------9-----9-11-----|
C#|----------------------------------------|---10--------10-----------|
G#|---4---7-7---7/12--11---9--7--14---12---|--------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|

Breakdown:
d#|---------------------------------------0h7p0-------|
A#|---9--12--9--9--9/10\7\5--5/14--9^--9--9---9--9^---|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------|

d#|----0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----------------0-----|
A#|---10-10-10--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5---9h10p9-5-7-4---4---|
F#|------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------|

Break 3:
   echo effect
d#|---0---0---999999--777777---|
A#|---4---4--------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|
G#|----------------------------|
D#|----------------------------|

Breakdown 2:
d#|----------------------------------------------------999999--777777---|
A#|-------5-------7-----------------------5-------7---------------------|
F#|---4--4-4--6--6-6--8--8\6--8--8/9--4--4-4--6--6-6--------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---2--2----4--4----6--6\4--6--6/7--2--2----4--4----------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

d#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------5------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---4--4-4--6--6--8-8--8-8--9-9--9-9--11-11--11-11--9-9--9-9---|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---2--2----4--4--6-6--6-6--7-7--7-7---9--9---9--9--7-7--7-7---|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|

d#|----------------------------------------------|
A#|-------5-------4------------------------------|
F#|---4--4-4--6--6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8---|
C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#|---2--2----4--4----6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6---|
D#|----------------------------------------------|

Outro:
d#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------13--11--9---|
C#|--------6---------6---------6---------------|
G#|---4-4----7--2-2----7-----------11---9--7---|
D#|-----------------------2-2------------------|

d#|----------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------4-4---------4-4---------4-4--13--11--9---|
C#|-------6-6---------6-6---------6-6------------------|
G#|---4-4---------4-4---------4-4----------11---9--7---|
D#|----------------------------------------------------|

________________________________________________________________________

Guitar 3 (guitar part in left speaker)

Intro:
d#|---4---|
A#|---0---|
F#|-------|Fading in very lightly
C#|-------|with echo effect
G#|-------|
D#|-------|

Verse:
d#|-------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------|
F#|--11/13--13\11--11/13--13\11---16--16\11---|
C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|---9/11--11\-9---9/11--11\-9---14--14\-9---|
D#|-------------------------------------------|

d#|---------------------7-9--9/11--11\7-----11--7---|
A#|---9-7-------7-9-7-9------------------9----------|
F#|-------9-8-9-------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------|

d#|----------0---|
A#|----------4---|
F#|--------------|
C#|---4-4-4------|
G#|---4-4-4------|
D#|---2-2-2------|

Break:
d#|-------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------|
F#|------------------8------------|
C#|---6--4--6-----6--9--6---------|
G#|---4--2--0--4--4-----0--4--2---|
D#|------------2-----------2--0---|

Verse

Break 2:
d#|----------------------------|
A#|----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|
C#|---6--6--6-----6--1--6------|
G#|---4--2--0--4--4--2--0--4---|
D#|------------2-----------2---|

Bridge:
d#|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|
F#|---9--8----------|
C#|---------9-6-9---|
G#|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|
                              (played over second "away")
d#|-----------------------------------|---0---|
A#|-----------------------------------|---0---|
F#|---6---9-4---14--13--11--9--8--4---|---5---|
C#|-----------------------------------|-------|
G#|---4---7-2---12--11---9--7--6--2---|-------|
D#|-----------------------------------|-------|

Breakdown:
d#|------0---------0------|
A#|--------4----4-----4---|
F#|---4------4------------|
C#|-----------------------|
G#|-----------------------|
D#|-----------------------|

Break 3:  2x
d#|-----------------|--------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------|---------------555555-------------4444444---|
F#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
C#|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
G#|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|---4-4-4-4-4-4--------4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
D#|-----------------|--------------------------------------------|

Breakdown 2:
d#|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------|---------------555555-------------4444444---|
F#|---2-------6-------2-------|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------| 
C#|---2---4---6---2---2---4---|---6-6-6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
G#|---0---4---4---2---0---4---|---4-4-4-4-4-4--------4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
D#|-------2-------0-------2---|--------------------------------------------|

Outro:
d#|------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------9--8--6---|
C#|--------6---------6---------6-------------|
G#|---4-4----7--2-2----7-----------7--6--4---|
D#|-----------------------2-2----------------|

d#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------4-4---------4-4---------4-4--9--8--6---|
C#|-------6-6---------6-6---------6-6----------------|
G#|---4-4---------4-4---------4-4----------7--6--4---|
D#|--------------------------------------------------|

Holy hell this tab was long, but I hope it's very helpful.  Some things were hard to decide, such as
whether 2 guitarists played the same riff etc...but I think that I've done a fairly good job with all
that.  PLease send me any suggestions or things that you think should be changed.  Thank you.

~Jonathan

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