The Original tab

The Original

INCUBUS - THE ORIGINAL
From the album 'If not now, when?'

Fantastic alternative-pop song from an incredibly innovative rock band, really wanted to 
pick this piece apart, so I'm sharing the tab with you.

Opening electric guitar theme (repeated) This is way I think Mike will have played it, 
he seems to love these hand-spanning chords.

A1

E|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------5---------5--------------------5---|
G|-----2---------2-------2-----2------2----X5|
D|--5--------5--------5-----5-----5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

(After playing that 5 times, play this part below, for the final, sixth time of the introduction)

A2
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------5---------5--------------------0---|
G|-----2---------2-------2-----2------2------|
D|--5--------5--------5-----5-----5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Continue to play the above before Brandon's vocals kick in, that is:

A1 X3
A2 X1

This theme reoccurs over the chord progression many times throughout the verse, there 
are variations on the theme in terms of entry, I won't patronise you by noting that here.

Piano Chord progression - I did the whole thing with lyrics, because people are kind of 
romantic like that..

CI only go G where I'm wanted
F you go only Dm where you want
CI aim to be G more like you   F   DM
Cthere is a G ghost in my house
Frattling handles DM on every door
Cshow us an G open window or two   F   DM
DMwould you, Cho-Foh-old?

Doors are C starting to close
G and you drew a rose my, my F
DMyour mind it is C original,G ah-ah-ah-Fah-ah-ahhDM
you're a C skeleton key, G opening me,
Fmy, my; DMyour mind it is C original,
Ggirl you're the F original
AMalways F were
Gand always will C be

Guitar solo using natural harmonics, as usual, Einzeiger is still incredibly hard to 
tab, due to heavy use of delay and sh7tcool technique - It sounds like he's improvising 
but I may be wrong

*If you wish to improvise, then the changes are the same as the verse progression.

CThe flowers G of adaptation
Funfold and DM lovingly alarm
Cyou effortlessly G ring that bell  F  DM
Cyour stripes are G yours and yours only
Fthe bow ideal DM of rare birds
Cand now I am G under your Fspell  DM
DMoh, C F under your spell

Doors are C starting to close
G and you drew a rose my, my F
DMyour mind it is C original,G ah-ah-ah-Fah-ah-ahhDM
you're a C skeleton key, G opening me,
Fmy, my; DMyour mind it is C original,
Ggirl you're the F original

AMalways F were
G always weer-DMeerr
AMalways F were
G always weer-DMeerr
AMalways F were
G always weer-DMand will beeee

BRIDGE electric guitar:

This lovely little guitar part is filled with distortion and fuzz (that migrates to the 
right pan on the recording, and sound beautiful, play it after the previous section and 
into the final choruses.

B1

E|-----------8--7--------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--5--------5--4--------------------|
D|--5--------------3-----------------|
A|--3v-----------3-----------------|
E|-----------------1v--------0--3--|

B2

E|-----------8--7--------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--5--------5--4--------------------|
D|--5--------------3-----------------|
A|--3v-----------3-----------------|
E|-----------------1-----------0-----|

B3

E|-----------8--7--------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--5--------5--4-------*77777777b-|
D|--5--------------------------------|
A|--3v-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

*slowly and gradually bending a full bend, into the chorus

Play these chronologically at first, and then play B1 and B2 in that order through the chorus.

Doors are C starting to close
G and you drew a rose my, my F
DMyour mind it is C original,G ah-ah-ah-Fah-ah-ahhDM
you're a C skeleton key, G opening me,
Fmy, my; DMyour mind it is C original,
Ggirl you're the F original
AMalways F were
Gand always will C be

Any feedback are appreciated, this isn't the most thorough tab, but I've laid down the 
main themes of the song, and I hope you enjoy this tab and chord chart. xo

x

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