A Perfect Circle - The Nurse Who Loved Me (Live) guitar tab
The Nurse Who Loved Me live version by A Perfect Circle
Guitarists- billy howerdel and james iha
Okay so I did the whole thing in word so you better appreciated this. Guitars tuned down 1 and a half steps, c sharp,
////slide up \\slide down
Intro, original verse, whole notes for each chord
There are two guitars, 1-billy, 2 –james, guitar 1 plays the intro, clean sound with a little chorus
6|---------0---0---0-------------0
5|-9-------0---0---0----7--------0
4|-9---7---8---6---5—---7---6----8
3|-9---9---9---7---6----7---7----9
2|-7---9---9---7---6----5---7----9 repeat
1|-----6---7---5---4--------5----7
each of those gets a whole note or strum four quarters then repeat.
Chorus, im taking her home with me….
6|----------
5|----------
4|------9---
3|-7-10-9-9-
2|-7-10-7-9-
1|-5-8----7-play this three times, once again each chord getting played for a whole four beats.
This is where APC changes the song and makes it all dark and minor sounding. Play this with some delay, still clean
6|----------- ----------- ----------- --------------
5|------9//11 ------9//12 ------9//15 ------9-10-9\
4|----------- ----------- ----------- --------------
3|----------- ----------- ----------- --------------
2|-5//77----- -5//77----- -5//77----- -5//77--------
1|----------- ----------- ----------- --------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
…Say hello to the rugs topography…..
Do this for a while then we have a little instrumental break where each guitarist does a little solo,
Gtr 2 james, comes in first. 2 solos played together sounds awesome as they harmonize and produce little chords. Use distortion
6|-------------------------------------------------
5|-999999999777777777999999991010101010121213131312
4|-------------------------------------------------
3|-------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------
1|-------------------------------------------------
6|-------------------------10b12-----------7h87h87h87h87h87
5|------------10—-8----------------------------------------
4|--------------7---9-9*-----------------------------------
3|----------------------9-------10-10-10-9-----------------
2|---------------------------------------------------------
1|-0 let ring----------------------------------------------
• bend this note up 1 step and give it on heck of a pinch harmonic.
words come back in for the second verse type thing
6|-------------------------------------
5|-------------------------------------
4|-------------------------------------
3|-------------------------------------
2|-5//7-7h8p7-5-5//7-7h8p7-5-5//7------
1|-------------------------------------
1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4
“Say hello to all the apples on the ground…
Chorus 2” both guitars distorted
Gtr 1, billy
6|------------------------------------
5|------------------------------------
4|---------------------9-9-9-9--------
3|-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 x4
2|-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9
1|-5-5-5-5-8—--8-8—-8----------7-7-7-7
Gt2 2, james IHAAAA
6|--------------------------------------9-7
5|-9-10-9-12-10-9—12-10—9-10-9-12-10-9----
4|---------------9--------------------8--- x2
3|----------------------------------------
2|----------------------------------------
1|----------------------------------------
1 2 3 4,1 2 3 4,1 2 3 4 , 1 23 4
Guitar solos, the fun part after 2nd chorus
Gtr 1, billy
6|--------------------------7-8-10---------------10—10-----
5|-10—--8---------------8-9---------10-8-10-10b12—12r10-8--
4|---7----6—7-------7-8------------------------------------
3|-------------7-7-8---------------------------------------
2|---------------------------------------------------------
1|---------------------------------------------------------
End with some random slides then play the chorus chords under james’ solo
6|-////17-------------16-19b20r19—16b17r16-----------------
5|-------17---------17--------------------16-17-16-19-16-17
4|----------18-16-17---------------------------------------
3|---------------------------------------------------------
2|---------------------------------------------------------
1|---------------------------------------------------------
6|-17----------------------------19-19-19-21-21-21-2119
5|---17-------------------------------------------------
4|-----18-16-17-17b19-19r17-16--------------------------
3|------------------------------------------------------
2|------------------------------------------------------
1|------------------------------------------------------
Final chorus begins now!
Gtr 1 billy, play the usual chorus chords
Gtr 2 james, plays the usual chorus lead part except an octave up
6|-16-17-16-19-17-16-----16-17-16-19-17-16--------
5|------------------17--------------------16-19-17
4|------------------------------------------------ x2
3|------------------------------------------------
2|------------------------------------------------
1|------------------------------------------------
Bass plays the verse chords one time thru, then the 2 gtrs come in. both guitars still distorted
Gtr1
6|---------------------------------------------
5|---------------------------------------------
4|-9999---------------------7777---------------
3|-9999-8888-9999-7777-6666-7777-7777-9999-9999
2|-7777-8888-9999-7777-6666-5555-7777-9999-9999
1|------6666-7777-5555-4444------5555-7777-7777
Gtr2
6|------------------------------10101010-----------------
5|-9999-7777-9999-10101010-9999---------10101010-12121212*
4|-------------------------------------------------------
3|-------------------------------------------------------
2|-------------------------------------------------------
1|-------------------------------------------------------
Use a wah while playing this part, tremolo pick each not, last time playing this bend the note up
and just keep bending until you cut off. I think they play this part 2 times
Outro, just one guitar, clean
6|----------
5|-9-------9
4|-9-7-8-6-9
3|-9-8-9-7-9
2|-7-8-9-7-7
1|---6-7-5-0
Each chord played for a whole note, let last chord ring
And that’s the whole thing. Im sure that some parts a little little confusing, like the little
solos played inbetween verses but just listen to a recording and youll get it
