A Perfect Circle

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

Get this song at:  amazon.com sheetmusicplus.com

Share your thoughts

Comments