A Perfect Circle - Weak And Powerless Chords & Tabs

 

Weak And Powerless Chords & Tabs

A Perfect Circle Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

Weak And Powerless Bass Tab

   
Song:     "Weak and Powerless"
Artist:    A Perfect Circle (Jeordie White/Bass)
Album:     Thirteenth Step

Tabbed by: Phillip Adrian Trujeque 
The Low-Man for Guttwrench 
http://www.Guttwrench.com

Any comments, questions, jokes, threats, suggestions,
Recipes, Corrections, thoughts or concerns...
Please feel free to email me @: MedicinalMusic2002@Yahoo.com

**Note**
  There are several licks in this song that I can't quite
  make out at the moment considering I have no bass in-hand.
  I suggest you clean out them ears and do your homework!!!


Tune down 3 semi-tones to C#. 
Low to Hi = C# - F# - B - E

 "Intro" = Played w/pick
  160 bpm's (?)

  6/4
    A                    [-----]         sl.  sl.        [-----]
E |------16-----------------h-p-----------------------------h-p--||
B |--14-------14----14-14-141514--14-14-14\12-12/14-14-14-141514-||
F#|--0-----(0)0--(0)0----(0)------0-(0)(0)-0--0-(0)-0----(0)-----||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

    (C)                                               
E |------16------------------------------------------------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12/14-14--12/14--14-14-14-14---14-14-14||
G |--15---(15)--(15)-----------------------------------12-12-12--||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

     A                                  . . .  [-----]
E |------16-----------------h--------------------h-p-------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12^14-12/14-14141414-141514-14-14-12-14||
F#|--0-----(0)---------------------------------------------------||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

    (C)                                               sl.
E |------16------------------------------------------------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12/14-14--12/14--14-14-14-14-/-17-17-17||
F#|--15---(15)--(15)---------------------------------------------||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

******************************************************************
   Verse I
   Double Time
   E (...or C# if you wanna get all technical n chit)
E |-----21-------------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------h-------------sl-----sl-------h---||
F#|19-------19---19-19----19-19^20-19----19-19\17-17/19-19-19^20-||
C#|0-------------------------------------------------------------||
V.I:Tillin' my own grave to keep me level...

   E
E |--------------------------------------------------------------||
B |-----21--------------sl--------h-----------------h------------||
F#|19-------19--------17/19-19--17^19-19-19-19-19-17^19---h------||
C#|0----------------------------------------------------17^19-15-||
V.I:Jam another dragon down the hole...          Diggin' to the...

   E
E |--------------------------------------------------------------||
B |-----17--------sl---------sl-------------------h-----------h--||
F#|19-------19--17/19-19---17/19-19-19-19-19-19-19^20-19-19-17^19||
C#|0-------------------------------------------------------------||
V.I:Rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren...    one that 

   E
E |-----21-------------------------------------------------------||
B |---------------------sl--------h-----------------h------------||
F#|19-------19--------17/19-19--17^19-19-19-19-19-17^19---h------||
C#|0----------------------------------------------------17^19-15-||
V.I:pushes me along, and leaves me so...                  despe-

******************************************************************
   Chorus:I
    A                 (A)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|-12-12-12-12-12-12|  1x  |-15-15-15-15-15-15|  1x  ||
C#|------------------|      |------------------|      ||
 - rate                       and . . .

    E                 (E)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-12-12-12-12-12-12|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    ravenous...               ous...                so

    A                 (A)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|      |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|      |
    Weak                      and              

    E                 (E)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-12-12-12-12-12-12|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    powerless                                    over   you...

******************************************************************
   VII/Break: 0:54     *Both guitar and bass parts
   E                    here are played as one.
E |----21----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------------||
F#|19-------------19------19^20-19------19\17-17/19-----19^20||
C#|0------0--x-x-0-0--x-x-0---------x-x-------------x-x------||
...you!

   E
E |-----21---------------------------------------------||
B |---------------------h------------------------------||
F#|19-------19--------19^20-19----19\17-17/19---h------||
C#|0-----------x-0-0---------x-x--------------17^19-15-||

   E
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------||
F#|----------------------------7-----------------------||
C#|0-0---x-x-0-0---x-x-0-0-------0-0-----x-0-0----x-0-0||

VII:Someone feed the monkey while I . . .

******************************************************************
   Chorus:II
    A                 (A)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|-12-12-12-12-12-12|  1x  |-15-15-15-15-15-15|  1x  ||
C#|------------------|      |------------------|      ||
 - rate                       and . . .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/a_perfect_circle/weak_and_powerless_btab.html ]
    E                 (E)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    ravenous...               ous...                so

    A                 (A)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|      |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|      |
    Weak                      and              

    G                 (G)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3-|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    powerless                                    over   you...

******************************************************************
   E
E |---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
B |---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
F#|---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
C#|0--------|(0)--------|(0)--------|(0)-------||

Guitar-
Slack Tuning - Low to Hi = C# F# B E G# C#
                                       
C#|-------------0-||
G#|------------0--||
E |-----------5---||
B |----------7----||
F#|----0----0-----||
C#|-0-------------||

******************************************************************
   Bridge: 1:39
   A                      (A)    C                      (C)
E |2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2|      |5--5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5|      ||
B |----------------------|Repeat|----------------------|Repeat||
F#|----------------------|  1x  |----------------------|  1x  ||
C#|----------------------|      |----------------------|      ||
****{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Repeat Twice }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}****

   E                     D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|5------5-------5-------5-------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|-------------------------------||
   Little angel go away! Come again some other day!     The..

   E                     D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|5------5-------5----5^7--------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|------------------------5^7--3-||
   Devil has my ear today I'll never hear a word you say! He

   E                     D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|5------5-------5-------5-------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|-------------------------------||
  Promised I would find a little solace and some peace of mind...

   E                     D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|-------------------------------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-/-10-\-||
Whatever. just as long as I don't feel so      despe-

******************************************************************
   Chorus:III
    A                 (A)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|      |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|      ||
 - rate                       and . . .

    E                 (E)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    ravenou...                ous...                so

    A                 (A)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|      |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|      |
    Weak                      and              

    G                 (G)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3-|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    powerless                                    despe-
*****************************************************************
    A                 (A)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|      |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|      ||
 - rate                       and . . .

    E                 (E)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    ravenous...               ous...                so

    C                 (C)     C                 (C)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  |
C#|-8--8--8--8--8--8-|      |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|      |
    Weak                      and              

    G                 (G)     D                 (D)
E |------------------|      |------------------|      ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------|  1x  |------------------|  1x  ||
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3-|      |-10-10-10-10-10-10|      ||
    powerless                                    over   you...  
            
                    (back to Intro:)
******************************************************************
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