Coheed and Cambria – The Velorium Camper I – Faint at Heart (Acoustic)
READ NOTES FIRST:
- Ok, this is the song that made me adore this band. Wouldn’t wanna mess up on
it now, do I? So, if there are any mistakes, feel free to e-mail me (e-mail’s on the bottom).
- If you’ve noticed, there are some changes in the lyrics as well.
- There are certain parts here that I won’t be writing the chord strumming
just the chords itself. It is understood in this tab that the chords I write are triads, what
nowadays commonly mistake as “POWER CHORDS” (ex. A – 577XXX).
- If there is a “P” under a given note/chord, it means it’s
“L” means lyrics.
- FYI, in the C (X355XX) - open string D & A (X00XXX) – C transition, you may
the open notes to an A (577XXX). The latter one sounds lighter though...
Standard tuning: EADGBe
Intro: 00:00 – 00:16.
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e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-7-9-----------------------------5---5-----5~------|
D|-9-7-9--3/5-5-5-4~-0--0-4-7--------5-0-5--3/5---4~-0-|
A|-7-5-7-----------------------5-5-0-3-0-3-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------5------9-7-9-----------------------------5---5-------5~----|
D|--------5-5-----9-7-9--3/5-5-5-4~-0--0-4-7--------5-0-5-------5~----|
A|-3/5--55---7-5--7-5-7-----------------------5-5-0-3-0-3-------3~----|
E|----00--------------------------------------------------------------|
P/PPP
Verse: 00:17 – 00:47.
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Riff 1:
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e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-7-9-----------------------------5---5-----5~------------5---5------|
D|-9-7-9--3/5-5-5-4~-0--0-4-7--------5-0-5--3/5---4~-0-------5-0-5-0----|
A|-7-5-7-----------------------5-5-0-3-0-3-------------3/5---3-0-3-0----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------00------------|
P/PPP P P P P
L: With the worries that I'd give her in, she told the worst of me.
Riff 2:
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e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-7-9-----------------------------5---5-----5~--------------5--------|
D|-9-7-9--3/5-5-5-4~-0--0-4-7--------5-0-5--3/5---4~-0--------5-5-------|
A|-7-5-7-----------------------5-5-0-3-0-3-------------3/5--55---7-5----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------00------------|
P/PPP
L: My wanting just to hold her hand in my arms and feel her breathe.
Riff 1
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L: No, I'm not gonna give you what you want, so if you please.
Riff 1
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L: The sin that shapes your voice carries my ears this new disease.
Chorus: 00:47 – 01:19.
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- Give it more or less 8 strums per chord.
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G *E C C – Do this thrice
P P P P
*E – 022XXX
L: Did somebody take your tongue?
L: In worries of the words that you couldn't say (that you wouldn’t
save) them from.
L: But I don't wanna sleep without...
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A A **E D *C
*Hang on C.
**E – X799XXX
L: So I bid to you goodnight.
L: Tonight sleep tight, my love.
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Verse: 01:20 – 01:50.
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e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-7/5-X-|
D|-7/5-X-|
A|-5/3-X-|
E|-------|
Riff 2
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L: The anxious through the calming storm, you'll sit as you pray for
rain.
Riff 1
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L: I'll touch it if you ask me to, but how is up to you.
Riff 2
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L: No, I'm not going to let you get up if you struggle willingly.
Riff 1 (This time no palm-mute)
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L: I'll savor all your form to show you how and where I bleed.
Chorus: 01:50 – 02:21.
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This one’s basically the same as the first chorus, but add a few more syncopations
between the chord patterns and add some normal strums with the palm-mutes.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coheed_and_cambria/the_velorium_camper_i_faint_at_heart_acoustic_tab.html ]
Bridge 1: 02:22 – 02:37.
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e|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5|0----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5|0-5~-5h7-5------5~-5h7-5------5~-5-5--5-5-0-9--9--7--7-----|
A|*3-3-3-3|0-5~--------5-0-5~--------5-0-5~-5-5--5-5-0-9--9--7--7-----|
E|--------|--3~------------3~------------3~-3-3--3-3-0-7--7--5--5-----|
*Weak – loud strum.
- Do this twice, but exclude the “*” at the second one.
Phase 1: 02:38 – 03:10.
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- Just figure out the changes in the palm-mutes, mutes and the regular strums.
be too tiresome for me to tab the whole thing out.
A A B B C C (3X)
L: You were so well behaved.
L: As you arched and made your way...
L: A gift’s for you engraved.
L: You shift and stretch your legs.
L: You were so well behaved.
L: You were so well...
L: You taught these tricks that make...
L: You were so well behaved.
Phase 2: 03:10 – 03:42.
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e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------7-5------5--4-----------------------------------------|
D|-0-7--7-7-7-0-7-5-7-5--5--4--3--5-----------------------------------|
A|-0-7--7-7-7-0-5-3-7-5--3--2--3--5-----------------------------------|
E|-0-5--5-5-5-0-----5-3--------1--3-...........-----------------------|
- After the last C there’s a highly syncopated muted strum pattern (it’s
is approximately the same as the usual 16 strums or so– i.e. A A).
L: If the world stops turning, girl you better not stop when I say.
L: And there ain’t nothing you could do to count me, count me down.
- Do this three times.
e|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------7-5------5--4--------|--------------------------------|
D|-0-7--7-7-7-0-7-5-7-5--5--4--3--5~-|--------------5~----------------|
A|-0-7--7-7-7-0-5-3-7-5--3--2--3--5~-|0-3/5-3-2-----5~----------------|
E|-0-5--5-5-5-0-----5-3--------1--3~-|----------5-0-3~----------------|
|- Do this twice.
L: If the ground starts parting through the silence and the walk of the
dead.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------5--5--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------5--5--5--5--------------------------------------------|
A|0-3/5-3-2-----5--5--3--3--------------------------------------------|
E|----------5-0-3--3--------------------------------------------------|
L: Everything here dies alone...
Bridge 2: 03:42 – 03:55.
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e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8---10--7-8--------5------------------------------------------|
G|-5/7~---7---------5----7---7-5-4-5--4---4--5-4--------4-------------|
D|---------------------5----------------7--------7--5-7---5-4---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
- Do this twice.
Phase 3: 03:56 – 04:24.
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- Again, too tiresome to tab...
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D D E C *D
P P P
* Single strum.
L: But I'm not quite sure what you've been told on Labor Day.
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*D D **E ***C
P
* Ascending.
** Strong single strum then palm-mute.
*** Strong single strum then weak strums.
L: Oooh, I'm not starting with you but the faint of heart... well,
worry’s way.
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D D E C (2X)
L: But I'm not quite sure what this unfolds on Labor Day.
L: Oooh, I'm not starting with you but the faint of heart.
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Chorus: 04:24 – 05:29.
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- No palm-mutes, more open notes strumming and stronger playing.
- Play it twice. So, after the “...my love...” part, don’t hang the C
first time around.
-When the chorus is repeated, you can even hear the open e-string being strummed, but I
to not play it.
L: Did somebody take your tongue?
L: In worries of the words that you couldn't say (that you wouldn’t
save) them from.
L: But I don't wanna sleep without...
L: So I bid to you goodnight.
L: Tonight sleep tight, my love.
(Repeat)
End with *F.
*The song originally ends with the C, but then he makes a crappy
sounding F end the song in this version.
...And that’s it!
