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Author : Incubus
Song : "Pardon Me"
Album : Make Yourself
Transcribed By : Matt Hritz
Email : Abyss1212@hotmail.com
Once again greetings! I'm back with another complete tab. I figured
out this song the same way I did "Wish You Were Here". It's almost
impossible to figure out all the aspects of this song without hearing
a live performance, because certain parts during the chorus are almost
impossible to hear on the cd. So many people, in their tabs, say there
isn't much guitar during the verse, so they don't put anything but
that. 'Tis just an excuse for laziness! But I am here to give you the
most complete and accurate tabs that I can. Remember you can always
e-mail me with questions, comments, and or anything else. So, let's
see, Pardon Me... Well Shall we begin? Mike again uses standard tuning
low to high: (E A D G B E) for this song as well. He also uses A
number of effects and a very nifty technique called volume swelling.
Well anyways, he uses delay, echo, and some phaser. Well let's break
down the song.
A. Intro
In the intro Mike uses the combination of delay, echo, phaser, and
volume swells. This I must add gives off an amazing sound that is
heaven to the ears! I will use this symbol ( ^ ) to repesent the
volume swells. But anyways he plays the intro like this:
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--|
|--2^--2^--2^--2^------|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^------|
|------5^------5^------|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--|
|--2^--2^--2^--2^------|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^------|
|------5^------5^------|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--|
|--2^--2^--2^--2^------|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^------|
|------5^------5^------|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--|
|--2^--2^--2^--2^------|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^------|
|------5^------5^------|
Now for the distortion part of the intro. Mike uses nothing special
here, just good 'ol distortion. It's played like this:
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|
|--------------------------0--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-----------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9--9-9--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-9-9--7-7--|
|------------------7-7--5-5--|
B. Verse
Probably the most controversal part of the song. There's a lot of
guitar here, and there's even a pick scrape that every doesn't tab out
on their tabs. The pick scrape is at the very end of the verse, and
it's on the 6th string. The scrape goes down from the pick-up farthest
from the bridge to almost the 12th fret, and lasts just about 4
seconds. I will represent the pick scrape with this symbol (>>>). The
verse also has delay, echo, phaser, and volume swells just like the
intro. I will represent the sound the delay trails off with by using
the numbers in parenthesis. But anyways here is the verse:
|-------------0^-(0)(0)(0)--0^--0^-(0)(0)(0)---------------|
|-7^--7^------4^-(4)(4)(4)--3^--4^-(4)(4)(4)--4^-----------|
|-4^--4^--6^----------------2^----------------x^-----------|
|-6^--6^--5^----------------0^----------------x^-----------|
|-----7^--6^----------------------------------2^-----------|
|------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>-|
C. Pre-Chorus
The Pre-Chorus is just done with heavy distortion. Played like this:
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D. Chorus
The Chorus also is just done with heavy distortion. Played like this:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/incubus/pardon_me_tab_ver_11.html ]
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
--------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--|
Then you return to the verse. Following the second verse is the
second chorus.
E. Bridge
Now the bridge is very similar to the intro of the song. There's only
one small difference. The bridge is played like so:
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--|
|--2^--2^--2^--2^------|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^------|
|------5^------5^------|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--|
|--2^--2^--2^--2^------|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^------|
|------5^------5^------|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^--0^--|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^--6^--|
|--2^--2^--2^--2^------|
|--4^--4^--4^--4^------|
|------5^------5^------|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^-(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)--|
|--0^--0^--0^--0^-(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)--|
|--4^--4^--4^--6^-(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)--|
|--2^--2^--2^-------------------------------|
|--4^--4^--4^-------------------------------|
|------5^-----------------------------------|
F. Final Chorus & Outro
Here is the last chorus of the song and the outro. All played with
heavy distortion. Anyways, it's played like this:
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|-------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-2-2-4-2-2--|
--------------------------------------2-0-0-2-0-0--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|
|--------------------------0--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-----------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9--9-9--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-9-9--7-7--|
|------------------7-7--5-5--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2----|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2--|
|----------------------0--|
Well that's it! Now you know "Pardon Me"! My next tab will be "Drive"
and then probably "Stellar" or "Mexico". Cheers!
