“Scars”-Papa Roach
Guitars-drop-D, down one half step-Db,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb
Bass –drop-D, down one half step-Db,Ab,Db,Gb
Gtr. I-elec. w/dist.
Gtr. II-elec. w/dist
Gtr. III-elec. w/dist. and delay
Gtr. IV-Acous.
Bass I-finger
KEY:
w-whole rest
h.-dotted-half rest
q-quarter rest
e-eighth rest
W-whole note
H.-dotted half note
H-half note
Q.-dotted quarter note
Q-quarter note
e-eight note
S-sixteenth note
(#)-tied note to one before it
h-hammeron
p-pulloff
-slide down
/-slide up
lr-let ring
>-attack
pm-palm mute
*-staccato
Moderately Q=90 in 4/4
|A|Intro
Riff A
w w w q H.
e|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------|------------------|---12--------------|
D|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|Gtr. III
| volume swell up
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| H. (e ) e H. (e) e H. (e) e H. (e.) S
e|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------------|-7----------(7)---|-7----------(7)---|-5----------(5 )---|
D|-10----------(10)---|-5----------(5)---|-7----------(7)---|-3----------(3 )---|
A|-10----------(10)---|-5----------(5)---|-5----------(5)---|-3----------(3 )---|
E|-10----------(10)---|-5----------(5)---|------------------|-3----------(3 )p0-|
|Gtr. I
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end Riff A
(Q ) (e ) e (Q.) (e) H. (e.) S H. (e) (e) Q. (e ) e. S (e ) e
e|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||
B|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||
G|-(12)-(12)9-(9 )-(9)\|7-----------(7 )h9p|p7----------(7)-(7)/|/10-(10)/1716-(16)14-||
D|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||
A|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||
E|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||
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| H. (e ) e H. (e) e H. (e) e H Q Q
e|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
B|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
G|-----------------------|-7-----------(7)----|-7----------(7)-----|-5------7-------7------||
D|-10-----------(10)-----|-5-----------(5)----|-7----------(7)-----|-3------5-------5------||
A|-10-----------(10)-----|-5-----------(5)----|-5----------(5)-----|-3------5-------5------||
E|-10-----------(10)-----|-5-----------(5)p0--|--------------------|-3------5-------5------||
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| W W W H H
G|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
D|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
A|-3---------------------|-2------------------|-5------------------|-----------------------||
E|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-3------5--------------||
|Bass I
| volume swell down
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|B|Verses
Rhy. Fig. 1 end Rhy. Fig. 1
e.S e e Q Q Q e e Q Q e.S e e Q e e e.S e e e. S e e
e|------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------||
B|------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------||
G|---------------0--|-----5-----4-----|-----7-----5------|-----7---------------||
D|-7-7-10-----9--X--|-2---2--2--2--5--|-3-3-3-3---3--7---|-5-5-5-----10---9----||
A|-7-7-7--7---7--7\|2---2--2--2--2--|-3-3-3-3---3--3-3/|/5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5----||
E|-7-7-7--7---7--7\|2---2--2--2--2--|-3-3-3-3---3--3-3/|/5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5----||
|Gtrs. I and II
| lr..
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| E.S E S S Q Q E.S S E S Q Q E.S E S S Q Q E.S E S S Q E E
G|------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------||
D|------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------||
A|------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------5-7--||
E|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7\|2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------||
|Bass I
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Gtrs. I and II repeat Rhy. Fig. 1 simile Gtr. III plays Fill 1 first and second times(see bottom)
(3rd time)skip ahead to |D| Breakdown
Q E S S E.S Q Q S E S Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S S S S S S S S S
G|------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------------------||
D|------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------5h7-7-5-5-5-------||
A|----------7---10\|----------2--2---|--------3--2---|----------------------7-5----||
E|-7--7-7-7---7-----|2--2-2-2------2-|-3--3-3------3-|-5--5-5/7--------------------||
|Bass 1
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/papa_roach/scars_tab_ver_6.html ]
|C|Chorus
Riff B
Q (e ) e H (e) e (H.) W H e Q.
e|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
B|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
G|-12---(12)9-(9)-------------|-(9)7-(7 )-------------|-7-----------------|-10----------------109-||
D|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
A|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
E|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
|Gtr. III
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|Rhy. Fig. 2 end Rhy. Fig. 2
| E. S E. S E. S E S S E. S E.S E S S S E S E.S E.S E.S E S S E S S (S) S S S E E S S S S
e|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-12---12-12-12-0-|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-X-|-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-0-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-0-|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-X-|-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-0-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-0-|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-----------------X-|-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-0-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|Gtrs. I, II, IV
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|Bass Fig. 1 end Bass Fig. 1
| E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E.S E S S S E S E.S E.S E.S E S S S S S S (S) S S S E E S S S S
G|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-3--3--3--3---3-3-3--3-------|------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------0-|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|Bass I
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Gtrs. I and II repeat Rhy. Fig. 2 (1st and 2nd times)go back to |B|Verses
Gtr. IV substitues Rhy. Fill 1(see bottom) (3rd time)skip ahead to |F|Outro Chorus
end Riff B
W E Q. (Q.) (S) S W H H
e|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
B|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
G|-9-------------------|-97----(7 )----(7)h9p|p7-------------------|-5-----------------4-||
D|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
A|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
E|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
|Gtr. III
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| E.S E.S S E S E S S E.S E.S E S S S E S E.S E.S S E S E S S S S S S (S) S S S E E S S S S
G|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------||
D|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3h5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
E|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------||
|Bass I
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|D|Breakdown
Gtr. III plays Riff A
H. (e) S S H. (e.) S H. (Q) Q (e.) S Q Q
e|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
B|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
G|-5----------(5)----|-7----------(7 )---|-7----------(7)|-5--(5 )---7---7/-----||
D|-5----------(5)----|-5----------(5 )---|-7----------(7)|-3--(3 )---5---5/-----||
A|-3----------(3)----|-5----------(5 )-0-|-5----------(5)|-3--(3 )-0-5---5/-----||
E|----------------X-0-|-5----------(5 )-0-|----------------|-3--(3 )-0-5---5/---||
|Gtrs. I and II
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| W W W H Q Q
G|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
A|-3------------------|-------------------|-5--------------|-8--------10--10----||
E|--------------------|-5-----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|Bass I
|
|e| Bridge
E. S (H.) E.S (H.) E.S(H.) H Q S S E
e|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
G|-12-12-(12)-----------|-7-7-(7 )-----------|-7-7-(7 )------------|-5-----------7----------|
D|-10-10-(10)-----------|-5-5-(5 )-----------|-7-7-(7 )------------|-3-----------5--7h9-----|
A|-10-10-(10)-----------|-5-5-(5 )-----------|-5-5-(5 )------------|-3-----------5--5-------|
E|-10-10-(10)-----------|-5-5-(5 )-----------|---------------------|-3-----------5--5---5/--|
|Gtr. I
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| E. S (H) (E) S S E.S (H) (E) S S E.S (H) (Q) E.S (E ) E Q S S S S
G|-----5-(5)----(5)-----|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
D|------------------5/7-|----------------5h7-|---------------------|---10-(10)-------------||
A|-3--------------------|--------------------|-5-5-(5)--------(5)//|/8---------8/105h7-5-0-||
E|----------------------|-5-5-(5)----(5)-----|---------------------|-----------------------||
|Bass I
|lr.................
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
|Gtrs. I and II
| pm................................................................................
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/5-|
E|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|Bass I
| > > > > > >
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go back to |C|Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q* q h
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|-3 --------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|-3 --------------------------------||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3 --------------------------------||
|Gtrs. I and II
| pm.............
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q* q h
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-----------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------|-3 --------------------------------||
|Bass I
| > > >
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|F|Outro Chorus
Gtr. III plays Riff B
Bass I plays Bass Fig. 1
E S S S S S S E S S S E. E S S S E S S S S S S S S S
e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------||
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----||
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----||
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0---||
|Gtrs. I and II
|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S (S) S S S E E S S S S
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-X-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-X-|
E|-------------------------------0-|-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-X-|
|Gtrs. I and II
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Gtr. IV plays Rhy. Fill 1(see bottom)
Gtrs. I and II play previous four measures
E.S E S S S E S S S S S E.S E.S E S S S E S E.S E.S S E S E S S S S S S (S) S S S E E S S S S
G|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------0-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|Bass I
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Q q h
e|----------------||]
B|----------------||]
G|----------------||]
D|-10\------------||]
A|-10\------------||]
E|-10\------------||]
|Gtrs. I and II
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| Q q h
G|---------------||]
D|---------------||]
A|--3\-----------||]
E|---------------||]
|Bass I
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Fill 1
W
e|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------||
G|-12----------------------||
D|-------------------------||
A|-------------------------||
E|-------------------------||
|Gtr. III
|volume swell
|
Rhy. Fill 1
E.S E.S E.S E S S
e|-------------------||
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-||
E|-----------------0-||
|Gtr. IV
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