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Clove Smoke Catharsis Guitar Tablature
CLOVE SMOKE CATHARSIS
Tabbed by Charlie Craig
People wanted other songs more but this one was more fun to tab.
   
Intro:                                                       Repeat with this chord at the end:  
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--|--------------------7-7--7-7--7-7---------------------|
|--5--5-5--8--7--7-7--7--7-7-7--8--8-8-8--|--------------------5-5--5-5--5-5---------------------|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--6--6-6-6--6--6-6-6--|--------------------9-9--9-9--9-9---------------------|

verse 1:

  
|--5-----5-------5-----5----------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------6-----5--------5-------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-----7----7------------7--------------------------------7------------|
|--7--7----------7--7-----------7--7-----7---------7--7----------7----------|
|--5-------------------------------5---------5-----5--5------------5--------|
|--5-------------------------------6--6---------6--5--5--5-----------5------|
verse 1 (distorted guitar):

|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5---------------------------------------------|
|--6--6-6-6--5--5-5--5-5---------------------------------------------|
|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7-7-----------------------------------|
|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7-7--------------------|
|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5--------------------|
|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--6--6-6-6--8--8-8-8--9-9--------------------|

chorus:  (I'm not including the exact amount of strums here, just the chords)
              on the second chord (A major) of the second measure of the chorus,
              there is harmonics on the E string

|--5---5---6---8----10----------5---5---6---8----10--------------------|
|--6---5---6---8----10----------6---5---6---10---12--------------------|
|--7---6---7---9----10--9-------7---6---7---10---12----13--------------|
|--7---7---8---10---11----------7---7---8---10---12--------------------|
|--5---7---8---10---11--7-------5---7---8---8----10----11--------------|
|--5---5---6---8----9---x-------5---5---6---8----10--------------------|

verse 2 and chorus 2 are basically the same as the first except there is less 
individually picked strings and the chorus is doubled with and extra octave chord at the end:  
G --16--
D -------
A -14--



Break:                                   
			At the end:
|--7---9---10---8---8-----------------9-------------------|
|--7---9---10--10---8-----------------9-------------------|
|--7---10--11--10---9----------------10-------------------|
|--9---11--12--10---10---------------11-------------------|
|--9---11--12---8---10---------------11-------------------|
|--7---9---10---8---8-----------------9-------------------|

Breakdown: (once again, the exact strums aren't represented)

			           At the end:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------10--9---------7----------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--10--11-------------------------------|
|--5--8--7--7--8--7--7----7------7---7---------5----------|
|--5--5--5--6--6--8--8----9------9---9--------------------|

repeat chorus and then finish out song on this octave chord:  
G ---7---
D -------
A ---5---
Here's the Lyric's for it too.
Clove Smoke Catharsis
Lean against the night and laugh as I try to scale the walls. Ingnored futility fills the air. You're only there to watch me fall...If only pure sweetness was offered, why's this bitter taste left in my mouth? If I could catch my breath just to exhale, I'd know that I held it in to long... From above comes a faint smile, a new vantage such a view. Familiarity know disowned. Just sit and stare as I walk away.

Lower It
An invitation, excluding no one. So walk right in and destroy the ***ing place. You've lost your right to be part of my family. The family that welcomed you. You joined and left in disgrace. Your flag was flaming before it ever started flying. Your flag was burning, burning down everyone in true salute. Sense of commitment. A sense of pride. I heard you say that we shared a destiny. Now it's plain to see you've got no sense at all. The name that once honored, you disgraced and made a mockery. I could always see the smoke from miles away. I could always see the weakness in your eyes. Far away I feel the lies. While the sky is burning. You will always be unwanted.
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