Artist: Brand New
Song: Sic Transit Gloria … Glory Fades
Album: Deja Entendu
There weren’t any tabs for this on UG (or just about anywhere, for that matter),
so I figured I’d post how I play it. Tuning is in Eb, like most Deja songs.
Intro/Verse
Rhythm Guitar:
This is played softly in the background, it’s pretty hard to hear, but it’s
there. Strum the strings up and down slowly, so its more of an arpeggio than a
full chord strum.
Eb|——————
Bb|——————
Gb|——————
Db|——————
Ab|—6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
Eb|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—
pm……………….
Bass:
I’m not sure if this is 100% correct, but its close enough. I kinda mess around
with the notes, so however you see fit. You should get the general idea from this though.
Gb|———————————
Db|———————————
Ab|———————————
Eb|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-0-4-5-4-5-7
then
Gb|———————————
Db|———————————
Ab|———————————
Eb|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-0-5-4-0-5-7
Lead Guitar:
About halfway through the verse the lead comes in with what I hope is the
following. I’m not sure if this is right at all, since I am so dreadfully
horrible at lead guitar it would make your ears bleed. But I took 5 minutes out
of my life to get this.
Eb|————————
Bb|-2~——4~—7~—5-4—
Gb|————————
Db|————————
Ab|————————
Eb|————————
I know the timing looks odd in tab form, but I believe its: whole note, half
note, quarter, eighth, eighth. That should help a bit.
Chorus
Rhythm Guitar:
Being as I play rhythm, I tend to key in on it more than lead and bass. I can’t
hear a great difference between the rhythm and bass, so I assume they’re being
played the same way. I can hear lead playing something in the background, but
there’s a slim to none chance of me figuring it out.
Eb|————————————————————-
Bb|————————————————————-
Gb|——————66666666-11-11-9-9-7-7-9-9——————
Db|-6666666666666666-66666666-11-11-9-9-7-7-9-9-7777777777777777
Ab|-6666666666666666-44444444—9—9-7-7-5-5-7-7-7777777777777777
Eb|-4444444444444444—————————-5555555555555555
The strum pattern is constant, the only reason its spaced out awkwardly is to
make it easier to read.
Bass:
Gb|————————————————
Db|————————————————
Ab|—————-4444444499775577—————-
Eb|4444444444444444—————-5555555555555555
Bridge
Rhythm Guitar:
I tried to line up the rhythm and bass as best I could to give you an idea
as to how its played.
Eb|—————————————————————
Bb|—————————————————————
Gb|-6~——————————-6~—————9~————
Db|-6~—————9~—————6~—————9~————
Ab|-4~—————9~—————4~—————7~————
Eb|——————7~———————————————
Bass:
Gb|—————————————————————-
Db|—————————————————————-
Ab|-44——44————————44——44——-77——77——
Eb|—-555—-555—77-555—77-555——555—-555——555—-555-
Then the rhythm joins the bass like so:
Eb|—————————————————————-
Bb|—————————————————————-
Gb|-66——66————————66——66——-99——99——
Db|-66-777-66-777—99-777—99-777—66-777-66-777—99-777-99-777-
Ab|-44-777-44-777—99-777—99-777—44-777-44-777—77-777-77-777-
Eb|—-555—-555—77-555—77-555——555—-555——555—-555-
Lead Guitar:
I’m not too sure with this part, but hey, whatever. It’s played throughout the entire brigde.
Eb|————————————
Bb|-5p3——5p3——5p3——5h7—-
Gb|——4~——-4~——-4~——-4~-
Db|————————————
Ab|————————————
Eb|————————————
Rinse; Dry; Repeat.
Post Bridge
Rhythm:
Simple little part, same as the intro/verse. Halfway into it the bass joins in.
Eb|———————————-
Bb|———————————-
Gb|———————————-
Db|———————————-
Ab|—6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
Eb|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—
pm……………………………..
Bass:
Gb|———————————
Db|———————————
Ab|———————————
Eb|——————4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
Then the final chorus played as usual.
Great song by a great band. Its a shame there aren’t many tabs around the net
for them, the few that are around are mislabeled and poorly done.
Questions and comments can go to [email protected]
Tabbed by pikus
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