xSong: "Top Falls Down" by Tonic
Album: "Sugar"
Tuning: Double Drop D (DADGBD) with Capo on 2nd fret to match concert
tabbed by jjhand
The tab lines are shown with the capo as the 0 fret. This tab was updated to match their performance
at Moondance Jam in July 2010. The tuning was adjusted and now it works better. They played this in E
at that concert but the recording sounds like it is in F, so move the capo to 3rd fret and play the
same way if you are comparing to the album version.
Tonic Concert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVS2f5PESlo
Main Riff -
play this part 3x:
Dist. Rhythm (Emerson) 4th Bar Ending
E|-------------------------------| -----------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------| -----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------| -5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---------|
E|-------------------------------| -5-5-5-5---x-5-5-5-5---x-0---|
B|-2b3r2--0--hold chord----------| -3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-0---|
E|-2b3r2--0----------------------| -3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-0---|
|
| Dist. Lead (Jeff)
E|------------0--0------0------0-| -----------------------------|
C#|------------3--3------3------3-| -----------------------------|
A|------------2--2--0h2-2--0h2-2-| -----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| -----------------------------|
B|-2b3r2-0-----------------------| -3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-0---|
E|-2b3r2-0-----------------------| -3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-0---|
repeat the main riff and hold the ending F chord
Verse:
Lead
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
C#|---------------1--|---------------1--|---------------3--|----------------3-|
A|-------0-----0----|-------0-----0----|-------0-----0----|-------0------0---|
E|----2-----2-------|----2-----2-------|----4-----4-------|----4------4------|
A|-3----------------|-3----------------|-5----------------|-5----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Rhythm - strum chords written below in 16th note pattern lightly
E|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
C#|-1----------------|-1----------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
A|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
E|-2----------------|-2----------------|-4----------------|-4----------------|
A|-3----------------|-3----------------|-5----------------|-5----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Lead fill (0:32):
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------0----------|------------------|------------------|
|-3--2-------------|-3--2-----2-------|-5--4-------------|-5--7--5--4-------|
|-------3------3-3-|-------------3----|-------5------5-5-|-------------5\---|
|------------5-----|------------------|-------------7----|------------------|
Chorus - both guitars play 4x
|-----------------------x-0---|-----0-0-0---0-------0-0-0---0---|
|-----------------------x-3---|-----3-3-3---3-------3-3-3---3---|
|-5-5-5-5---x-5-5-5-5---x-2---|-0h2-2-2-2---2---0h2-2-2-2---2---|
|-5-5-5-5---x-5-5-5-5---x-0---|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-0---|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-0---|---------------------------------|
Rhythm guitar holds chord ^ ^ while Lead plays this second bar
On fourth time through, lead part holds chord as well.
Verse 2 is same except for extra guitar part (Clean w/ chorus)
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------5/7--|---------------|
|-------------7\5--|------------------|-------------5/7--|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
play 3x * 1st time only
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--(5h7--5~)----|
|-------------7\5--|------------------|-------------5/7--|---------------|
|-------------7\5--|------------------|-------------5/7--|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
Play Chorus again
Break (not sure which guitar plays which part)
Rhythm
|-3---3-----3-----|-2---2-----2-----|-0---0-----0-----|-2---2-----2-----|
|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3-----3---|
|---------2-----2-|---------2-----2-|---------2-----2-|---------2-----2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Lead
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|
|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----4-----------|
|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|
|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Break part 2: palm mute this section, except for high notes
Rhythm: part in parenthesis is on second time through
|-(10\)---------------------|-9\------------------------|-8\------------------------|
|-(10\)---------------------|-9\------------------------|-8\------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|------0-0-3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0--|------0-0-3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0--|------0-0-3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0--|
|--7\-----------------------||
|--7\-----------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|------0-0-3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0--||
Repeat Rhythm, play Lead Guitar Break Riff as well:
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-3-------3-------|-----------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-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Play Chorus
Play Main Riff again
Play Break again to end song
KEY:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| b bend string to note/fret indicated
| r release bent string
| () held note from previous bar
