Frances The Mute
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore
        B: Pour Another Icepick

Tabbed by Dave H. - *

In terms of guitar work, this is my favorite song off FTM.  If you're a beginner
guitarist, look elsewhere, but for intermediate-advanced players, this song is amazing,
and it shouldn't take you more than a few days to learn it.  Perfecting it is another
story of course...

Tuning : standard.

Difficulty :
  8 / 10 if finger picked
  10/ 10 if hand picked


Key:

/ : slide
XbY : bend the string so that it sounds like you're on fret Y, even though you're on X

rX  : release last bend, returning to unbent fret X
h : hammer
p : pull
m : mute (unless otherwise indicated, let notes ring)
x : play "dampened" note
. : primary beat
- : 16th beat
~ : 32nd beat
" : repeat last tabbed note (there's a lot of repetition, esp. in the chorus)

NOTE1: I will indicate each beat on which you are to repeat.

NOTE2: I will add a space when tabbed notes are into the double digits.  A space
represents no beat, but allows the room for both digits.  If you're confused, see
the first bar.

| bar division

time signatures are indicated only when they change.  Which unfortunately is a lot.

I'm not tabbing the 30 second intro.  So if you love the non-musical stuff, sorry...

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Part A : Intro / Verse I

0:40 - 1:27

Played 4 times
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     1                   2                    3                4           5
e    |*|*    |*    |.*    |.*|
B  4 |*.- - \|*  3 |*  2 |.*  5 |.*|
G  / |*.- - \|*  / |*  / |.*  / |.*|
D  4 |.* .- - -|.*  4 |.*  4 |.*  4 |.*|
A    |.* .- - -|.*    |.*    |.*    |.*|
E    |.* .- - -|.*    |.*    |.*    |.*|

the hammer-on in bar 1 is not played the first time.


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Part B : Verse II

1:27 - 2:12

Played 4 times
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Now we can sort of relax mentally, because the time signatures are far more sane.  But
physically we have a whole lot of work to do...

I can only play this by finger picking.  Put your pick in your mouth and go.  But I
think TMV hand picks it.  And if you can do that, more power to ya.  I bow to you.
                                                         1, 2, 3
                                                         __________________
                                                         |

   |.*       |.*    |*|
 4 |.* 8--8     6 |.*  4 |*|
 / |* .8-- x2  / |*  / |*|
 4 |.* .---     4 |.*  4 |.*|
   |.* .---       |.*    |.*|
   |.* .---       |.*    |.*|

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Part C : Chorus Intro

2:12 - 2:20

Played once
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   |*    |2-22x22-22x22-22x2    |3-33x22-m---|
 6 |*  9 |4-44x44-44x44-44x4  6 |4-44x44-m---|
 / |*  / |4-44x44-44x44-44x4  / |4-44x44-m---|
 4 |.*  8 |.*  8 |.*|
   |.*    |.*    |.*|
   |.*    |.*    |.*|

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Part D : Chorus I

2:20 - 2:36

Played twice
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if you're confused by the next few bars and how I've noted them, read over the key at
the top and listen to the song.  Sorry, but in a text file, this is as clear as I could
make it.  And if you've gotten this far, you're a talented guitarist, so you'll be able
to figure it out.


|12m-12" " " " " 12m-12" " " " "|.*|12"""-""-""x"|14"""""15"""-"
|12m-11" 10" x x 12m-11" 10" x x|.*|10"""-""-""x"|12"""""" """-"
|12m-12" " " " " 12m-12" " " " "|5--4--2--0--|12"""-""-""x"|14"""""" """-"
|. --~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . --~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~|.*|10"""-""-""x"|13"""""" """-"
|. --~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . --~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~|3--2--0-----|. *|. -----. -----
|. --~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . --~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~|.*|. *|. -----. -----

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then the following parts:
---

A BBBB C DDDD


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Part E : Chorus II

4:11 - 4:45

Played 4 times
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the easiest part of the song.  played with lots of heart it can also be the most
satisfying.  If you've got an amazing singer, even better.  Still in 6/8 time, in case
you've forgotten.  Let all the notes ring like crazy.  Once you're comfortable, it's
quite possible to play the Gtr. 2 mini-solo/bend/whatever without interrupting the
overall sound.  Just make sure hold strong on the 7th fret of the A string so it rings
clearly through the bend.  Obviously you should bend away from the A string, because if
you mute it it ruins the feel.


                   Gtr. 2                                 1,2,3    4.
                   _______                                _____    _____
                   |     |                                |        |

|.*|.----- .-- ---|.*|.*    |.---    |.*|
|.*|.----- .-- ---|.*|.*  2 |.---  6 |.*|
|4-----5-----|.----- .-- ---|4-----5-----|2--2-22--2-2  / |222x  / |2--2-22-22---|2x
|2-----5--5--|7----7b9--r7--|2-----5--5--|1--1-11--1-1  8 |111x  8 |1--1-11-11---|1x
|2-----3--5--|7----- .-- ---|2-----3--5--|2--2-22--2-2    |222x    |2--2-22-22---|2x
|*|.--0-- .-- ---|*|2--2-22--2-2    |222x    |2--2-22-22---|2x

And there you have it.  Thank you for having the patience to read the whole tab.  I'm
just gonna compliment you once more for getting through such a tough song.  As always,
I love feedback, so shoot me an e-mail.  I'm pretty sure any errors within this tab are
minor, but feel free to let me know about them anyways.  Good luck in your musical
career!

Dave H.

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