Artist: Cursive Song: Sink To The Beat Album: Burst and Bloom EP Tabbed by: Josh Bartlett Tuning is a full step down. (High to low: D A F C G D) Guitar 1 clean, maybe light reverb 0:00 (play this til 0:30) INTRO D --------------------------------------------------| A -----12-\\\\15-10---------------------------------| F ------x------x--x---------------------------------| C -----12-\\\\15-10---------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------| Drums come in at 0:29 and guitar stops at 0:30 And picks back up playing this from 0:39 to 1:34: VERSE D --------------------------------------------------| A -----12-\\\\15-10---------------------------------| F -----x-------x--x---------------------------------| C -----12-\\\\15-10---------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------| At 1:11, a second guitar comes and plays the end chord of this riff over the first guitar. Guitar 1 plays the whole riff, guitar 2 just plays the last part (semi-circled chord). Guitar 2 has light reverb. VERSE D ----------------(0)------------------------------| A -----12-\\\\15-(10)------------------------------| F ------x------x--(x)------------------------------| C -----12-\\\\15-(10)------------------------------| G -------------------------------------------------| D -------------------------------------------------| Play that until 1:35. Then play the chorus: CHORUS 1:36 (Clean) D -----------------------------------------------| A ------3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------| F ------x------x------x------x-------------------| C ------3~-----5~-----1~-----0~------------------| G -----------------------------------------------| D -----------------------------------------------| This next part is picking, not strums CHORUS 1:49 D -------------------------------------------------| A -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----------| F -------------------------------------------------| G -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----------| C -------------------------------------------------| D -------------------------------------------------| CHORUS 1:58 2:00 D -----------------------------------------------| A -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5--5--1---0-----------------| F -------------------------x---x-----------------| G -------3-3-3-3-5-5-5--5--1---0-----------------| C -----------------------------------------------| D -----------------------------------------------| At 2:06 guitar 1 goes back to playing the verse riff at 2:06: Guitar 1 clean VERSE 2:06 D -----------------------------------------------------| A -----12-\\\\15-10~-----------------------------------| F ------x------x--x------------------------------------| C -----12-\\\\15-10~-----------------------------------| G -----------------------------------------------------| D -----------------------------------------------------| The second guitar comes in at 2:08 with some distortion tremolo effects. D -----------------------------------------------------| A -----------------------------------------------------| F ------4-\\\\7-2~-------------------------------------| C ------x---x-x----------------------------------------| G ------5-\\\\8-3~-------------------------------------| D -----------------------------------------------------| At 2:33 either Guitar 1 plays this riff or its a third guitar that comes in, Im not sure: VERSE RIFF 2:33 Guitar is distorted, with some reverb. D -----7-7-7--10-7-5--x3----5h7p5h7-----------------| A --------------------------------------------------| F --------------------------------------------------| C --------------------------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------| Play those riffs until the chorus: CHORUS 2:45 D -----------------------------------------------------| A -----3~-----5~-----1~-----0~-------------------------| F ----x------x------x------x---------------------------| x2 C ---3~-----5~-----1~-----0~---------------------------| G -----------------------------------------------------| D -----------------------------------------------------| CHORUS 2:58 D --------------------------------------------------| A -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------------| F --------------------------------------------------| G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--------------| C --------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------| CHORUS 3:04 D ---------------------------------------------------| A -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1----0----------------------| F -----------------------x----x----------------------| G -----3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---1----0----------------------| C ---------------------------------------------------| D ---------------------------------------------------| Then theres a pick scrape part at 3:11, Im sure of the chord. Then comes the final part at 3:24: FINAL CHORUS 3:24 (Play till end) D ---------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------| F ------------------------------7-7-7----------------| C -----7-7----7-7-7----7-7-7----x-x-x----------------| G -----x-x----x-x-x----x-x-x----5-5-5----------------| D -----5-5----5-5-5----5-5-5-------------------------| (You can play 10x12 chords instead of the x5x7 chords.) Guitar 2 plays this over guitar #1's Chorus For this part there is no picking, just hammering on and off fret 5. FINAL CHORUS RIFF 3:48 D ---h5p0-h5po-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0-h5p0--------| A --------------------------------------------------| F --------------------------------------------------| C --------------------------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------| Just keep playing those two riffs until the song ends. END ON: 4:13 D --------------------------------------------------| A --------------------------------------------------| F --------------------------------------------------| C ------7-7-----------------------------------------| G ------x-x-----------------------------------------| D ------5-5-----------------------------------------|