Leave it Alone Tabbed by:Mark Makoway Written by:Moist Mark Makoway Because I can't write rhythm notation using my Powerbook, you are going to have to listen to the CD and figure out how the notes are played. The rhythm in this song is pretty straight forward and consistent throughout the song. This is not a difficult song to play, the key is to make everything flow. Intro (This is the section of the song before the singing starts. It is played over the pulsing E's played on the bass.) The part consists of an Em arpaggio partern. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --0------------------------------------------------------0---------------- --2------4---4-----4---4-----2---2-----2---2----4---4---4--2-------2---2-- --2----2---2-----2---2-----2---2-----2---2----2---2---2------2---2---2---- --0--0---------0---------0---------0---------0------------------0--------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ---2---2-----2---2----2---2---- -2---2-----2---2----2---2------ 0--------0--------0------------ Verse. This riff/chord part repeats 4 times in each verse; it accompanies the vocals until the prechorus. (Again, listen to the CD for the rhythm.) "ho" means hammer on. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -9--9--9--9--9----------------------------------(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)--(7)------- -9--9--9--9--9----9-----9---9---9---9---9----7---7---7---7---7----7---7---7 -7--7--7--7--7----9-ho-11--11--12--11---9----5---5---5---5---5----4---4---5 -0--0--0--0--0----0-----0---0---0---0---0----5---5---5---5---5----5---5---5 -----------R -----------E -----------P ---7---7---E ---4---0---A ---5---5---T Prechorus (I came to burn the sky...) This part repeats twice. --0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0----4--4--4--4--4----0--0--0--0--0---R --5--5--4--5--5----0--5--4--5--5----4--5--4--5--5----5--5--5--5--5---E --6--6--6--6--6----4--4--4--4--4----4--4--4--4--4----6--6--6--6--6---P --6--6--6--6--6----4--4--4--4--4----6--6--6--6--6----7--7--7--7--7---E --0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0---A ---------------------------------------------------------------------T Chorus. This chord pattern repeats 2 times (strum each chord for 1 bar--4 beats) ---9-----9-----6-----7--------R ---9----12-----9----10--------E ---9----11-----8-----9--------P --11-----9-----6-----7--------E ------------------------------A ------------------------------T Solo. "s" means slide. "b" means bend up. "ho" means hammer-on. "po" means pull-off. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---1-2s4---4s7-5-4---7-5-4--------2---2----1-2s4---4s7-5-4---4s7- -2-------2---------5---------5-4-4---4----2-------2----------5--- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ -5-4--7--9-9-9-9-9 ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -14--14--14--14--14--16--16b--16--14--16--16b--16---14--16--16-po-14s12-14- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- --12s11--12-------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------15-----15-- ---------------------------------------------------14----12--14b----14b---- --14--14--14--14--14--16--16b--16--14--12-ho-14----14---------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ---15------- 14b---14b--- ------------ ------------ ------------ Outro. This repeating theme begins with the lyrics "And it takes me back...." --9---9---9---9-----9---9---9---9---9---9------11---11---11---11--- --9--12--10---9----12--10---9---9---9---9------12---12---12---12--- --9---9---9---9----11--11--11--11--11--11------13---13---13---13--- -11--11--11--11-----9---9---9---9---9---9------13---13---13---13--- ----------------------------------------------(11)-(11)-(11)-(11)-- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --12--11---9---9----9---9-----R --10--10--10--10---10--10-----E ---9---9---9---9----9---9-----P ---9---9---9---9----9---9-----E ------------------------------A ------------------------------T Mark Makoway Intro Verse Prechorus Verse Chorus Solo Prechorus Outro Chorus Outro Lyrics i'd walk the water to get back to you and where i was complete we found you scattered by the highway side too soon to be released gathered the pieces up and clean the place where you were undone and washed the wreckage out unfinished all the thoughts that we'd begun i came to burn the sky and tear away the beauty that it sows if i could rape the day and find the things i thought i'd always known leave it alone again tonight i laid your arms out long untwisted there and shaped what i could find unmade the most of it then left the rest the parts unrecognized my reconstruction was the only way for one last look at you i lost the sense of it at the absolution that we never knew leave it alone again tonight leave it alone again tonight and it takes me back from this place here it takes me back from this place here i came to burn the sky and take away the beauty that it sows i came to rape the day and find the things i thought i'd always known leave it alone again tonight and it takes me back from this place here from this place here it takes me over and it might be lost in this place here from this place here it takes me on leave it alone again tonight