------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHEM - Phantom Planet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Chris Email: TheStateOfReft is my SN Tuning: slightly sharp h = hammer p = pull off . = down stroke ^ = up stroke Basically, you have four chords that keep getting repeated throughout the whole song. If you listen to it, you'll figure out the strumming patterns. I tried to make this as simple as I could, but with 3 guitar parts, 3 different progressions, 5 different arpeggio patterns, and different parts playing at alternating times, sometimes the same time...you could expect it to look complicated. These chord formations sound closest to the song: E: 022100 B: x24442 C#m: x46654 A: x02220 Intro: E E E B C#m A Verses: E C#m A B Chorus: E B C#m A That's most of it, but in the verses, there are a couple parts where a second guitar comes in. Guitar 1 stays with chords, and it plays E E7 A Am E Emaj7(sus4) A B E7 - 020100 Am - x02210 E(maj)7(sus4) - 020300 - this will be noted as "E(M)7(4)" It goes: E E7 A Am E I quickly ran back to get my guitar E(M)7(4) A B A pen and some paper and on the second time it does that: E E7 A Everyone was singin' along Am E The same notes the same song E(M)7(4) A B Or maybe I heard it wrong Guitar 2 does a cool little arpeggio that goes like this: E E7 A Am E A# A B e|----4----4----2----2----0----0----0-----2----------------------------------| B|---5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1------------------0-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------4-4--3-3--2-2--3------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 comes in on "I quickly ran back to get my guitar / A pen and some paper" and on "Everyone was singing along / The same notes the same song* / Or maybe I heard it wrong" (*) = A third guitar comes in here, and it plays: e|--4--h5p4--4h5p4--4-h5p4-2-------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then it goes back to the normal chord progression until after the second chorus. Then the guitar plays an A Chord (...^.) which leads into guitar 3 playing this: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------1---2-1---------1----4-2-1------------------------------------------| D|---2-4---------4---2-4------------4----------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| The first guitar is palm muting the rhythm here When "Everyone was singin' along ... " comes in, guitar 3 plays the interlude twice before playing the 4-h5p4 thing; the other two guitars play what they did before. After the lyrics are over, a little riff gets played (I didn't figure that out yet), and after that, this outro is played: e|--------------------------19-----------------------------------------------| B|----17-16-17----17-16-17------17----17-16-17------17-----------------------| G|--16----------16------------------16----------16---------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And that's it. Here's the stage progression: Intro Verse 1 Bridge Chorus Verse 2 Bridge Chorus Interlude Bridge Chorus Chorus Outro End on a dragged out E major down stroke It's a really cool song, and if you only have one guitar player, then just play the chords and the guitar 3 part for the interlude. It's not hard to sing and play at the same time for this one.