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Subject: TAB: Tragic Comic (Band - EXTREME)

TRAGIC COIMIC - Extreme
Lyrics and Music - Nuno Bettencourt & Gary Cherone

TAB copied from book by Authentic Transcriptions

Timing - each crotchet (Quarter note) represented by a |
       - semiquavers represented like | e & a (representing 4 semi-quavers
- 16th notes)
g - grace note
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
(b) - bend up (eg (1/2b) - bend up a half tone)
r - release bend
: - bar line (lyrics only)
| + a OR & + a- semiquaver (16ths) triplet
p - pull off
p.m. - mute strings
^^^ - vibrato

Intro:-
Bass Guitar

  |   & a  / | & | & | & | &   | e &   | & | e &   | & \  G---------|------------------|--------------------------|D---------|o-----------2/5---|-------------------------o| (Won't continue
with &'s unlessA-7\--0-0-|o---2/5-3---------|---------2-0---0-3---2---o|  they're really
needed!!)E---------|--3-------------0-|-0-0-4-----------------3--|           \                                           /

Guitar

(Rhythm Figure 1)...  / |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   \  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |E|--1-1-x-0---0-x-0-|---0-x-0---0-0-0--|-1-1-x-0---0-x-0-|---0-x-0---0-0-0-|B|--0-0-x-1---1-x-3-|---3-x-1---1-1-0--|-0-0-x-1---1-x-3-|---3-x-1---1-1-1-|G|o-0-0-x-0---0-x-1-|---1-x-2---2-2-0-o|-0-0-x-0---0-x-1-|---1-x-2---2-2-2-|D|o-0-0-x-2---2-x-0-|---0-x-2---2-2-0-o|-0-0-x-2---2-x-0-|---0-x-2---2-2-2-|A|--2-2-x-3---3-x-2-|---2-x-0---0-0-0--|-2-2-x-3---3-x-2-|---2-x-0---0-0-0-|E|--3-3-x---------0-|---0-x------------|-3-3-x---------0-|---0-x-----------|  \                                   /

  | | |   |     |   |   |   ||-1-1-1-1-x-1-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-||-1-1-1-1-x-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-||-2-2-2-2-x-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-||-3-3-3-3-x-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-| (end Rhythm Figure 1)|-3-3-3-3-x-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-||-1-1-1-1-x-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-|

  |   |   |   |     |   | |   ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2-|---2-2-2-2-x---||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-3-|---3-3-3-3-x---||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|---2-2-2-2-x-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-x-2-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---|-------------0-||-------------3---|---------------|  p.m......|

(Rhythm Figure 2)...  | e & a g |   |   | e & a   | e & a g |   g |   | e & a   | e & a g |   |  | e & a|---------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----x-x-----------x-x-2---|-----x-x-------4/6\--x-x-2---|-----x-x-----------x-x-2---||-----x-x-----5-----x-x-2---|-----x-x-----5-----7-x-x-2---|-----x-x-----5-----x-x-2---||-----x-x-5/7---7\0-x-x-0---|-----x-x-5/7---------x-x-0---|-----x-x-5/7---7\0-x-x-0---||---------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|


  | e & a      |   g |   | e & a         (1/2b) r|--------------------------------||--------------------------------||----------------------2-x-x-2---||----------------------2-x-x-2---| (end Rhythm Figure 2)|-----2--------2-0-5/7-0-x-x-0---||--------------------------------|                     1 Flow  ers,

w/Rhythm Figure 2 (x2)
 / <- (repeat back to here)
| | & | &    : | | | & |  &     : | &    |  &     |  &  | &   : | | | & | &
    :
 \
1   I   sent,        were found     dead on their ar riv  al.         The words,
2   we  dine,        I    for       get  to push  in your seat.       I   wear

| | | & | &    : | | | &   | &   : | &      |    &  |   &   | &      : | |
| & | &    :
1     I   said,        in    sert    ed     foot in my  mouth ful.         
 So  when 
2     the wine,        spill ing     hearts all  o  ver my    sleeve.      
 A   stich

w/Rhythm Figure 1 (First 3 bars only)
| | | & | &     : | | | & | &   : | &   |     &  |     &   |  &    :
1     we  dance,        my  lead    it  ain't so grace ful.   Is
2     in  time,         pro pos     ing down  on my    knees. Split

Rhythm Fill 1 ....................|  | &    |   &     |     &    | &|---------------------------------||---3----3---0-----0------------0-||---0----0---0-----0-----2----2-0-||------------------------2----2-0-||---3----3---2-----2-----0----0---||-------------------------------3-|    n't  so, not   ain't so.    ting be  tween the   seams.

Chorus:
w/Rhythm Figure 1
|   & | & | &  | & : | &  | & | &  | & :
I'm a   hap less       rom  an  tic,

|  & | & | & | &  : | & | & | & | & :
St t   tut ter ing    p   po  et.

|    &  | & | & | &   : | & | &  | &   |      &  :
Just call me  a   trag    ic  com  ic, 'cause I'm

| | | | : | | |  &    |    &  :
      In      In love with you

Rhythm Figure 3...  |   |   |   |     | & | e & a | e & a | &|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-3-|---3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|---2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-| (end Rhythm Figure 3)|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---|-------------------------||-------------3---|-------------------------|  p.m......|            Ahh.

                  ------------------------------------------------------                  | 1.                       w/Rhythm Figure 2 (First 2bars only)  |   |   |   |     | & |     & + a | & | &   | | | |   | | | & | &   \ |-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-|---2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-x---|---------|----------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-3-|---3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-x---|---------|----------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|---2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-x-2-|---------|---------------o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|---0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-x-2-|---------|---------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---|-----------------------0-|---------|----------------||-------------3---|-------------------------|---------|----------------|  p.m......|                                                          /            Ahh.                                              And when

-------------------| 2.  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   | e & a   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   ||---2-x-0---0-x-2-|---2-x-2---2-2---x-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-||---3-x-1---1-x-3-|---3-x-0---0-0---x-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-||---2-x-0---0-x-2-|---2-x-2---2-2---x-x-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-----1-||---0-x-2---2-x-0-|---0-x-1---1-1---x-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-----2-||-------3---3-x---|---------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-----2-||-----------------|---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-|

Bridge:  | & |  & | & | &   | & |   &  | & | &   | & |    & | & | &   | & | g & |& | e & a|-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-|-4-4-4---4----4-4-4-|-2-2-2----2---2-2-2-|-------------------0-0-||-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-|-5-5-5---5----5-5-5-|-3-3-3----3---3-3-3-|-2-2-x-------------0-0-||-1-1-1--1---1-1-1-|-6-6-6---6----6-6-6-|-2-2-2----2---2-2-2-|-2-2-x-------4-4---1-1-||-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-|-6-6-6---6----6-6-6-|-0-0-0----0---0-0-0-|-2-2-x-------4-4---2-2-||-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-|-4-4-4---4----4-4-4-|--------------------|-0-0-x-2/4---2-2---2-2-||-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------0-0-|      No bod y           can know the         trou ble I've    seen.

  | & |  & | &    |      &        | & |   &  | & | &      | &   |    &   |   &  |   &  |-0-0-0--0---0----0------0---|----4-4-4---4----4-4-4-|----2-2---2----2--------2--2---2----||-0-0-0--0---0----0------0---|----5-5-5---5----5-5-5-|----3-3---3----3--------3--3---3----||-1-1-1--1---1----1------1---|----6-6-6---6----6-6-6-|----2-2---2----2--------2--2---2----||-2-2-2--2---2----2------2---|----6-6-6---6----6-6-6-|----0-0---0----0--------0--0---0----||-2-2-2--2---2----2------2---|----4-4-4---4----4-4-4-|------------------------------------||-0-0-0--0---0----0------0---|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
      No bod y               |        can know the   |      the trou ble   
  I've        |
                             |                       |               the
trou ble I've    |
  | & |  & | &  g |    e & a :  g | & |   &  | & | & :  g | &   |    &   | 
  &  | e & a  :
                             |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|                     
              |
                  (1b) r     |    (1b)               |    (1/2b)           
              |
|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------||--------------11--------9---|-11--------------------|-13------------13------\11-11--9-11-||----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|

  | & | g &   |      &    |  e & a     |    |    |   |        |    |       |   ||-0-0-x------------------------0-0-|---0--0-0--0---0-0-0-|----4--4-4----4----4-4-4---||-2-2-x------------------------0-0-|---0--0-0--0---0-0-0-|----5--5-5----5----5-5-6---||-2-2-x--------------4-4-------1-1-|---1--1-1--1---1-1-1-|----6--6-6----6----6-6-6---||-2-2-x--------------4-4-------2-2-|---2--2-2--2---2-2-2-|----6--6-6----6----6-6-6---||-0-0-x-2/4----------2-2-------2-2-|---2--2-2--2---2-2-2-|----4--4-4----4----4-4-4---||------------------------------0-0-|---0--0-0--0---0-0-0-|---------------------------|  seen.                            |        No bod y     |         can know the     |  seen.                            |                     |                 
         |
                                   |                     |                 
         |
  | & | e & a | +  a &  a |  e & a : g |  & |  & | & | & :    |  & | g  & 
| & | & a :
                                   |                     |    (1b) r       
         |
|----------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------||-9-------x-x-9-11-9----9----------|------9----9-----9---|-13--------11p9--------x-x-||-------------9-11-9----9----------|------9----9-----9---|---------------------------||--------------------11---11-9\7---|-9/11----------------|---------------------------||--------------------------------9-|---------------------|---------------------------|

     |  &     |    & | & |      &      | &      |    & | & |    &      | &     |    & | &   |   &|-------4-----4----4---4-x-----------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------6-----6----6---6-x------7----|---7------7----7-7-7-x----9----|---9------9----9-9-9---9---9-||-------6-----6----6---6-x------7----|---7------7----7-7-7-x----9----|---9------9----9-9-9---9---9-||-------6-----6----6---6-x------7----|---7------7----7-7-7-x----9----|---9------9----9-9-9---9---9-||-------4-----4----4---4-x------5----|---5------5----5-5-5-x----7----|---7------7----7-7-7---7---7-||------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|              trou ble I             |          get  in  to          |         when I'm with      |                                     |                               |     
                       |
                                     |               ^^^^^^          |     
         ^^^^          |
  g  |  &  g  |    & | & |   g  &    : | & a  g |    & | & | g  &    | | &
a  g |    & | & a | e & :
              (1b) hold bend    (1b) |   r      (1b)            (1b) |   r 
    (1b)               |
|----------------------------12------|----p10----------------14------|----p12----------------------||----------16------16----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------13---------------------------|--------10---------------------|--------11-----9--\--------9-||-13/15------------------------------|---------------12----x---------|-----------------------9h11--||------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------9h11------||------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

  |      |   |   |       | | | | &   | | ||-9---9--x-------------|---------2-|-----0------------|---------|---0-------------||-10--10-x-9-x-7-x-5---|-------x-3-|-----3------------|---------|-----3-----------||-11--11-x-9-x-7-x-5---|-------x-4-|-----1------------|---------|-------1-------2-||-11--11-x-9-x-7-x-5---|-------x-4-|-----0------------|---------|---------0-----2-||-9---9--x-7-x-5-x-3---|-------x-2-|-----2------------|---------|-----------2---0-||----------------------|-----------|------------------|---------|-------------0---|  Tra gic  com e   dy.

w/Rhythm Figure 2 (first 3 bars only)        w/Rhythm Fill 1  | | | |   | | | |   | | | g  &      |  &    | e & a | e & a | e & a | e & a                               (1/2b)                               (1b)|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------8-------7-------5-------||---------|---------|-------12--------12-10-|---------------------------------||---------|---------|-------12--------12-9--|-----7/9-----5/7-----4/5-----2/4-||---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------------||---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------------||---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|

w/Rhythm Figure 1  |   & | & | & | &   | & | & | & |                            ^^^^^^|-3---------------4-|-------5-----5\-||-----------------6-|-------5-----5\-||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------|  I'm a   hap less      rom an  tic

|  & | & | & | &  : | & | & | & | & :
St t   tut ter ing    p   po  et.

|    &  | & | & | &   : | & | &  | &   |      &  :
Just call me  a   trag    ic  com  ic, 'cause I'm

| | | | : | | |  &    |    &  :
      In      In love with you

  |   |   |   |   |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-----------------|  p.m......|

w/Rhythm Figure 1
|   & | & | &  | & : | &  | & |   &   |   & :
I'm a   hap less       rom  an    tic,
                              La, da, da, da,

|  & |   & | & | &  : | & | & |   &   |   & :
St t     tut ter ing    p   po    et.
da   da, da.                  La, da, da, da,

|    &   |   & | & | &   : | & | &  | &   |      &  :
Just call    me  a   trag    ic  com  ic, 'cause I'm
da,  da, da, da.

| |   &   |   &  | : | &      |   &  |  &    |    &  :
                 In                  In love with you
  Tra gic com ic,      'cause I'm in love.

w/Rhythm Figure 3
| | | & | : | | | | :
      Ah.
Ah.

  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     | & | & | ||-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-|---2-x-0---0-x-2-|---2-x-2-2-x-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|---3-x-1---1-x-3-|---3-x-0-0-x-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-|---2-x-0---0-x-2-|---2-x-2-2-x-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-0-|---0-x-2---2-x-0-|---0-x-1-1-x-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---|-------3---3-x---|-------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-----------------|-------------|            Ah.

This next section is in 'free time'. I have still included some timing
markings to give
some idea of how it is to be played

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Fun, huh?

Daniel Beckitt
University of Tasmania
daniel_b@postoffice.utas.edu.au