ALWAYS AND NEVER
As recorded by Coheed and Cambria
(From the 2005 Album GOOD APOLLO, I'M BURNING STAR IV - VOLUME ONE: FROM FEAR THROUGH THE EYES OF MADNESS)
Words and Music by Coheed and Cambria
Transcribed by sprinklerthief
Gtr I (C# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'acous.'
Gtr II (C# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'acous.'
Intro/Verse
Moderately Q=140
(D)
3/4
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q
||--------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|||o-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|||--------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|||----------0---|-7p4p0-----|---------0---|-7p4p0-----|||o-------0---0-|-----------|-------0---0-|-----------|||--0h4h5-------|--------0--|-0h2h4-------|--------0--|
(Dsus4) E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------|----------|-------------|----------||-------------|----------|-------------|----------||-------------|-0--------|-------------|----------||-------7p5p4-|----------|-------7p5p4-|----------||-5h7h9-------|----------|-5h7h9-------|----------||-0-----------|-0--0--0--|-0-----------|-0--0--0--|
(G) (Gm(Dsus(G) (Gm(Dsus4) Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------||--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------||-4---------4--|-4p(0)-2--0--|-4---------4--|-4p(0)-2--0--||----0---------|-------------|----0---------|-------------||------0-------|-------------|------0-------|-------------||-5------5-(5)-|-5-----4--0--|-5------5-(5)-|-5-----4--0--|
(D) Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 3x|------------|------------|------------|-------------|||------------|------------|------------|------------o|||-2--------2-|-2--------2-|-2--------2-|-2--------0--|||----0-------|----0-------|----0-------|----0--------|||------0-----|------0-----|------0-----|------0-----o|||-0------0-0-|-0------0-0-|-0------0-0-|-0------0----||
Chorus (D) Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 3x||---------------|--------------|-------------|----------------||||o--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------o||||--12------12---|-11------11---|-9------14---|-11------11-----||||------0--------|-----0--------|----0--------|-----0----------||||o-------0----0-|-------0----0-|------0----0-|-------0----0--o||||---0-------0---|--0-------0---|-0-------0---|--0-------0-----||
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|||--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|||-12------12---|-11------11---|-9------14---|-11------0---|||-----0--------|-----0--------|----0--------|-----0-------|||-------0----0-|-------0----0-|------0----0-|-------0---0-|||--0-------0---|--0-------0---|-0-------0---|--0------0---||
Verse 1.,2.,3. 4. (G) (Gm(Dsus4) Q E E E E Q E E E E 4x E E Q Q||---------------|---------------||-------------|||o--------------|--------------o||-------------|||--4---------4--|-4---------4---||-4p(0)-2--0--|||-----0---------|----0----------||-------------|||o------0-------|------0-------o||-------------|||--5------5-(5)-|-5------5-(5)--||-5-----4--0--|
1.,2.,3. 4. (D) Q E E E E Q E E E E 4x Q E E E E||-------------|-------------||------------|||o------------|------------o||------------|||--2--------2-|-2--------2--||-2--------0-|||-----0-------|----0--------||----0-------|||o------0-----|------0-----o||------0-----|||--0------0-0-|-0------0-0--||-0------0---|
1.,2.,3. 4. (G) (Gm(Dsus4) Q E E E E Q E E E E 4x E E Q Q||---------------|---------------||-------------|||o--------------|--------------o||-------------|||--4---------4--|-4---------4---||-4p(0)-2--0--|||-----0---------|----0----------||-------------|||o------0-------|------0-------o||-------------|||--5------5-(5)-|-5------5-(5)--||-5-----4--0--|
(D) D5 Q E E E E Q E E E E H.||-------------|-------------||-------*|||o------------|------------o||-------*|||--2--------2-|-2--------2--||-------*|||-----0-------|----0--------||-0-----*|||o------0-----|------0-----o||-0-----*|||--0------0-0-|-0------0-0--||-0-----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
