Coheed and Cambria – The Velorium Camper I – Faint at Heart (Acoustic)
READ NOTES FIRST:
- Ok, this is the song that made me adore this band. Wouldn’t wanna mess up on
it now, do I? So, if there are any mistakes, feel free to e-mail me (e-mail’s on the bottom).
- If you’ve noticed, there are some changes in the lyrics as well.
- If there is a “P” under a given note/chord, it means it’s
“L” means lyrics.
- FYI, in the C (X355XX) - open string D & A (X00XXX) – C transition, you may
the open notes to an A (577XXX). The latter one sounds lighter though...
Intro: 00:00 – 00:16.
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 7 9 5 5 5~ |
| D | 9 7 9 3/5 5 5 4~ 0 0 4 7 5 0 5 3/5 4~ 0 |
| A | 7 5 7 5 5 0 3 0 3 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 9 7 9 5 5 5~ |
| D | 5 5 9 7 9 3/5 5 5 4~ 0 0 4 7 5 0 5 5~ |
| A | 3/5 55 7 5 7 5 7 5 5 0 3 0 3 3~ |
| E | 00 |
P/PPP
Verse: 00:17 – 00:47.
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Riff 1:
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 7 9 5 5 5~ 5 5 |
| D | 9 7 9 3/5 5 5 4~ 0 0 4 7 5 0 5 3/5 4~ 0 5 0 5 0 |
| A | 7 5 7 5 5 0 3 0 3 3/5 3 0 3 0 |
| E | 00 |
P/PPP P P P P
L: With the worries that I'd give her in, she told the worst of me.
Riff 2:
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 7 9 5 5 5~ 5 |
| D | 9 7 9 3/5 5 5 4~ 0 0 4 7 5 0 5 3/5 4~ 0 5 5 |
| A | 7 5 7 5 5 0 3 0 3 3/5 55 7 5 |
| E | 00 |
P/PPP
L: My wanting just to hold her hand in my arms and feel her breathe.
Riff 1
L: No, I'm not gonna give you what you want, so if you please.
Riff 1
L: The sin that shapes your voice carries my ears this new disease.
L: So I bid to you goodnight.
L: Tonight sleep tight, my love.
Verse: 01:20 – 01:50.
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7/5 X |
| D | 7/5 X |
| A | 5/3 X |
| E | |
Riff 2
L: The anxious through the calming storm, you'll sit as you pray for
rain.
Riff 1
L: I'll touch it if you ask me to, but how is up to you.
Riff 2
L: No, I'm not going to let you get up if you struggle willingly.
Riff 1 (This time no palm-mute)
L: I'll savor all your form to show you how and where I bleed.
Chorus: 01:50 – 02:21.
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This one’s basically the same as the first chorus, but add a few more syncopations
between the chord patterns and add some normal strums with the palm-mutes.
Bridge 1: 02:22 – 02:37.
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| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 | 0 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 | 0 5~ 5h7 5 5~ 5h7 5 5~ 5 5 5 5 0 9 9 7 7 |
| A | *3 3 3 3 | 0 5~ 5 0 5~ 5 0 5~ 5 5 5 5 0 9 9 7 7 |
| E | | 3~ 3~ 3~ 3 3 3 3 0 7 7 5 5 |
*Weak – loud strum.
- Do this twice, but exclude the “*” at the second one.
Phase 1: 02:38 – 03:10.
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- Just figure out the changes in the palm-mutes, mutes and the regular strums.
be too tiresome for me to tab the whole thing out.
A A B B C C (3X)
L: You were so well behaved.
L: As you arched and made your way...
L: A gift’s for you engraved.
L: You shift and stretch your legs.
L: You were so well behaved.
L: You were so well...
L: You taught these tricks that make...
L: You were so well behaved.
Phase 2: 03:10 – 03:42.
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| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 5 5 4 |
| D | 0 7 7 7 7 0 7 5 7 5 5 4 3 5 |
| A | 0 7 7 7 7 0 5 3 7 5 3 2 3 5 |
| E | 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 3 1 3 ........... |
- After the last C there’s a highly syncopated muted strum pattern (it’s
is approximately the same as the usual 16 strums or so– i.e. A A).
L: If the world stops turning, girl you better not stop when I say.
L: And there ain’t nothing you could do to count me, count me down.
- Do this three times.
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | 7 5 5 4 | |
| D | 0 7 7 7 7 0 7 5 7 5 5 4 3 5~ | 5~ |
| A | 0 7 7 7 7 0 5 3 7 5 3 2 3 5~ | 0 3/5 3 2 5~ |
| E | 0 5 5 5 5 0 5 3 1 3~ | 5 0 3~ |
|- Do this twice.
L: If the ground starts parting through the silence and the walk of the
dead.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 0 3/5 3 2 5 5 3 3 |
| E | 5 0 3 3 |
L: Everything here dies alone...
Bridge 2: 03:42 – 03:55.
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| e | |
| B | 8 10 7 8 5 |
| G | 5/7~ 7 5 7 7 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 |
| D | 5 7 7 5 7 5 4 |
| A | |
| E | |
- Do this twice.
L: Oooh, I'm not starting with you but the faint of heart... well,
worry’s way.
D D E C (2X)
L: But I'm not quite sure what this unfolds on Labor Day.
L: Oooh, I'm not starting with you but the faint of heart.
Chorus: 04:24 – 05:29.
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- No palm-mutes, more open notes strumming and stronger playing.
- Play it twice. So, after the “...my love...” part, don’t hang the C
first time around.
-When the chorus is repeated, you can even hear the open e-string being strummed, but I
to not play it.
L: Did somebody take your tongue?
L: In worries of the words that you couldn't say (that you wouldn’t
save) them from.
L: But I don't wanna sleep without...
L: So I bid to you goodnight.
L: Tonight sleep tight, my love.
(Repeat)
End with *F.
...And that’s it!