'Sesame Smeshame' by Early November - Guitar Tutorial

            The Early November
Sesame Smeshame

Tabbed by Martin Gill ([email protected])
Please email me if you use it on another site.

My First Tab... Please leave comments let me know how it is...


I'm a little unsure on guitar two's proper chorus part
but what I've tabbed sounds alright.

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Intro
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Guitar one (dist)
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|--5--------------------------------5--------5--------5--------5--------|
C#|--5-X8-(only play the first time)--5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---|X2
G#|--3--------------------------------3--------0--------3--------x--------| 
C#|--x--------------------------------x--------x--------3--------5--------|
 
Guitar two comes in and plays this riff once (dist)

D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------6/8-5---------------------------------|
F#|--0-5-4-5-7-5-4-5--5-4-5-----7-5---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-7~---5~---4~-|
C#|-----------------3---------------3----------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------|

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Verse (Dist Guitar one only)
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D#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------| 
F#|--5--------5--------5--------5--------|
C#|--5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---|X2
G#|--3--------0--------3--------x--------| 
C#|--x--------x--------3--------5--------|
(On 2nd time, play last note one and let it ring)

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Chorus
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Guitar one (dist)

D#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------| 
F#|--5--------5--------5--------5--------|
C#|--5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---|X2
G#|--3--------0--------x--------3--------| 
C#|--x--------x--------5--------3--------|

Guitar two (dist)

You'll have to listen and work out the stumming pattern
D#|---------------------------|
A#|---------------------------| 
F#|--9-10-9-10-7-9-5-7-5-7-5--|
C#|--x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
G#|--7-8--7--8-5-7-3-5-3-5-3--| 
C#|---------------------------|

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Bridge
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Guitar one only (dist)

D#|---------xxx|
A#|---------xxx| 
F#|--5------xxx|
C#|--5-(x6)-xxx|
G#|--3------xxx| 
C#|--x------xxx|

Guitar one (dist)

D#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------| 
F#|--5--------5--------5--------5--------|
C#|--5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---|X2
G#|--3--------0--------3--------x--------| 
C#|--x--------x--------3--------5--------|

Guitar two (dist)

D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------6/8-5---------------------------------|
F#|--0-5-4-5-7-5-4-5--5-4-5-----7-5---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-7~---5~---4~-|
C#|-----------------3---------------3----------------------------|X2
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------|

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Verse 2
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Guitar one (dist)

D#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------| 
F#|--5--------5--------5--------5--------|
C#|--5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---5-(x8)---|X2
G#|--3--------0--------3--------x--------| 
C#|--x--------x--------3--------5--------|
(On 2nd time, play last note one and let it ring)

Guitar two (dist)

D#|-----------------------------------7--|
A#|----------------------------------8-8-| 
F#|--------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------| 
C#|--------------------------------------|

D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------6/8-5---------------------------------|
F#|--0-5-4-5-7-5-4-5--5-4-5-----7-5---5-4-5-7-5-4-5-7~---5~---4~-|
C#|-----------------3---------------3----------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------|


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Chorus again (same as above)
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Break
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Guitar one (Low dist)

D#|------------3----3-----------3----3---------------------------------------3~-|
A#|--------3-----3----3------3----3----3-------0-------0-------0--------3~------| 
F#|----5-----------------5-----------------5-------5-------5--------5-----------|
C#|------5-----------------5-----------------5---5---5---5----5--------5--------|X2
G#|--3-------3-----3---0-------0----0-------------------------------------------| 
C#|--------------------------------------5-----------------------3--------------|
(on its own first time)

Guitar two (Clean, on the second time guitar one plays the above)

D#|------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------| 
F#|--5-4-0~---4/5-5-4-0~---5-4-0~---5-4-0~---|
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|---------3---------------------3----------| 
C#|------------------------------------------|

Guitar one (Clean, lightly strum once and let ring)

D#|-------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------| 
F#|--5~-------5~-------5~-------5~------|
C#|--5~-------5~-------5~-------5~------|X2
G#|--3~-------0~-------x~-------3~------| 
C#|--x--------x--------5~-------3~------|
(play last chord clean first time, and the guitar one part below second time)

Guitar two (Clean)

D#|------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------| 
F#|--5-4-0~---4/5-5-4-0~---5-4-0~---5-4-0~---|
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|---------3---------------------3----------| 
C#|------------------------------------------|

D#|------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------| 
F#|--5-4-0~---4/5-5-4-0~----4/5~-5~-4~--0~---|
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|---------3--------------------------------| 
C#|------------------------------------------|

At the end of that Guitar one (dist) plays

D#|----------x-x--|
A#|----------x-x--| 
F#|--5-------x-x--|
C#|--5-------x-x--|
G#|--3-(x7)--x-x--| 
C#|--3-------x-x--|

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Quicky Break into last chorus (distorted)
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then

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Outro
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Both Guitars (dist)

Strumming up and down fast
D#|---------------------------|
A#|---------------------------| 
F#|--9-10-9-10-7-9-5-7-5-7-5--|
C#|--x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
G#|--7-8--7--8-5-7-3-5-3-5-3--| 
C#|---------------------------|

D#|------------------|
A#|------------------| 
F#|--17------16------|
C#|--x-(x12)-x-(x4)--|x2
G#|--15------14------| 
C#|------------------|

Guitar one then stops and switches to clean for the last riff

Guitar two (dist) plays

D#|---------------------|
A#|---------------------| 
F#|--7--9--7--5--7--5~--|
C#|--x--x--x--x--x--x~--|
G#|--5--7--5--3--5--3~--| 
C#|---------------------|

Then guitar one (clean) plays


D#|------------3----3-----------3----3------------------------------------3~------|
A#|--------3-----3----3------3----3----3-------0-------0-------0------------------| 
F#|----5-----------------5-----------------5-------5-------5-----------5~---------|
C#|------5-----------------5-----------------5---5---5---5----5------5~-----------|
G#|--3-------3-----3---0-------0----0------------------------------3~-------------| 
C#|--------------------------------------5-----------------------3~---------------|

Thats it!