Song/title: The Outsider Artist: A Perfect Circle Album: Thirteenth Step Produced by: Billy Howerdel and Maynard James Keenan at Perfect Circle Studios Tabbed by: Simon Newenham at; thebiatch007@hotmail.com Tuning: dropped 'd' tuning, tune all strings down a further half step to Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb It's best to listen to what Howerdel is playing in the song and tune it to that. Note: in the recording of this song Howerdel has put in two guitar parts both very similar in sound and very hard to pick out. I have developed a tab to include as much as both guitars just by playing with one. This is all my own work and some parts to the song may be a bit wrong, as I've only had the album for two days. This is one of the best albums ever written and is defiantly up there with Tool's; Lateralus, so enjoy and e-mail me with any abuse or corrections. The correct strumming and timing has not been shown in the tab, they're just a general idea, the strumming is easily worked by listening to the song. And is a hassle for me to put down on tab. h - hammer on, p - pull off, / - slide up, \ - slide down, x - dud the note by placing ur finger over the string Intro E----------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------| G----7-7---7-7---7-7---7------7-7---7-7---7-7--------| D-----7-----7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7---------| A--5-----5-----5-----5----5/3-----3------------8-7-5-| D---------------------------------------8-----8------| Intro cont. E-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------| G----7-7---7-7---7-7-8-7-5h7p5---7-7---7-7------------------------| D-----7-----7-----7---------------7-----7--------9---------12---0-| A--5-----5-----5---------------3-----3------10-10-10--13-13--13-0-| D---------------------------------------------------------------0-| Chorus E--0-|------------------------------------------------------------| B--0-|------------------------------------------------------------| G--0-|------------------------------------------------------------| D--0-|-0-000-00-00--3-333-33-33--5-555-55-55--8-888-88-88---------| A--0-|-0-000-00-00--3-333-33-33--5-555-55-55--8-888-88-88---------| D--0-|-0-000-00-00--3-333-33-33--5-555-55-55--8-888-88-88---------| 2nd half of chorus E-------------------------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------------------------------| G-------------------------------------------------------------------| D---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-55555--8-88888--| A---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8---5-55555--8-88888--| D-------------------------------------------------5-55555--8-88888--| Bridge 2x strum on harmonics E-----5\8/5\8/5\8/5--|----------------------------------------------| B-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|----------------------------------------------| G-----2\5/2\5/2\5/2--|----------------------------------------------| D---0----------------|---0000000-1-0-0000000-1-0-00-3-00-1-0--(5)---| A---0----------------|---0000000-1-0-0000000-1-0-00-3-00-1-0--(5)---| D---0----------------|---0000000-1-0-0000000-1-0-00-3-00-1-0--(5)---| Beginning of last verse E----------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------| G----7-7---7-7---7-7---7------7-7---7-7---7-7--------| D-----7-----7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7---------| A--5-----5-----5-----5----5/3-----3------------8-7-5-| D---------------------------------------8-----8------| Last verse continued quiet part E------------------------------0-|-------------------------------|| B------------------------------0-|--7--8-10----------------------|| G---7-7/5\7-7\8/5\12-----------0-|--x--x--x----------------------|| D---x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x--5-5\8-8--0-|--4--5--7----------------------|| A---5-5/3\5-5\6/3\10--5-5\8-8--0-|---------------------------6-5-|| D---------------------5-5\8-8--0-|-------------7-10-7-10-7-------|| Last chorus E----------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------| D--0-0\7--3-3\-7--5-5\7---8-8\7--(8)-----------------| A--0-0\5--3-3\-5--5-5\5---8-8\5--(8)-----------------| D--0-0----3-3-----5-5-----8-8----(8)-----------------| The cool solo part play 2nd time at end E----------------------------------------------|--------------------| B----------------------------------------------|--------------------| G----------------------------------------------|--------------------| D-5\7-7-7-x-x-10-x-7-x-5\7-x-x-7-x-5-5-5\10\12-|------9--------12---| A-3\5-5-5-x-x--8-x-5-x-3\5-x-x-5-x-3-3-3\-8\10-|-10-10-10-13-13--13-| D----------------------------------------------|--------------------| Interlude E---------------------------------21-21-21--| B---------------------------------21-21-21--| G-------------------------------------------| D--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0------------| A--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0------------| D--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0------------| Cont. E---------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------| D--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-x-x----| A--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-x-x----| D--0-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-x-x----| Outro E--------------------------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------------------| D--5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8--0-0-0-3-3-0-0---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-0--| A--5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8--0-0-0-3-3-0-0---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-0--| D--5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8--0-0-0-3-3-0-0---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-0--| That's pretty much it with a few errors due to the overlapping guitars, which are hard to pick out sometimes. enjoy!