The Opening tab by A Perfect Circle

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!