Coheed and Cambria – The Pavilion A Long Way Back (Guitar)

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Absolute banger from the new C&C album. Play all chords as power chords. There's a little lick at the end of the bridge that I couldn't quite make out but most of it is here. Lead guitar plays this simple little lick throughout the verses and at the intro. I think there's an echo effect being used, otherwise it's a different lick being played I can't make out.
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-14---------16----14---------14----|
D|----12-0h12----12----12-0h12----12-|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
[Intro] D G Bm A G x2 [Verse]
D
Carry them over your shoulders, you fear

G
The absence, the void you'll cause

                                   Bm
When you choose to leave them all here

                   A                        G
There's no turning back, it's time that you steer

  D
The wide open stairs back alone at the cusp

 G                                                                Bm
The self that you thought you lost, the shine that burned well into rest

                  A                         G
You can't hear my voice cause' I'm not loud enough

  D                G
Believe me, when I say

       Bm        A         G (palm mute)
It's a long way back from here

[Pre-chorus]
  (palm mute)
e|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|
G|-----6-7-6---|-----6-7-6---|
D|---7-------7-|---7-------7-|
A|-5-----------|-5-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|
Goodbye for now [Chorus]
G    D   Bm   A
Hang on, it's clear that the roads about to get rough

G   D   Bm  A
Oh, can you hear the ringing its left in my ear?

G                  D
Over and over, the light hits the dusk

       A                          Bm             D           G
It's a choice that I make but for us I choose to give it all up

    D       A                          D
You want me here? Well, then ask me to stay
[Verse]
D
The glistening wet concrete, the heat off the road

    G
The clamoring hands and the bus you call home

        Bm                   A                            G
This is it, believe what you want, in this space, I don't fit

    D
The same day repeats with the things that you see

      G
Dirty dressing room carpets and broken TVs

        Bm                     A                           G
Is this it? In this water I'll tread til' the day that I'm dead
[Chorus]
G    D   Bm   A
Hang on, it's clear that the roads about to get rough

G   D   Bm  A
Oh, can you hear the ringing its left in my ear?

G                  D
Over and over, the light hits the dusk

       A                          Bm             D           G
It's a choice that I make but for us I choose to give it all up

    D       A                          D
You want me here? Well, then ask me to stay
[Bridge]
D
Goodbye for now, echoes, echoes
Mile marker, minutes, hours
D                              G
If this is it and there is no more
And you believe that's true
       A                     G
It's a long way back from here
D (play same pattern as pre-chorus here twice over) There's no going home [Chorus]
G    D   Bm   A
Hang on, it's clear that the roads about to get rough

G   D   Bm  A
Oh, can you hear the ringing its left in my ear?

G                  D
Over and over, the light hits the dusk

       A                          Bm             Dm          G
It's a choice that I make but for us I choose to give it all up

    D       A                          D
You want me here? Well, then ask me to stay
[Outro]
G        D   Bm   A
(Goodbye for now, echoes, echoes)
Well, then ask me to stay
G        D   Bm   A
(Goodbye for now, echoes, echoes)
Well, then ask me to stay
G        D        A       Bm   D
(Goodbye for now, echoes, echoes)
Well, then ask me to stay
G        D        A          D
(Goodbye for now, echoes, echoes)
Well, then ask me to stay