RX Bandits – Hope Is A Butterfly No Net Its Captor (Guitar Tab)

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Very cool song off of the new album. It's hard to hear some of the parts, so you may have to pan to a side or else mute one of your speakers. Artist: RX Bandits Album: Mandala Tabber: Michael McElligott Key: Am (Modulating to Db Major)
Intro:
Guitar 1 (32nd Notes)                                 Guitar 2 (All Muted)
|-------------17-17-17-17-------------16-16-16-----  |-------XXXX-------XXX-|
|-14-14-14-14-------------14-14-14-14--------------  |-XXXX-------XXXX------|
|--------------------------------------------------  |----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------  |----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------  |----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------  |----------------------|

Verse (notice the guitar 2 comes in on the measure before):
Guitar 2 (Melody Line):                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----|--------------------------------------------------------12--12--12--12-|
----|----15-17-13-------15h17-12h13----------15-17-13------15--15--13--13---|
----|-------------14----------------14----------------14--------------------|
----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (Harmonization):                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-13-|-14-------------13-14-------------13-14-----------------9---9---9---9-|
----|----14----------------14----------------14---------12-12--12--12--12--|
----|-------15-17-12----------15-17-12----------15-17-12-------------------|
----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: Guitar 1 and 2:
      Am         E          Am        E/B
|-----5----------0----------5----------7-------------|
|-----5----------0----------5----------9-------------|
|-----5----------1----------5----------9-------------|
|-----7-(X16)----2-(X16)----7-(X16)----9-(X16)-------|
|-----7----------2----------7----------7-------------|
|-----5----------0----------5----------7-------------|

When guitar two enters, skip the first two notes usually played up above.
Slightly Modified Verse (played only once after chorus):
----|--------------------------------------------------------12--12--12--12-|
----|----------13-------15h17-12h13----------15-17-13------15--15--13--13---|
----|-------------14----------------14----------------14--------------------|
----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (Harmonization):                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-13-|-14-------------13-14-------------13-14-----------------9---9---9---9-|
----|----14----------------14----------------14---------12-12--12--12--12--|
----|-------15-17-12----------15-17-12----------15-17-12-------------------|
----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (in Db Major)
Both Guitars
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------88888888--66666666-----------------88888888--6-6--------|
|----8888----88888888--66666666-----88888888----88888888--6-6--------|
|----8888----66666666--44444444-----88888888----66666666--4-4--------|
|----6666---------------------------66666666-------------------------|

Pre-Verse
Both Guitars (with ritardando...a gradual slowing of tempo)
-----00000000000000000000--------|
-----11111111111111111111--------|
-----22222222222222222222--------|
-----22222222222222222222--------|
-----00000000000000000000--------|
---------------------------------|

Dub Verse:
                         (trill this)
|-----------------5-----5-----5--------5---5-----5----------00000000----|
|-----------------5-----5-----5--------5---5-----5----------00000000----|
|-----------------5-----5-----5--------5---5-----5----------11111111----|
|-----------------7-----7-----7--------7---7-----7----------22222222----|
|-----------------------------7-----------------------------22222222----|
|-----------------------------5-----------------------------00000000----|
The someday syndrome epidemic screams...........screens and picture frames
Outro 1:
Guitar 1:
|----------------------------------   |------------------------5-----------|
|--------------------------5-------   |------------3---7-5-------7-5---5---|
|-----------------6-4-3------6-4---   |----------4---------7-4-------7-----|
|-----------------------4--------4-X2 |------------------------------------| X2
|--------1-2-4---------------------   |--2p1h2-4---------------------------|
|--2p0h2---------------------------   |------------------------------------|
PM:-----------                        PM:----------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
|----------------------------------   |----------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-------   |----------5-7---7-----------------|
|--------3-4-6----6-4-3------6-4---   |--4p3h4-6---------4-7-4-7~----4-7-|
|-----------------------4--------4- X2|----------------------------------| X2
|----------------------------------   |----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------   |----------------------------------|
Outro 2:
Guitar 1:
|------------------------7------------    |--------------------------|
|------------5---9-7-------9-7---7----    |--------------------------|
|----------6---------9-6-------9------    |-----------------6-4-3----|
|-------------------------------------    |-----------------------4--|
|--4p3h4-6----------------------------    |--------1-2-4-------------|
|-------------------------------------    |--2p0h2-------------------|
PM:-------                                PM:------------------------|

Guitar 2:
|-------------------------------------    |-------------------------|
|----------7-9---9--------------------    |-------------------------|
|--6p5h6-8---------6-9-6-9~----6-9----    |--------3-4-6----6-4-3---|
|-------------------------------------    |-----------------------4-|
|-------------------------------------    |-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------    |-------------------------|
Order: Intro X 4 Verse X 3 Chorus X 1 Mod. Verse X 1 Verse X 3 Chorus X 1 Bridge X 4 Pre-Verse X 1 Verse X 2 Dub Verse X 1 Chorus X 1 Bridge X 4 Outro 1 X 2 Outro 2 X 1