Tourniquet Bass Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

Fallen Tabs:

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Band: Evanescence
Song: Tourniquet (Soul Embraced cover)
Album: Fallen (2003)
Tab version: 4-string normal tuning (EADG) 

INTRO (same riff as chorus) 						    X2
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----7-----7----7-|-----7-----7----7-|-----3-----3----3-|-----5-----5----5-|
E|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|

VERSE 1 (starts after “betrayal..”)          X2
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------33-3-33--5-5-5-7575-|
E|-00-0-00-0-0-00----------------------|

CHORUS X2
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----7-----7----7-|-----7-----7----7-|-----3-----3----3-|-----5-----5----5-|
E|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---| 

VERSE 2 (starts after “lost for so long..”)  X3
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------33-3-33--5-5-5-7575-|
E|-00-0-00-0-0-00----------------------|

CHORUS X2
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----7-----7----7-|-----7-----7----7-|-----3-----3----3-|-----5-----5----5-|
E|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---| 

BRIDGE X7
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|--------------7---| (hit last note 4 times @ 4th time)
E|-00000000000------|

CHORUS X6
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----7-----7----7-|-----7-----7----7-|-----3-----3----3-|-----5-----5----5-|
E|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|-000---000---00---|

No idea if this one is correct, the bass can hardly be heard. 
But I played it in my band and it sounds right. 
Be sure to also check my alternate (more simple) 5-string version (but this 4-string 
version can also be played on 5 string of course, I prefer this version). 
For corrections and suggestions mail me at marlou_de_rijke@hotmail.com
Play along with the song to get the timing right. Have fun.

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/e/evanescence/105028.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Draven Average	#1 by Draven Gothe at Oct 29, 1976 at 5:11 PM EST
	what is the theme behind this song?? oh , and what does she mean when she says "i want to die" or " i long to die" or something like that in the middle of the song??

No Picture chris Average	#2 by chris hothem at Oct 23, 1977 at 4:44 AM EST
	I can really identify to this song. I agree with most of the above meanings but my own personal meaning is that the girl is going through what I go through. She keeps giving up on God and forgetting him and going about sinning and giving in and she really regrets it. At this point she is down on her knees in her room with a knife and is asking God to please help her and that she can't go on without him, and she has yet to hear the reply and she wonders if even when she dies he will be there or if she will be denied. That's just my personal meaning though. I sometimes think when I get to heaven Christ will probably say "Depart from me, I know you not"

No Picture Jon Wanna Be	#3 by Jon Garcia at Apr 5, 1983 at 2:16 AM EST
	I wonder why this non Christian band covered a song by a very openly Christian band. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next

No Picture Sybren Average	#4 by Sybren .... at Nov 21, 1992 at 10:42 PM EST
	perhaps one can be christian and in a band without it being a christian band? it's not unheard of. also, one or two christian-themed songs does not a christian band make. i'm not in the band, so i can't really say, but i'd guess they're pretty damn secular. though i agree that there is a definite religious theme in this song, the person in the lyrics expresses some doubts. "do you remember me lost for so long? will you be on the other side or will you forget me?" he/she isn't exactly sure there is a christ or god, or even if there is, if they will save them. the reason for this could be that christian dogma teaches that suicides go to hell..."will i be denied christ?" i see this as less of a typical "christian" song, and more of a song about christianity, dealing with the issues of belief and whether simple belief is enough.

No Picture Maggot Man Wanna Be	#5 by Maggot Man at Apr 27, 2004 at 7:31 AM EST
	I don't think I agree with lostinadyingworld...a tourniquet is something that stops bleeding from a large wound, like a bandage. I think the song is begging to be saved from death rather than inviting death...they want a metaphorical tourniquet to stop their pain and bleeding and bring them salvation...

No Picture Public Enemy Wanna Be	#6 by Public Enemy at Sep 10, 2004 at 5:26 AM EST
	i think this song has to do with someone who was about to, or in the process of commiting suicide, now she regrets it and shes begging God to return her to salvation. and her wounds want her to die but her soul makes herwant to stil be alive and live a fulfilling life, thats what i blieve, but really i loove this song