Atlantic Bass Tab

Vheissu (iTunes Version) Tabs:

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Tabbed by Seth
Band: Thrice
Song: Atlantic
Album: Vheissu
Tuning:  E A D G (the pitch is higher than 440)

No bass until:

Chorus
0:56 "cause my eyes are open..."
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--0-0-0>--3-3-3>--7-7-7>--5-5-5>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>--7-7-7>--10-10-10>--0-0-0>--5-5-5>-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  -7-7-7>--5-5-5>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>------|
  ---------------------------------0~--|

Verse
1:32 "but things can't be as they seem"
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--7-7-7>--7-7-7>--3-3-3>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>----------7-7-7>--7-7-7>--7-7-7>--7-7-7>-
E|------------------------------------------3-3-3>---------------------------------
 
  ---------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------|
  -0-0-0>--0-0-0>--3-3-3>--5-5-5>--|
  ---------------------------------|

Chorus
2:05
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--0-0-0>--3-3-3>--7-7-7>--5-5-5>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>--7-7-7>--10-10-10>--0-0-0>--5-5-5>-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  ---------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------|
  -7-7-7>--5-5-5>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>--|
  ---------------------------------|

Intermezzo
2:37 "oouuhh oouuuhhh"
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------5-5-5>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>--7-7-7>--5-5-5>--0-0-0>--3~--|
E|--0-0-0>------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
2:56
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--0-0-0>--3-3-3>--7-7-7>--5-5-5>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>--7-7-7>--10-10-10>--0-0-0>--5-5-5>-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  -------------------------------------|
  -------------------------------------|
  -7-7-7>--5-5-5>--3-3-3>--0-0-0>------|
  ---------------------------------0~--|

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/t/thrice/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture peebo Average	#1 by peebo at Apr 24, 2006 at 11:56 AM EST
	Yeah, I think those of you who want to make it about God are stretching a good deal. It's pretty straightforward. I'd go with "behind your eyes, the sea" being a description of deep blue eyes. I love this song, maybe my favorite on the record.

No Picture Satan SAF! Rhythm Player	#2 by Satan SAF! Lucifer at Jun 5, 2006 at 6:09 AM EST
	Not about God no.. "Like how in church you read about it and talk through priests and finally after so long you get to see him" If you've seen the album you'll find this ..around... The Earth Will Shake. Tin Cans and Strings is a method of communication (think tin cans...with strings.. sound travelling along the string). Dustin is singing about inmates imprisoned in a cell, only having one method of communication.. through tin cans and strings. The inmates have obviously never seen each other... it's dark... or their cells aren't facing each other? "Could it be you're really here?" The two ppl.. singer and subject.. have talked/communicated through tin cans and straws, but have never seen each other , being imprisoned in their cells, noeing only the sound of each other's voice. This could be a metaphor for someone finally finding some kind of truth in something (as is with other thrice songs..), the subject being hte truth/knowledge, hte singer being hte seeker, the seeker finally finding the thing he's been looking for all these years (but has actually never come to grasp until "Could it be you're really here?", until his eyes "open".) However. he finds.. perhaps... this knowledge.. to be disappointing? "'Cause my eyes are open, and everything still moves in slow-motion". Everything still moves in slow-motion, he is disappointed that everything is the same - slow, dull. I'll talk about hte song another time... but one thing that's for sure is that it's not a song about God, but about humanity, revelation, the finding of some metaphysical truth.

No Picture Stuart Average	#3 by Stuart Barker at Jul 5, 2006 at 9:40 PM EST
	I think it may be about someone who moved away from their home. And by tin cans and strings, he may mean his memories. The whole slow-moation thing meaning he's day dreaming about home. Things seem good, but things aren't as they seem because he's so far from home.

No Picture Cory Lead Player	#4 by Cory Campbell at Jul 29, 2006 at 4:29 PM EST
	Dustin says this song is too beautiful not to be a love song. Tin cans and string is a metaphor. Some children tie string to tin cans and and use them as phones to communicate to their neighbor freinds. The rest is kind of obvious about him being away from his love.

No Picture Steven Wanna Be	#5 by Steven Douglas at Aug 20, 2006 at 1:35 PM EST
	Wow, what imagination. This is seriously the easiest song to interpret on the entire cd. Dustin even says it's a "love song" in the special edition liner notes. "It's been so long, and tin cans and string for years." refers to being kept away from your significant other for a long time, and having to keep in contact only through phone. The use of "tin cans and string" adds to how lackluster the phone is compared to actual company with that person by bringing the children's toy into the picture. The chorus is simply an illustration of how this person makes him feel. When you look at someone you truly love, you can see oceans moving, fires burning, and magic behind there eyes. Take it or leave it. It's true. "But things can't be as they seem I'm so far from home This must be another dream, but my eyes are open" This part seems to suggest that Dustin's wife had come to visit him when he was on tour, and he wasn't expecting it to happen. He was surprised and thought he was dreaming, but his eyes were open... aaron.

No Picture Plead the 5th, Professional	#6 by Plead the 5th, Cuz You Can't Plead the 1st at Jun 30, 2007 at 9:32 PM EST
	"heaven"=being around someone he loves. yes, it is about heaven.

No Picture Remi Average	#7 by Remi Frenette at Oct 13, 2007 at 6:03 AM EST
	i cannot wait to hear this song :D and it drop soon i cant wait!